Frog Hollow Press

Founded in 2001, Frog Hollow Press
strives to produce books that:

enhance the relationship between the reader and the author's work;
possess a subtle beauty in terms of the materials used and the style of typesetting and design;
are as affordable as possible given that we publish limited editions that are not eligible for Canada Arts Council or provincial grants.
While earlier books were letterpressed and hand-bound, the move to publishing longer books has been accompanied by a change in our method of production. Despite this change, FHP strives to maintain a fine press ethos by attention to detail regarding typesetting, cover and book design (all of which are carried out in-house, as is the printing of our cloth and paper book covers). We also maintain control over the finished product by purchasing and delivering all materials used in the book to the commercial printer/binder.

We publish Canadian poetry and short fiction in two series
and as occasional books.

Canadian Masters Series featuring the work of deceased Canadian poets, as introduced by young Canadian writers.

Volume One: Alden Nowlan & Illness, 2005.
Volume Two: John Glassco & the Other Montreal, due TBA.

Contemporary Canadian Poets Series bridges the gap between the Masters and Chapbook Series and focuses on the work of established writers.

Volume One: Demilunes: Little Windows on Quebec, 2005.
Volume Two: Now That You Revive, 2007.
Volume Three: Against, 2007.
Volume Four: Exterminate My Heart, 2008.
Volume Five: Learning to Dance with a Peg Leg: Tunes for a Third Mate, 2009.

Who we are:

Caryl Wyse Peters, Publisher

Caryl Wyse Peters was a technical analyst at several stock brokerage firms in Montreal and then returned to school earning degrees in East Asian History at McGill and Mandarin at the Beijing Language Institute.
She moved to Victoria in 1995 and began pursuing an interest in printmaking, bookbinding and letterpress printing. In 2000 she participated in an intensive letterpress course under the Elsteds at Barbarian Press, bought a Vandercook and founded Frog Hollow Press.

Shane Neilson, Editor, 2005—

Shane Neilson is a young poet from New Brunswick who has a keen sense of Canadian poetry. His writing has been published widely in poetry and medical journals and his book reviews and critical essays have appeared in the Globe and Mail, Books in Canada, CNQ,
and other literary publications. He is the author of one collection
of poetry, Exterminate My Heart, two poetry chapbooks,
The Beaten- Down Elegies and Seized, and a memoir,
Call Me Doctor (Pottersfield Press, 2006). Several new titles are in production and scheduled for release in 2009-10.

Trained as an MD at Dartmouth, Shane practices family medicine in
Erin, Ontario. He has used his medical background as the basis for his essay in Alden Nowlan & Illness which was released by Frog Hollow Press in March 2005, prior to his taking over as Editor of the Press.

As Editor, Shane hopes to establish a taste that, through its discriminatory and rigourous sense, attracts this country's
best young poets to the Press.

Tom Henihan, Editor, 2002—2005

Tom Henihan was born in Ireland and emigrated to Canada in 1981. He served as Poetry Editor for Frog Hollow Press from late 2002-early 2005. His books of poetry include Between the Streets (1992),
A Mortar of Seeds (1998), Almost Forgotten... (2002), and A Further Exile (2002). Tom currently resides in Saint John's, Newfoundland.



	home > about the press Founded in 2001, Frog Hollow Press strives to produce books that: enhance the relationship between the reader and the author's work; possess a subtle beauty in terms of the materials used and the style of typesetting and design; are as affordable as possible given that we publish limited editions that are not eligible for Canada Arts Council or provincial grants. While earlier books were letterpressed and hand-bound, the move to publishing longer books has been accompanied by a change in our method of production. Despite this change, FHP strives to maintain a fine press ethos by attention to detail regarding typesetting, cover and book design (all of which are carried out in-house, as is the printing of our cloth and paper book covers). We also maintain control over the finished product by purchasing and delivering all materials used in the book to the commercial printer/binder. We publish Canadian poetry and short fiction in two series and as occasional books. Canadian Masters Series featuring the work of deceased Canadian poets, as introduced by young Canadian writers. Volume One: Alden Nowlan & Illness, 2005. Volume Two: John Glassco & the Other Montreal, due TBA. Contemporary Canadian Poets Series bridges the gap between the Masters and Chapbook Series and focuses on the work of established writers. Volume One: Demilunes: Little Windows on Quebec, 2005. Volume Two: Now That You Revive, 2007. Volume Three: Against, 2007. Volume Four: Exterminate My Heart, 2008. Volume Five: Learning to Dance with a Peg Leg: Tunes for a Third Mate, 2009. Who we are: Caryl Wyse Peters, Publisher Caryl Wyse Peters was a technical analyst at several stock brokerage firms in Montreal and then returned to school earning degrees in East Asian History at McGill and Mandarin at the Beijing Language Institute. She moved to Victoria in 1995 and began pursuing an interest in printmaking, bookbinding and letterpress printing. In 2000 she participated in an intensive letterpress course under the Elsteds at Barbarian Press, bought a Vandercook and founded Frog Hollow Press. Shane Neilson, Editor, 2005— Shane Neilson is a young poet from New Brunswick who has a keen sense of Canadian poetry. His writing has been published widely in poetry and medical journals and his book reviews and critical essays have appeared in the Globe and Mail, Books in Canada, CNQ, and other literary publications. He is the author of one collection of poetry, Exterminate My Heart, two poetry chapbooks, The Beaten- Down Elegies and Seized, and a memoir, Call Me Doctor (Pottersfield Press, 2006). Several new titles are in production and scheduled for release in 2009-10. Trained as an MD at Dartmouth, Shane practices family medicine in Erin, Ontario. He has used his medical background as the basis for his essay in Alden Nowlan & Illness which was released by Frog Hollow Press in March 2005, prior to his taking over as Editor of the Press. As Editor, Shane hopes to establish a taste that, through its discriminatory and rigourous sense, attracts this country's best young poets to the Press. Tom Henihan, Editor, 2002—2005 Tom Henihan was born in Ireland and emigrated to Canada in 1981. He served as Poetry Editor for Frog Hollow Press from late 2002-early 2005. His books of poetry include Between the Streets (1992), A Mortar of Seeds (1998), Almost Forgotten... (2002), and A Further Exile (2002). Tom currently resides in Saint John's, Newfoundland.
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