Sales Conference – An Extreme Sport!
November 17, 2015 |
Done day 2 of our 11 day sales conference. One can only truly explain conference to the uninitiated as publishing’s equivalent of an extreme sport. We begin...
November 16, 2015 |
So two things are happening this week: our sales conference is starting, and I’m moving. This is horrible timing, but that’s life, I guess, right? So for...
Giller Light Bash
November 12, 2015 |
Hi guys! Sadly the publisher we were rooting for didn’t win the Scotiabank Giller Prize but it’s OKAY because we love Coach House Books and are so...
The Giller!
November 10, 2015 |
Hi everyone! We are bubbling over with excitement and anticipation of what’s going to happen today at the Scotiabank Giller Prize. We have our fingers crossed for...
Is it Spring Already?
November 9, 2015 |
It definitely doesn’t feel like it, here in Vancouver: And yet, starting this weekend we’re hearing about all our publishers’ spring titles! -Ali
No Worries about Curry!
November 5, 2015 |
Hi guys! Last week I finally tried a recipe out of Meera Sodha’s cookbook, Made In India. I chose the Eggplant, and Cherry Tomato Curry as she mentions...
Montreal Book Fair
November 4, 2015 |
Bonjour! This past Sunday, I took the ViaRail (for the first time!) from Toronto to La Belle Province to talk books and eat all the poutine and...
Announcing the Ampersand Vlog!
November 2, 2015 |
Dani and I have been secretly working on a project for the last few months: the Ampersand Vlog! So the first six episodes are up, and you can...
2015 Governor General’s Literary Awards
October 28, 2015 |
What can brighten up a wet and dreary Wednesday morning? Awards news! The 2015 Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced today and we’re delighted to see two...
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
October 26, 2015 |
I’ve been invited to do some book talks at a few libraries next month. They asked me to present current, and forthcoming titles, and gave me a time limit...
Holy Cow!
October 22, 2015 |
Hi there! If you’re anything like me then you are re-watching The X-Files in anticipation for this: No wait, let me reword that: If you’re anything like...
Going back to Stars Hollow
October 21, 2015 |
Monday, October 19th was a big night in this neck of the woods. It was election night and change was sweeping the nation. The Blue Jays won...
Yes – I know there was an election last night but …
October 20, 2015 |
On Wednesday, October 14, while my colleague Ryan was cheering for the Jays and dodging beer cans in Toronto I was at the Victoria Book Prize Gala...
VIWF 2015
October 19, 2015 |
Tomorrow is the beginning of the 2015 Vancouver International Writer’s Festival, and I can’t wait! The festival always attracts a great variety of local and international authors, with events...
Time to get Spooky
October 16, 2015 |
In one of my forays into the wilds of the internet, I turned up this fantastic Spooktober Reading Bingo card from Julie Israel’s blog: I love...
OK, Blue Jays!
October 15, 2015 |
Last night I went to a baseball game. It was the most nerve-wracking, most exhilarating, most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed – and it was 22 years...
A beautiful long weekend in Toronto
October 14, 2015 |
We’re already halfway through the work week (when did that happen?) and I’m still thinking about the awesome Thanksgiving weekend I had. It involved lots of...
A Darker Shade of Magic
October 9, 2015 |
I just finished reading A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab this week and excuse me, why aren’t I living in Red London right now?!?...
Made in India
October 8, 2015 |
Hi friends! On Monday some of us Ampersanders went for a lovely lunch with Meera Sodha, author of Made in India. Meera shared with us her favourite...