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Harvest House was a small English-language publishing house established in 1960 by Maynard and Anne Gertler in Montreal. At one time it was the most important English-language publishing house in the province. May Cutler, founder of the successful children’s press, Tundra Books, told Montreal Gazette reporter Joe Fiorito, that Maynard Gertler ran his business “like a one-man university press,” focusing on intellectually rigorous books pertaining to politics, history, and the environment. Most importantly, Harvest House produced English-language translations of the works of Québécois intellectuals, academics, novelists, and poets, fostering a significant cultural exchange within Canada.