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| Founded | 1975; 50 years ago (1975) |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Oakville, Ontario |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | mosaicpress |
Mosaic Press is an independent Canadian publishing company based inOakville, Ontario.
The precursor to Mosaic Press, Valley Editions, was founded in 1973 with the Canadian poet and literary professorSeymour Mayne as literary editor.[1] The company was created following the closure of Ingluvin Press inMontreal, with Valley producing Ingluvin's remaining unpublished titles in 1974. Mosaic Press was founded in 1975 byHoward Aster and Mike Walsh, initially as a separate company to Valley Editions. The two companies published a total of 16 titles that year.[2] The first book published by Mosaic Press wasCurrent Soviet Leaders, a scholarly work regarding leaders of theUSSR.[3] Mosaic Press and Valley Editions published distinctly differing materials, with Mosaic publishing primarily ethnic and scholarly works, and Valley publishing creative writing.[4] In 1976, the two companies began publishing books under a single imprint, Valley Editions-Mosaic Press.[5]
In 1986, Mosaic Press led a literary delegation to China, becoming the first Canadian publisher ever to visit China for the purpose of lecturing on the Canadian publishing industry. While in China, Mike Walsh worked to establish stronger ties between Mosaic and China's International Book Trading Corporation, as well as the China Import Centre. Mosaic Press was at the time the only Canadian publishing agent forPanda Books, a state-owned Chinese publishing company.[6]
Mosaic Press has published several works ofIrving Layton, a Canadian poet who was nominated for theNobel Prize in Literature in 1981.
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