Caribou and the North Featured on Sustainablog

Caribou and the North: A Shared Future by Monte Hummel and Justina C. Ray received its first review this past Wednesday on the environmental blog Sustainablog.org. Here’s a portion of the review.

“In Caribou and the North: A Shared Future, Hummel and Ray use their expertise on these cold-loving herbivores and on the science of conservation to provide a [...]

Granite – A Cozy Fall Read

Although it’s still warm and sunny, the calender and the weather forecasters are telling me that Fall is right around the corner. As with movies and food our tastes change with the weather from blockbusters, beach reads, and grilled summer eats to historical and family dramas, literary fiction, and comforting casseroles and pasta. Granite, a literary fiction novel with a pinch of mystery thrown into the mix, kicks [...]

A Q&A with Walter Pitman

Tell us about your book.
Elmer Iseler, Choral Visionary, is a biography of Canada’s foremost choral conductor, Elmer Isler, who died just to years ago. But during that lifetime created the finest chamber choirs that Canada had ever heard and witnessed and for more than 30 years conducted Canada’s foremost large oratorio choir, the Toronto Mendelssohn [...]

Are You Watching?

Have you noticed anything different on our homepage? Aside from the notice that we’re overhauling our website, we’ve definitely heard what our customers have told us about our website and have begun to make changes to improve your overall experience with regards to navigating through our website. Right off the bat you will [...]

Judging by the Cover, A Q&A with Erin Mallory

How do you begin to conceptualize a cover design? Where do you go for inspiration?
EM: The starting point is usually the cover concept form that each editor completes for their books. This form gives a brief outline of the plot, states the genre and age range of the book, and highlights any specific themes they [...]

Mazo de la Roche Plaque

This month a plaque was erected in honour of Canadian author Mazo de la Roche, commemorating her “national historic significance.” The monument was unveiled at a ceremony on April 12, 2008, at Benares Historic House, which is speculated to be the inspiration for the house described in her Jalna series. The Benares Historic House is [...]

From Timbuktu to Toronto

Catalogues, invoices and media kits are the typical mail deliveries in a marketer’s life. Imagine my surprise when last week in amongst the daily stack of envelopes, I found a postcard — from Timbuktu, no less!

Zak, the intrepid guide from our forthcoming travel book, To Timbuktu for a Haircut by Rick Antonson, thanked me for [...]