Welcome to Quattro Books!

Quattro Books, founded in 2006, is a publisher that wishes to reflect the unique cultural character and dynamism of Canada now: what it has been and what it is in the process of becoming. 21st-century Canada is international: its writers are influenced by our national experience, surely, but also by literatures brought here by immigrants and newcomers. We are the home of the Novella.

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Patrick Senécal in Translation: Against God

For the first time ever, best-selling Quebec author Patrick Senécal, has been translated into English! Against God is a masterful translation of Contre Dieu, translated by the acclaimed Susan Ouriou and Christelle Morelli. This is a dark, edgy, breathless novella that will leave you reeling. Check it out today!

Hear an interview with Patrick on CBC.

Read about Against God in the Montreal Gazette

Read a review of Against God in the May 2012 issue of Quill & Quire: Coming soon!

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David Day’s Latest: Nevemore: A Book of Hours

“Fascinating and deep-diving” — Margaret Atwood

“…a gorgeous object. The art, the design, and the production all playing their parts. […] The material itself finally zaps you[…] it stops me in my tracks. The tone of anger and noble melancholy that suffuses the book is absolutely right — and earned by the writer, I might say.” — Dennis Lee

See what others are saying about this beautiful book!

Acclaimed author David Day (The Doomsday Book of Animals, The Encyclopedia of Vanished Species, Noah’s Choice, The Emperor’s Panda) has released his latest book of creative non-fiction: Nevermore: A Book of Hours. In this modern bestiary and book of remembrance, David Day has distilled over thirty years of research and meditation. In its conception and approach, Nevermore is unlike any other natural history. It is laden with a combined sense of wonder and savagery in its vivid descriptions of first encounters with, and last glimpses of, long-forgotten species. It is beautifully illustrated by four distinguished wildlife artists, and unfolds as a requiem to vanished species.

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Spring Launches 2012

Tuesday, MAY 29TH: Don’t miss our third and final launch of Spring 2012! Come party with us before the summer!
FEATURING:
Ken Klonsky, Life Without (Novella Series)
Binnie Brennan, A Certain Grace (Quattro’s first short story collection!)
Leah Murray, Romancing the Buzzard (Novella series)
Chantel Lavoie, Where the Terror Lies (Poetry)
Tim Conley, One False Move (Poetry)

Where: Supermarket (268 Augusta Avenue)
When: 7:30 pm
More details: Spring Launch #3
Please note: Our book table is cash and cheque ONLY.

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2013 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest: Deadline June 1st

The deadline for our annual novella contest is fast approaching! Please send your novella manuscripts postmarked by June 1st, 2012 to the Quattro Books headquarters. For more information, please visit our submission page

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You can NOW pre-purchase ALL our titles from our Spring 2012 list:

Nevermore: A Book of Hours
Colourless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously
Pledged Poetry
Against God
The Lebanese Dishwasher
Something Small To Carry Home
Immigrant Songs
A Certain Grace
Romancing the Buzzard
Life Without
One False Move
Where the Terror Lies