Between the Lines (BTL) is an independent Toronto-based publisher of non-fiction, most of which offers a critical perspective on culture, economics, and society. Since its inception in 1977, BTL has published approximately 250 titles of which more than half are maintained in print, including seminal works by Indigenous activists Arthur Manuel and Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, critical historians Karen Dubinsky and Ian McKay, feminist geographer Leslie Kern, and American cultural theorist bell hooks. In 2012, BTL won the Wilson Prize for Publishing Canadian History.
Over the course of its history, BTL has published titles on politics, public policy, labour, critical race, international development, Indigenous peoples, gender and sexuality, history, health, adult and popular education, environment, technology, and media.
Organization
Unlike most publishing houses, Between the Lines is a co-operative organization. Its tagline is "Books without bosses since 1977". There is no individual owner or publisher, and organizational decisions are reached by consensus. Publishing decisions are made by a volunteer editorial board.Jamie Swift, Article on BTL History
Affiliates
BTL was formerly represented in the college and trade markets throughout Canada by Brunswick Books, and is now distributed by University of Toronto Press Distribution. In the U.S., BTL is distributed by AK Press. In the U.K. and continental Europe, sales representation and distribution are provided by Global Book Marketing and Central Books respectively. BTL has co-publishing arrangements with New Internationalist (UK), Pluto Press, South End Press, PM Press, Haymarket, O/R Books, Zed Books, and LUX Editeur.
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