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Getting Settled, Getting Familiar
I’ve been working at Dundurn for just over a month. I like to think (rather, I hope) I have been settling in well. Each day I get more comfortable with my role here in the publicity department and each day I learn something new.
Starting my position, I knew there was going to be quite a bit to [...]
Good Grammar Breeds Good Manners
Today is National Grammar Day. In honour of this sancrosact holiday I have been pointing out people’s flawed grammar all day. And it occured to me while drinking my tea and being very maudlin of this great day — I think we can all agree a day like this should be a national holiday — [...]
Pilgrim in the (Toronto) Palace
Dundurn Press Publicity (or the “promo lounge” as it’s been dubbed) has been a busy place recently. We’ve had a few books come up for release and some trade show events, coupled with some long-term planning for events, lots of meetings for the upcoming release seasons, and nevermind the day-to-day stuff that ever so quickly [...]
Q&A with Margaret Anne Wilkinson, author of Genealogy and the Law in Canada
How did you come up with the idea for this book?
I was asked to speak to the London Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society through the good offices of my husband’s first cousin-once-removed, Carolyn Croke. Carolyn, a librarian herself, knew that, as both a trained professional librarian and a lawyer, I am naturally interested in [...]
New On The Scene
Hi, have we met? I’m Marta, the recently hired and very excited but still disoriented and a tad nervous publicity assistant. It’s great to meet you!
Today marks the end of my very first week at Dundurn, and boy, has it been a jam-packed five days! I’ve been assigned the titles I’ll be working on, sat in on my [...]
John Ballem
Publishing is a family affair and so when I got an email from John Ballem’s assistant Donna this morning I thought it was to let me know that John was taking off on another trip or had written another article.
Sadly, it was to notify us that John had passed away on January 9, 2010.
Authors come [...]
The Dead Sea Scrolls
I’ve had some fun lately putting together the video podcasts for my book Pilgrim in the Palace of Words. They’re going to be up on itunes soon but you can get a sneak peak already. This is some real footage of the Dead Sea Scrolls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7TwKWeO_6g
And check out the ROM museum’s display if you [...]
