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Two Stonehewer books named as finalists in Foreword INDIE Awards
We are thrilled to share that two of our 2024 titles have been honoured as finalists in Foreword magazine’s INDIE Awards. Antanas Sileika’s The Death of Tony was included in the “Multicultural” category, while Mark Abley’s Conversations with a Dead Man was nominated in the category of “Biography.” Congratulations to our authors and all the other finalists!
An Interview with Mark Abley in the University of Saskatchewan’s Green and White
The author of Stonehewer’s Conversations with a Dead Man: Indigenous Rights and the Legacy of Duncan Campbell Scott on the inspiration, research, and importance of his latest book.
“We need to understand the past if we are to move forward. I believe that reconciliation depends on truth.”
Homemade Magic at the Blue Runaways Launch Party
On April 14, Ben McNally Books hosted a book launch for Jann Everard’s Blue Runaways. Family, friends, and literature lovers greeted the author with some surprising gifts inspired by the book.
Antanas Sileika in the Toronto Star
Antanas Sileika, author of Stonehewer Books’ The Death of Tony, was recently featured in the major Toronto newspaper. He discusses the difference between North American and Eastern European culture, being translated into Lithuanian, and the push from Stonehewer that led him to write his latest book.
Standing Room Only at The Death of Tony Book Launch
On March 27, a book launch was held for Antanas Sileika’s The Death of Tony. The author signed copies and entertained the busy room with his storytelling.
Eager book lovers stand at the back after the venue runs out of chairs
Antanas Sileika signs a copy of The Death of Tony
George Galt, publisher of Stonehewer Books, introduces the author
Sileika in conversation with award-winning author Joe Kertes
Photos by Jordan Grace
Jann Everard’s Blue Runaways in That Shakespearean Rag
Steven Beattie writes that if Blue Runaways “is any indication of the calibre of writing we can expect in the future, [Stonehewer Books] promises to be a publisher to watch in the coming months and years.”
“Intelligent and observant… illuminates the experiences of a little-discussed ethnic group while probing the meanings of real and imagined homelands.”
Provisionally Yours by Antanas Sileika, author of Stonehewer’s forthcoming The Death of Tony, has been adapted into a feature film. Directed by Ramunas Rudokas, the film premiered in Lithuania on November 24, 2023.
“When I told friends of mine in the business that I was starting a press — a couple of really experienced people — they both said, don’t do it!”