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{{Infobox company
| industry = [[Publishing]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1977}} in [[Saskatchewan]]
| founder = [[Douglas Wilson (activist)|Douglas Wilson]]
| fate = Ceased operations sometime before 1992
}}

'''Stubblejumper Press''' was a Canadian [[book publishing]] company, active in the 1970s and 1980s. Founded by [[Douglas Wilson (activist)|Douglas Wilson]] in 1977 and originally based in [[Saskatchewan]],<ref>[[Shawn Syms]], [http://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2011/06/modern-love/ "Modern Love"]. ''[[Literary Review of Canada]]'', June 2011.</ref> the company was devoted to publishing works of [[LGBT literature]].<ref>[http://www.clga.ca/npc/subject/95 "Douglas Wilson 1950 - 1992"]. [[Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives]], 2001.</ref>

Early works published by the company included Wilson's own poetry collection ''The Myth of the Boy'' in 1977 and Jordan Rand's ''The Year of the Horse'' in 1978.<ref>''[[The Body Politic (magazine)|The Body Politic]]'', Issue 53 (1978).</ref> The company's original incarnation folded by 1980,<ref name=perceptions /> but after moving to Toronto in the early 1980s Wilson relaunched Stubblejumper in 1985.<ref name=perceptions>"Stubblejumper Press". ''[[Perceptions (magazine)|Perceptions]]'', Issue 23 (1986).</ref> Noted works published by Stubblejumper in the Toronto era included the novels of Wilson's partner [[Peter McGehee]], poetry and non-fiction works by [[Ian Young (writer)|Ian Young]] and the annual ''Gay Canada'' series of travel guides.

The company ceased operations sometime before Wilson's death of [[AIDS]] in 1992. ''Stubblejumper'' was also later the title of a 2008 docudrama film about Wilson by director David Geiss.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/story.html?id=66bba779-2af4-4441-b45a-bf7df11cd562
|title = Gay activist's story told
|first = Cam
|last = Fuller
|work = [[The StarPhoenix]]
|publisher = [[CanWest]]
|date = March 13, 2009
|accessdate  = 2012-02-07}}</ref>

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