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| Status | Active |
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| Founded | 1977 |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Headquarters location | Toronto |
| Distribution | University of Toronto Press Distribution |
| Key people | Jamie Swift, Dinah Forbes, Ken Epps, Kae Elgie, Robert Clarke, Steve Izma, Richard Swift, Jonathan Barker |
| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | politics, public policy, social issues, history, critical race, international development, Indigenous peoples, gender and sexuality, health, culture, adult and popular education, labour, environment, technology, media |
| No. of employees | 5 |
| Official website | www |
Between the Lines (BTL) is an independent Toronto-based publisher of non-fiction, most of which offers a critical perspective on culture, economics, and society. Since its inception in 1977, BTL has published approximately 250 titles of which more than half are maintained in print, including seminal works by Indigenous activists Arthur Manuel and Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, critical historians Karen Dubinsky and Ian McKay, feminist geographer Leslie Kern, and American cultural theorist bell hooks. In 2012, BTL won the Wilson Prize for Publishing Canadian History.
Over the course of its history, BTL has published titles on politics, public policy, labour, critical race, international development, Indigenous peoples, gender and sexuality, history, health, adult and popular education, environment, technology, and media.