Hi guys! The Ampersand website has had a little nip and tuck in the Staff Bio’s section. After weeks of chasing reps down and forcing them to...
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I don’t know about you, but I am loving the controversy surrounding Raziel Reid’s When Everything Feels Like the Movies. It’s been nominated for the 2014 Governor General’s Literary...
Hi there! We’re deep into January and the Toronto office realized that we haven’t exactly been living up to our “New Year, New You” resolutions. So we...
Happy Thursday! Here’s a funny little joke that’s making its way around Emailverse. I thought I’d share it with you.
Hello and Happy New Year good friends! It’s been a long and wonderful holiday full of indulgence, laziness, and gluttony. I feel bloated, exhausted, and frankly kind...
Hi guys! By now you’ve heard a little about the Richmond mail out, which is pretty intense each season. There are stories of paper cuts, sweat, and...
Hi there! The Quill and Quire had five designers pick their five favourite covers of the year and guess who made two out of the five? Goose Lane Editions was...
Hello friends! It dawned on me last night that I still think of December as a magical time filled with carols, family, and beautiful fairy lights. This...
Hi everyone! The Globe and Mail posted some of their favourite reads of the year and a bunch of our awesome publishers made the cut! A big...
Hi friends! Brag warning: There will be some horn tooting found below, please feel free to high five us mentally after reading. Ampersand has three books that...
Hi friends! This week was my turn to cook lunch for everyone in our office for our monthly Eats ‘n Tweets. It’s only SLIGHTLY stressful feeding 6...
Sometimes in life things just work out. There was that time when I gave in to social media and signed on to Twitter. I nervously posted the...
Happy Halloween my friends! One more sleep and we can get our spooky on! Check out our staff’s Halloween picks: And just FYI I’d pick Hogwarts. No...
Be inspired! I remember when I went skiing about 6 years ago and was heading down an icy hill at a speed that was slightly faster than...
Hello friends! Danielle Krysa aka The Jealous Curator talks about your inner critic and how to…well, shut it up. As a kid, I remember spending the good...
Hi guys! I want to make sure everyone is checking out our monthly Staff Picks on our scrolls (see above). If you click on any of our...
Hi guys! We had our monthly office Eats ‘n Tweets this week and it was delicious! Karen slaved away and made us a chicken arugula salad with toasted...
Hi guys! Well we did it! The Toronto team finally took the plunge and followed the Vancouver office in doing a group mail out. We were warned...
You know when you work hard to make money and decide not to spend it on frivolous things, like fancy shoes, and you’re so proud of yourself...
Hi guys! What’s awesome about our lines is…well everything. That’s why even future politicians are happy to embrace them. Check out 19 year old Morgan Baskin, rockin’...