Overview
With over two decades of experience in book typography, graphics production, and the design and production of book interiors and covers, I have a proven track record of completing jobs that exceed my clients’ expectations — on time and on budget. My freelance work is through Bookworkpjw and I am co-founder of Harland Press. I have experience designing everything from poetry series to art books. My clients range from scholarly presses to trade publishers to individual authors. The genre categories below don’t allow for a comprehensive list of the kind of material I have produced. Please enquire for more details.
Services
Fiction
Anthologies
Classics
Cultural & Ethnic
Literary Fiction
Poetry
Non-Fiction
History
Music
Philosophy
Photography
Political Science & Current Affairs
Languages
English
Certifications
- diplomas in both printing production and typography
Work experience
Self-employed
Nov, 2008 —
Present
Design and production of book covers and interiors.
Laurier Press
Oct, 2002 —
Nov, 2009
(about 7 years)
Design and production of scholarly works — text and covers.
Typography and layout of scholarly journals.
Design and production of Laurier Press poetry series.
various
Sep, 1983 —
Nov, 2001
(about 18 years)
Book typography for a variety of publishers.
Advertising typography and production of materials from business cards to billboards.
Typography for a variety of formats from newsletters to annual reports.
Portfolio
How do we make culture and how does culture make us? Canadian Cultural Poesis takes a comprehensive approach toward Canadian culture from a variety of provocative perspectives. Centred on the notion of culture as social identity, it offers original essays on c... read more
The First Nations who have lived in the Great Lakes watershed have been strongly influenced by the imposition of colonial and national boundaries there. The essays in Lines Drawn upon the Water examine the impact of the Canadian―American border on communities,... read more
Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition updates and expands its exploration of a wide range of organized group and social movement activity in Canadian politics. Particularly distinctive is the inclusion of Quebec nationalism and Aborigin... read more
Comparing Political Regimes provides a comprehensive assessment of the world's political systems by outlining and contrasting the aspects of four different regime types: liberal democracies, electoral democracies, semi-liberal autocracies, and closed autocraci... read more
This book explores the question of why fishing communities continue their struggle to survive, despite often calamitous changes in ecology and economy. Using historical ethnography as a lens through which to understand how fishers of the Bigouden region of Fra... read more
Michael Burger's goal in this inexpensive overview is to provide a brief, historical narrative of Western civilization. Not only does its length and price separate this text from the competition, but its no-frills, uncluttered format and well-written, one-auth... read more
Sources for the History of Western Civilization is a primary source reader designed specifically to allow undergraduate students to interact with historical documents without unnecessary editorial intervention.Volume I begins in the second millennium BC with T... read more
Michael Burger's goal in this inexpensive overview is to provide a brief, historical narrative of Western civilization. Not only does its length and price separate this text from the competition, but its no-frills, uncluttered format and well-written, one-auth... read more
Florence Carlyle (1864-1923) emerged as one of the most successful Canadian artists of her time. In this text, Susan Butlin draws on unpublished letters and family memoirs to recount Carlyle's personal and professional life.
The Crisp Day Closing on My Hand: The Poetry of M. Travis Lane is a collection of thirty-five of her best poems, selected with an introduction by Jeanette Lynes. An environmentalist, feminist, and peace activist, M. Travis Lane is known for witty and meticulou... read more
The selected poems in Desire Never Leaves span Tim Lilburn’s career, demonstrating the evolution of a unique and careful thinker as he takes his place among the nation’s premier writers. This edition of his poetry untangles many of the strands running through ... read more
A passionate believer in the power of art - and especially poetry - to influence and critique contemporary culture, Louis Dudek devoted much of his life to shaping the Canadian literary scene through his meditative and experimental poems. This collection bring... read more
The Bible has always been vital to Jewish religious life, and it has been expounded in diverse ways. Perhaps the most influential body of Jewish biblical interpretation is the Midrash that was produced by expositors during the first five centuries CE. Many suc... read more
How did a privileged Victorian matron, newly widowed and newly impoverished, manage to raise and educate her six young children and restore her family to social prominence? Mary Baker McQuesten’s personal letters, 155 of which were carefully selected by Mary J... read more
In Search of Alberto Guerrero is the first full biography of the influential Chilean-Canadian pianist and teacher (1886-1959), describing Guerrero’s long career as virtuoso recitalist, chamber music collaborator, concerto soloist, and teacher. Written by compo... read more
Children’s books seek to assist children to understand themselves and their world. Unsettling Narratives: Postcolonial Readings of Children’s Literature demonstrates how settler-society texts position child readers as citizens of postcolonial nations, how they... read more
“Speaking in the Past Tense participates in an expanding critical dialogue on the writing of historical fiction, providing a series of reflections on the process from the perspective of those souls intrepid enough to step onto what is, practically by definitio... read more
John Locke is often thought of as one of the founders of the Enlightenment, a movement that sought to do away with the Bible and religion and replace them with scientific realism. But Locke was extremely interested in the Bible, and he was engaged by biblical ... read more
The Second Edition, fully revised and expanded.St. James Infirmary is the quintessential jazz-blues song of the early twentieth century. Major performing and recording artists have covered it, from Louis Armstrong and Jimmie Rodgers to Van Morrison and the Whi... read more
