About Us
Charlene Dobmeier of Kingsley Publishing Services Inc. has been in the book industry for more than thirty years and has edited and/or published 430 titles. She holds a B.Ed. and a B.A. Honours in History from the University of Saskatchewan and also has a background in international development work.
From 1985 to 2008, Charlene was managing editor then publisher at Fifth House Ltd. and led the company to Publisher of the Year Awards in 2006 and 2007 and numerous Best Book Awards. In 2016, she edited Professor Bill Waiser’s A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905, which won the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction.
Charlene has been vice-president of the Book Publishers Association of Alberta and served on book award and publishing juries in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2016, the U of S College of Education recognized Charlene’s accomplishments by selecting her for its Alumni Wall of Honour. She is also listed in Canadian Who’s Who.
Charlene now owns and operates Kingsley Publishing Services with offices in Alberta and British Columbia offering consulting, project management, and professional publishing services to clients who have a commitment to quality. Her mission is to work with others to create meaningful, beautiful, and enduring books.
At Kingsley Publishing Services we offer an approach that is at once personal and professional. There are no one-size-fits-all packages here. We know that your project is unique. Professional publishing is not a sideline of our main business: it is our business.
From 1985 to 2008, Charlene was managing editor then publisher at Fifth House Ltd. and led the company to Publisher of the Year Awards in 2006 and 2007 and numerous Best Book Awards. In 2016, she edited Professor Bill Waiser’s A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905, which won the 2016 Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction.
Charlene has been vice-president of the Book Publishers Association of Alberta and served on book award and publishing juries in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2016, the U of S College of Education recognized Charlene’s accomplishments by selecting her for its Alumni Wall of Honour. She is also listed in Canadian Who’s Who.
Charlene now owns and operates Kingsley Publishing Services with offices in Alberta and British Columbia offering consulting, project management, and professional publishing services to clients who have a commitment to quality. Her mission is to work with others to create meaningful, beautiful, and enduring books.
At Kingsley Publishing Services we offer an approach that is at once personal and professional. There are no one-size-fits-all packages here. We know that your project is unique. Professional publishing is not a sideline of our main business: it is our business.
