Book Publishing in Saskatchewan

The sale of the Amber Fang book led to several very positive results. The biggest result was reaching #47 on the Amazon.com store and reaching #1 in several categories on Amazon, including Young Adult Horror, Young Adult Adventure, Horror, and Vampire books… this was a very exciting achievement (that will help with future sales).

This also meant that the book sold over 1500 copies in one day (the second day of the promo), another record for any of my books. The book was also in the top 100 on Amazon.ca and the top 500 on Amazon.uk and Amazon.aus. So it really was, for that week, a worldwide success.

On top of that the Amber Fang book also made it to the top 20 on the Barnes and Noble website in the US and into the top 100 on Apple Books in Canada and the US and the top twenty on Kobo in Canada.

- Arthur Slade, Author

With the Creative Saskatchewan funding taking over 50% of the production costs, the agency really contributes to a vibrant literary and art community.

- Miriam Körner, Illustrator

We’re fortunate to have a program like Creative Saskatchewan which fosters entrepreneurship in the arts rather than stifles it.

- Arlene Karpan, Photographer, Writer and Publisher

Having the support of Creative Saskatchewan makes a big difference for the smaller publishers

- David Morin, Director of Culture and Heritage

We look to creative Saskatchewan is because they have the funding, but they also have the expertise. And so going through that funding process helped us think about things that we don’t normally think about as a small organization.

- Tomasin Playford, Former Executive Director, Saskatchewan Archaeological Society

It wouldn’t be possible to be where I am, at this scale, without the Creative Saskatchewan grant

- Marc Rousseau, Comic Author

I am deeply grateful to Creative Saskatchewan for their unwavering support and belief in my creative vision, this grant has not only provided me with the means to showcase my work internationally but has also empowered me to forge meaningful connections and pursue new opportunities for growth and collaboration.

- Don Sparrow, Comic Author

YNWP is very grateful to Creative Saskatchewan for their support with projects like these, particularly since the purpose of the books in this project is to share and retain traditional Indigenous knowledge. Thank you.

- Heather Nickel (not pictured), Founder of Your Nickel's Worth Publishing (YNWP)

We’re Saskatchewan’s only French-language publisher and Creative Saskatchewan’s funding helps us accomplish our mandate and be an important cog in the province’s thriving book publishing industry.

- Claude-Jean Harel, Board President of Les Éditions de la nouvelle plume

I’m so grateful to have received support for to enable myself as a publisher, as an author, to get more important Prairie stories out to the readers across the country and across the world. Thanks, Creative Sask

- Deana Driver, Author and Founder of Driver Works Ink