Lancelot Press was a Canadian publishing company which operated between 1966 and 1997. It specialized in non-fiction titles, many of which were of a regional nature centered on Maritime Canada, in the fields of local history, spirituality and personal memoirs. For many years, Lancelot was one of the very few Maritime publishing companies.
The business was founded by Reverend William Pope (1923-2010),[1] a United Church minister, near Hantsport, Nova Scotia. Responsibilities for its operation were shared with his wife Isabel. Between its founding and wrapping up, it published more than 500 titles.[2][3][1] Many well-known writers in the region published with Lancelot, including Douglas How, Bridglal Pachai, Alden Nowlan and Dorothy Perkyns. The poet Margaret Avison published several titles with Lancelot including No Time (1989) which won the Governor General's Award for Poetry.
Many Lancelot Press titles remain in print through a publishing arrangement with Nimbus.
- ^ a b Obituary of Rev. William Pope
- ^ George L. Parker, "Small Presses", Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ Company Listing