Canadian book launch for ‘Agathe’

By Christopher Shoust

If you in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, head downtown to HOME bakehouse & cafe (356 Queen Street East) on Thursday, August 21, between 4 and 7 p.m. to get a chance to see ‘Agathe, 6:00 p.m. to 7:27’ as well the other Lost Telegram Press releases.

Supporting media through media

By Christopher Shoust

Lost Telegram Press is now being advertised across the CBC Network. This includes CBC Gem (its streaming news site), as well as CBC Listen and the CBC home site. This decision to advertise with the CBC is an exciting step but came with some interesting roadblocks, not with the CBC, but with the changing world of advertising in general.

Submissions; by the numbers

By Christopher Shoust

As soon as the call for submissions opened, we got quite a number of projects which we were happy to look at and consider. It is difficult because, really all submissions have merit and qualities but what it comes down to is, the ones that don’t get selected are judged mostly because of technical, legal or copyright issues. But anyway, I thought these pie charts would be interesting to those in the industry. They are to us anyway…

Spring updates for Lost Telegram Press

By Christopher Shoust

Thank you for coming to the site and reading the blog entries and taking a look at our catalogue, albeit small, since the company is so new. I wanted to post a few updates as to what is happening currently and for the rest of 2025.

The changing face of publishing may be a profitable one for authors and publishers

By Christopher Shoust

In Canada, the state of the publishing industry is always the question on the minds of those deeply involved as there tends to be an air of uncertainty, especially since the digital age has, so heavily, played a role in it. This role though, may be the one aspect that can help protect the industry and provide a healthier profit margin for publishers as well as larger royalties for authors.