Artists Bistro Café - or A.B.C. for short - exists to publish books that, by their very nature, are perhaps unlikely to find a home with an established commercial publishing house.

After all, not all books are destined to become overnight sensations, bestseller chart-toppers, book club favourites, cultural icons or household names... in sum, the kinds of books that established, big-time editing houses are more than happy to publish - and handsomely profit by.

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No. Some books are destined first for a small readership, small print-runs, and relative anonymity... that is, until by some miracle their quirky gifts are discovered and recognised - the story of Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance being an apt case in point.

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Authors believe in themselves for no good reason. It is a hard world to live in, though, when your work stands outside the canon of what agents and publishers deem to be worthy (read, commercially viable).

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At the start, I created A.B.C. Editions to publish my own books. They were so far removed from the well-trodden commercial paths that I knew it was pointless to waste my time trying to interest traditional channels.

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Today, A.B.C. is ready to expand its catalogue to include worthy (read, interesting) projects by other authors writing in English or French. Stay tuned for developments...

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