Submission Guidelines

If you want to share your story…

Eschia Books is looking for First Nations, Métis and Inuit writers who have manuscripts to be reviewed for publication and for authors who are knowledgeable and wish to write about specific aspects of Canadian Indigenous history.

Please submit queries by email as MS Word files or pdfs.

To submit a proposal for a completed manuscript, please send:

  • A complete writer’s resume including your interests and passions
  • An overview of your manuscript and its marketability
  • A chapter-by-chapter synopsis
  • Two or three sample chapters, not exceeding 75 pages, double-spaced

Please do not send full manuscripts.

To submit your resume for consideration as an author for project ideas generated in-house, please send:
• A complete writer’s resume including all of your interests and passions
• Three writing samples, preferably nonfiction with an emphasis on Indigenous history, 20th-century people and events or topics of interest to Indigenous Canadians.

Please include what you can do to participate in the marketing of your book both in person and on social media.

NOTE: We do not accept AI-generated manuscripts. If a manuscript is accepted for publication, and there are any AI-generated portions, the contract will be cancelled.

Send manuscripts and inquiries by email to:

Email: diannem@eschiabooks.com
President/Publisher: Dianne Meili