Who We Are
Making a book takes a whole team! One of the major advantages of hybrid publishing is that you don’t have to face the task of creating an entire book by yourself. We want our Pete’s authors to concentrate on what they do best – writing the manuscripts. Everything else, you can leave to the fine folks below.
Annabel Townsend – Founder and Acquisitions Editor
Annabel founded Pete’s Press to join up the dots between the booklovers she met through her days running The Penny University Bookstore, with the talented authors she meets through her own writing endeavours. She has a PhD. in Human Geography from the University of Sheffield in the UK. Most of her writing is nonfiction concerning people, places, hope and failure. She has four books published so far and is working on her first fiction novel. Find out more at:
Robyn Dansereau – Senior Fiction Editor
Robyn has been publishing novels for over fifteen years, and has worked as a journalist, a bookseller and as a personal trainer too. She has published four books in her ‘Ever After Tales’ Collection and books five and six are currently in progress. She reads copious amounts of books on her acreage in McLean, Saskatchewan where she lives with her husband and dogs.
Payton Todd – Editorial Assistant
Payton Todd hails from the rural cattle country of southern Saskatchewan and has spent the majority of her life writing and telling stories. She is currently in pursuit of a Bachelors of English with a Minor in Classical Studies, and a certificate of entrepreneurial business and innovations at the University of Regina. Her debut novel The Amnesia Project was released in 2023. Payton offers the first review of the submissions and manuscripts we receive.
Meredith Hughes- Cover Designer
Architectural drafter by day, cover designer by night, Meredith is responsible for most of our amazing book covers! When not reading or sketching, she plays a lot of D&D – that is, when the game is not upset by her rambunctious puppy, Zaphod. Find her online @mere.maker
Keely Kulpa – Publicist
Pete’s Press books are introduced to the world by Keely (Regina, SK) who is our book publicist and marketing expert. Keely helps our authors through the daunting task of finding their audience, via her excellent social media skills, event management experience and even podcasting. Keely also writes, and her debut book, ‘Coma’ was published through Pete’s Press.
Editors and Artists at Large
There are a great many freelance creatives who join us for specific projects, either as additional editors, designers and cover artists. These include:
Hannah Rumble (Academic editor)
Leighton Peart (Technical editor)
Bernice Richard (Children’s publishing consultant/designer)
Milo Townsend (Manuscript Evaluations)
Robyn Lanz (Cover design)
Poe, Poette and Doom – Shipping and Distribution team
We are often joined by the team of feline colleagues, who inspect our deliveries and “help” in packaging up our orders. They are all extremely fond of boxes, and of sitting on Annabel’s keyboard.
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