Block Grants to Book Publishers

Program for: Organizations

Purpose: To assist book publishers with costs associated with the publication of eligible titles. Grants are based on the publisher’s trade book publishing program in the previous calendar year and are directed to the publisher’s publishing program in the current year. 

Eligibility: This program is open to Ontario-based Canadian-owned book publishers. Publishers must have been operating for at least two years prior to applying, be independent in their editorial decisions and have published at least eight eligible titles. The Literature Office does not fund the publication of single titles.

New Deadline Date: February 1, 2012
Grant notification letters will be mailed out four months after the application deadline.

Program Guidelines and Application Form

• Program Guidelines (print version)
• Application  (form-fillable Word)  (print version)
• List of Eligible Titles  (form-fillable Excel)  (print version)
• Book Totals and Staff Form  (form-fillable Excel)  (print version)
• Financial Form  (form-fillable Excel)  (print version)

For more information, please contact John Degen, Literature Officer, 416-969-7438, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7438, jdegen@arts.on.ca.  

For Results Announcements for this program, please click here.