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Horizon Park Media

What is Horizon Park Media?

The Horizon Park Media literary legacy began in 2006 with the launch of the Books Publishing Division. Our mission is to publish fiction of substantial literary excellence while maximizing financial return by marketing to a mass audience. Our titles include fiction from both emerging and established authors from a wide spectrum of social, political and economic backgrounds.

We publish fiction of exceptional quality—quality in terms of physical value and literary excellence. Our books are printed by Canada’s largest commercial printer, promoted individually through comprehensive mainstream and innovative online campaigns and marketed to the public extensively. We target mainstream bookstores, direct sale outlets, online retailers, specialty shops and trade publications.

While commercial success is at the forefront of our mission, we believe wholeheartedly in the quality of our published material. While our work has been optioned for movie adaptations and targeted for large volume sales to mass audiences, our principal consideration is publishing fiction of substantial literary worth, a worth that will ensure our books are enjoyed and lauded as important additions to the international literary landscape for many generations.

Our Books Publishing Division is currently undertaking a massive marketing campaign in support of Shawn Parker’s debut novel, Night Has Fallen. The book is being released to stores on April 15th, 2008, and is available now from our publisher’s website in exclusive signed and numbered copies.

We are proud to announce that 2008 will also see the publication of Parker’s second novel, I Am Overcome, and fiction releases from a number of exciting Canadian authors.

2007 saw the introduction of our Media Arts Division and the announcement of soon-to-be released sequential art properties. This year alone we are publishing three original graphic novels in trade format, targeted for mass commercial release: The Pegasus Illusion, illustrated by the award-winning Des Taylor, as well as Crater Lake and Ill Mariachi, both from illustrator Matt Boismier.

We have also assembled some of the most distinguished and accomplished sequential artists working in the field today for Sand Castles, a prestigious anthology project targeted for an early 2009 release. SUGAR: Four Sweet Tales, the illustrated children’s book from Parker and Boismier, will be released following the launch of our first graphic novel.