history and philosophy   What makes Between the Lines different? Many of our readers have told us that they look to BTL for challenging ideas, concepts, and analysis not readily found in the mainstream. At BTL we strive to embrace critical perspectives on culture, economics, and society. Our timely and evocative books acknowledge the complexity of living on the brink of the 21st century. Who writes for Between the Lines? BTL books are written by some of Canada's leading political and cultural thinkers. In every case their work has been meticulously researched, edited with great care, and written in a style accessible to a broad range of readers. Our authors want to be read. Read by college and university students and by the public who might first discover their work in a local bookstore. What does Between the Lines stand for in Canadian publishing? Some call us left-wing, feminist, queer positive, and anti-racist. We like that. One time somebody also called us a "tenacious publisher." We'll stick with that too. Read a profile of Between the Lines written by Jamie Swift and published in Briarpatch in 2001

who we are . . .

The Staff   Anjula Gogia Voula Kraniou Jennifer Tiberio Zoe Whittall The Editorial Committee Jonathan Barker Robert Clarke Amanda Crocker Anjula Gogia Steve Izma Voula Kraniou Andrea Kwan Greg Michalenko Kelly Murphy Peter Saunders Aparna Sundar Jamie Swift Richard Swift Luba Szkambara Jennifer Tiberio Esther Vise Zoe Whittall

Our Artists and Designers Between the Lines books now feature the work of some of Canada's best respected and energetic book designers. We have spent considerable effort in creating covers and interior designs that capture the flavour of the books, attract and hold readers' attention, and communicate the ideas of our authors in the clearest manner. Many of our latest books have been packed with art, charts, graphic enhancements, and photographs. These elements don't simply illustrate the writing, they help communicate the ideas on their own terms. We have recently worked with: David Vereschagin, a book cover and graphic specialist whose fresh designs draw us into the complex ethical and political subjects explored in Dying for a Home, Gatekeepers, Not Paved with Gold, Race to Equity, An Unauthorized Biography of the World, East Timor, AIDS Activist, Memoirs of a Media Maverick, Direct Action, and more. Margie Adam, whose warm graphic style and saturated colours beautifully showcase the ideas in Dancing on Live Embers, Education for Changing Unions, Poor Bashing, Street-Level Democracy and Skills Mania. Jennifer Tiberio, who is also on staff, has designed the Provocations series which so far includes World, Beware!, Beyond the Promised Land, Rebels, Reds, Radicals, and covers and/or text for a variety of our other recent books including Black Geographies, The Ursula Franklin Reader, No One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart, Community Rights and Corporate Responsibility, Hydro, An Action a Day, and Booze. Gordon Robertson, one of Canada's leading, award-winning cover designers (The Mountie, The Second Greatest Disappointment, Waking Up in the Men's Room) Larry Reid and Antonia Lancaster of Lancaster Reid Creative, whose wonderfully inventive stylized designs have delighted the readers of Case Critical, Citizens' Hall, and Basic Income. Philip Street, a skilled satiric illustrator and Globe and Mail cartoonist, creator of Fisher (Getting Started on Social Analysis in Canada, 4th ed., Compass Points). Phil Maurais, a versatile illustrator whose pointed photomontage and editorial-style cartoons enliven Wealth by Stealth. David Laurence, a photomontage artist whose specially-commissioned work is featured in our Canadian cultural history series: The Mountie, The Second Greatest Disappointment, and Compass Points.