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Between the Lines Books

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Canadian publishing house

Between the Lines (BTL) is an independent Toronto-based publisher of non-fiction, most of which offers a critical perspective on culture, economics, and society. Since its inception in 1977, BTL has published approximately 250 titles of which more than half are maintained in print, including seminal works by Indigenous activists Arthur Manuel and Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, critical historians Karen Dubinsky and Ian McKay, feminist geographer Leslie Kern, and American cultural theorist bell hooks.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Between the Lines (BTL) is an independent Toronto-based publisher of non-fiction, most of which offers a critical perspective on culture, economics, and society. Since its inception in 1977, BTL has published approximately 250 titles of which more than half are maintained in print, including seminal works by Indigenous activists Arthur Manuel and Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, critical historians Karen Dubinsky and Ian McKay, feminist geographer Leslie Kern, and American cultural theorist bell hooks. In 2012, BTL won the Wilson Prize for Publishing Canadian History.2

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