Our Toronto office is currently a mess of boxes everywhere, because this week we’ll be setting up for the Toronto Gift Fair that starts this Sunday, August...
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Today is my first day back in the office after a vacation in Vegas! Which isn’t so much a vacay as it is a whirlwind of heat...
I’ve been enjoying Mark’s What I’m Reading posts so much that I decided, “Hey, I ought to do my own!” This weekend, I was faced with the difficult decision...
Yesterday was our July Eats ‘n’ Tweets, where one of us in the Toronto office cooks a meal from one of our cookbooks for everyone! Deciding that...
The third (and FINAL!) book in Leigh Bardugo’s YA Fantasy GRISHA trilogy, Ruin and Rising, is out today. And I am EXCITED! How excited, you ask? Outwardly, I...
Canada Day is less than a month away – and in celebration of the nicest country in the world, I decided to highlight some great books that...
Okay, okay… maybe “dominated” is too strong a word. But we’re super proud of our publishers! The Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading festival this week at Toronto’s Harbourfront...
Sales conference has this tendency of bringing out the flailing fangirl in me. It’s uncomfortable, and awkward, and full of a lot of violent yet involuntary arm...
Greetings from Vancouver! Today, I’m putting aside my dog-loving persona to focus on (you guessed it!) cats. And what better way to do that with some of...
I have a serious problem. I want to read TOO MANY BOOKS. And then the choices are overwhelming and I spend most of my time trying to decide...
Growing up as a mixed kid, there weren’t a lot of characters I could relate to – characters who felt “other”. Especially not in picture books. And...
Hey all! So, Ampersand is finally joining the 2000’s with a BLOG! Woohoo! Though you may need to bear with us while we figure out how this...