Kawartha Lakes shoreline at sunset
Fireside Publishing House

Play. Stay. Live.

An annual lifestyle and discovery guide to Kawartha Lakes, for visitors, future residents, and newcomers who want more from where they live.

Format Premium Print & Digital
Cadence Annual
Region Kawartha Lakes
Focus Lifestyle & Discovery
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What It Is

A premium annual guide to a region built for living. Curated, beautifully designed, and built to stay on the shelf.

Play. Stay. Live. is a yearly editorial guide that celebrates the rich, full life available in Kawartha Lakes. From the best local restaurants and weekend retreats to outdoor adventures and seasonal living, it is the insider’s companion for residents and visitors who want more from the region they love, or will come to love when they move here.

Every edition is curated with care: feature writing, photography, and design built to be enjoyed slowly. It is not a brochure. It is a publication you keep on the shelf and pull off again next summer.

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Publication Type
Annual Guide
Coverage Area
Kawartha Lakes
Published By
Fireside Publishing
Available
Print & Digital
Distribution & Reach

On coffee tables, in cottages,
and in hands all year long.

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Annual Readership
50k+

Readers across print and digital editions over the year.

Annual Print Run
12k+

Premium copies distributed across the region.

Distribution Points
100+

Hotels, real estate offices, cafés, and visitor centres.

Shelf Life
12mo

A full year of relevance in every edition.

* Figures are representative estimates. Audited data available upon request.

Who It’s For

People who already love it here
, and people about to.

“Play. Stay. Live. exists for the moment someone realizes a region is more than a place, it’s a way of living.”

Visitors, lifelong residents, future newcomers, and anyone curious about what life in Kawartha Lakes really looks like across all four seasons.

  • Visitors
  • Tourists
  • Future Residents
  • Newcomers
  • Cottagers
  • Lifestyle Readers
What We Cover

The full texture
of life in Kawartha Lakes.

From dining and adventure to relocation and real estate, every edition is a curated, year-long companion to the region, written for the way people actually live, visit, and arrive here.

01

Dining, Drink & Cuisine

The chefs, restaurants, breweries, and producers shaping the region’s food scene, the places worth driving for, season after season.

Food & Drink
02

Outdoor & Adventure

Trails, lakes, paddling routes, and seasonal recreation guides. How to actually use the region you live in, or are about to visit.

Recreation
03

Arts, Culture & Events

Year-round festivals, galleries, music, theatre, and the cultural calendar that makes Kawartha Lakes more than just a getaway.

Culture
04

Real Estate & Relocation

For people considering the move, neighbourhoods, what to expect, who to talk to, and what life actually looks like once you settle in.

Living Here
Why It Exists

A region this beautiful deserves
a publication to match.

Kawartha Lakes quietly delivers some of the richest seasonal living in Ontario, but most of what gets published about it lives in pamphlets, listings, or weekend feeds. Beautiful place, scattered story.

Play. Stay. Live. was created to give the region a single curated guide, built to the standard the place itself sets. A publication that treats life in Kawartha Lakes as worth writing about properly, not just visiting, but living.

“There is a difference between a place to visit and a place to live. We celebrate the moment people realize Kawartha Lakes is both.”
Fireside Publishing House
Part of Fireside Publishing House

One guide. One region.
One publishing house.

Play. Stay. Live. is published by Fireside Publishing House, an independent media company rooted in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario. Fireside exists to give this region the quality, independent publishing it deserves, across multiple titles that each serve a distinct audience and purpose.

Play. Stay. Live. works alongside its sister publications to cover the full depth of life in the region, each title distinct, each one essential.

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Whether you’re visiting, planning a move, or already at home in Kawartha Lakes, Play. Stay. Live. is your guide to the year ahead.

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