Welcome to Cursor.
We bring the best of international publishing to North America.
Cursor Literary is led by Emily Cook, who brings decades of experience in publishing to her clients. Our office provides full publishing support to our partners, including list building, distributor communications, marketing and publicity campaigns, and on-the-ground engagement with booksellers and librarians. We believe that every book has a niche—we’re here to find that niche and creatively expand it. Whether you are new to the North American market, or ready to expand, our team of dedicated strategists is here to imagine, shape and do the work that will help your brand shine.
Our Clients
Greystone Books | Canada
Greystone Books is a trade book publisher that focuses on high-quality non-fiction books that appeal to regional, national, and international readers. The company is a leading publisher of books about nature and the environment, travel and adventure, sports, social issues, science, and health, as well as books that are exceptional literary expressions of personal passions.
Coach House | Canada
Coach House Books is an independent Canadian publishing company located in Toronto, Ontario. Coach House publishes innovative and experimental poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction. The press is particularly interested in writing that pushes at the boundaries of convention.
Scribble Kids | Australia
Scribble is a vibrant, eclectic list of illustrated books for children by brilliant writers and artists from around the world. Based in Melbourne, Australia.
Scribe | Australia
Scribe has been operating as a wholly independent trade-publishing house for more than 40 years. What started off in 1976 as a desire on publisher Henry Rosenbloom’s part to publish “serious nonfiction” as a one-man band has turned into a multi-award-winning company.
The Do Book Co. | United Kingdom
Designed to help creative entrepreneurs, makers, and doers work smarter and create positive change, Do Books are concise guides written by experts whose stories and ideas have inspired others to go and Do. The growing collection (now 40+) spans design, business, well-being, and sustainable living with each book focusing on the “doing” rather than the background theory.
Helvetiq | Switzerland
Helvetiq is an international publishing house founded in 2008 and based in Basel and Lausanne, Switzerland.
Helvetiq publishes children's books, nonfiction books for adults, and graphic novels in French, German and English.
Omnibus Press | United Kingdom
Omnibus is a proudly independent publisher of ground-breaking books about music and musicians. Omnibus publishes a wide range of formats ranging from beautifully illustrated coffee table books to biographies and autobiographies of legendary musicians, as well as explorations into the changing music business.
Saraband | United Kingdom
Saraband is an award-winning independent publisher of outstanding fiction, absorbing nature writing, pressing environmental issues and compelling memoir.
Who we are
Emily Cook, President & Co-founder | emily@thinkcursor.com
Natalie Stamatopoulos, Publicist and Special Projects Manager | natalie@thinkcursor.com
Lauren Rosemary Hook, Associate Publisher | lauren@thinkcursor.com
Audrey Carlson, Book Room Manager
Richard Nash, Consultant & Co-founder | rnash@rnash.com
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“We're thrilled to be working with Emily and Richard – between the two of them, they seem to know everybody and everything about publishing in America, and having them working on the ground there on our behalf seems like the ideal solution for a publisher like us that's trying to be in two places at one time. I can't imagine a better scenario or better people to enact it.”
— Alana Wilcox, Publishing Director of Coach House Books