Independent publisher Between the Lines burst onto the publishing scene with smart, hard-hitting titles that tackled the social issues of the day.
Here’s the three-part story of how a small, radical press became an authoritative, progressive Canadian publisher, with samples from Between the Lines’ graphic history, Books without Bosses. Click here for a chance to win a copy.
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In This Series
A Publisher Is Born in an Optimistic Time
An excerpt from ‘Books without Bosses,’ a comic book telling of the founding of a legendary independent Canadian publishing house. Part one of a three-part series.
Taking on the Tough Issues in Print
Between the Lines hit hard with books on mining, the environment and conditions for workers.
A Literary Gadfly: Doing the Job Without any Bosses
Consensus approach to publishing produces four decades of timely books challenging Canada’s status quo.