Scott McIntyre
August 20th, 2025
A lifelong champion of Canadian books, Scott McIntyre has shaped the nation’s literary landscape for more than half a century. Starting at McClelland & Stewart in 1967, he went on to cofound Douglas & McIntyre in 1970, publishing over 2,000 titles and nearly 900 authors, from Wayson Choy and Farley Mowat to Richard Wagamese and Douglas Coupland. Under his leadership, Douglas & McIntyre and its children’s imprint, Groundwood Books, became among the first publishers to bring Indigenous issues to the forefront. In his memoir A Precarious Enterprise (ECW Press $39.95), McIntyre tells the inside story of Canadian publishing’s postwar renaissance, weaving anecdotes of the writers, editors and risk-takers who transformed a fledgling industry into a cultural force. More than a business history, it is a personal account of the grit, risk and vision required to believe in Canadian voices before the rest of the world did. 9781770418196
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