Meet the Editor
Patrick Gadoury
Author. Poet. Editor. Publisher.
I started Northern INK because I saw a need for a different kind of independent publisher—and, someday, a publishing house. Something more modern, yet more human. More approachable, without being less ambitious.
We’re still building it. Northern INK Workshop is home to Poetry Sunday, Story Saturday, competitions, and shared prompts. It also helps shape our books: For the Record’s themes, artwork, and direction were workshopped for months before its public reveal.
Our free workshops and guidance help writers move toward a finished work. We’re also developing support for finding grants and preparing application materials. When your work is ready, we can help you explore publishing with us, another press, or independently.
The dream is to become a full-time publisher, able to fund projects across Canada while continuing our community and philanthropic work. As we grow, we want to help artists who don’t fit the industry mould break through that ceiling—and bring their art to people who will enjoy it.
Read Patrick’s work
Noetic Gravity
Writer, editor and publisher
Written under the name R. P. Gage.
A speculative novel about identity, memory and finding your own way through a digital afterlife.
Born of Boreal Bones
Editor, publisher and contributing poet
Northern INK’s first anthology brings together poetry from Northern Ontario.
Care for the Stranger
A poem from the upcoming Homefull Country, with photography by Mitch Bolduc.
The Road West
A short story by Patrick Gadoury, available to read online or download as a PDF.
Upcoming
Frenglish
Patrick Gadoury’s debut poetry collection, coming in 2027 as Northern INK’s first Signature release.
Homefull Country
A Canadian anthology of poetry, prose, photography and art exploring poverty, housing and homelessness. Coming November 22, 2026, on National Housing Day.
