Oh, Canada!
July 3, 2017 |
Happy July, friends! Canada Day has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean we’re ready to stop celebrating Canada 150. This week we’ve rounded up a list...
Writer’s Block
May 6, 2016 |
When you’re as talented of a writer as I am (and as humble) you sometimes get tripped up on your own genius and stubble right into writer’s...
Open House
April 25, 2016 |
Twice a year we host an open house here in our Richmond showroom, and invite all our accounts to come check out new books and gift products,...
Paper Mania!
April 18, 2016 |
I have to tell you, as much as fun as it is to listen to publishers talk about new books, it’s even more fun to see the...
All By Myself
February 29, 2016 |
Cheryl and Dani are out of the office this week, so you know what that means! Chair dancing central up in here! -Ali
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...
Open House
September 28, 2015 |
Today marks the first day of our two week showroom open house, here in Richmond. Accounts are invited to check out new books, Christmas books, colouring books,...
Catalogue Time!
September 14, 2015 |
Huzzah, we have completed our Winter mailing of catalogues! Bookstores and libraries across the country will start to receive exciting bundles containing pages and pages of new...
Another thing crossed off the to-do list!
May 22, 2015 |
Happy Friday, We have just finished our massive mail-out of the Fall catalogues – high fives all around to the team – Cheryl, Ali, Mark, and Paulina...
Cookbook Heaven
April 27, 2015 |
So you’ve probably already figured out that I’m PRETTY into food. I’m also a big lover of art books (please see previous posts for evidence of my...
Open House
March 23, 2015 |
We’re just getting started with our Open House here in Vancouver! We invite accounts to come in and check out books and gift items in person, place...
Cookbook Potluck
March 2, 2015 |
Well now that everyone in the office is back after February Bookfair mania, we’re getting back on the cookbook potluck horse! We’ll be doing our first in...
Welcome Back
January 5, 2015 |
I hope everyone had a marvellous holiday season! I know I definitely enjoyed having two weeks away from the office. Except now I’m back at work and...
Catalogues Forever
December 15, 2014 |
So you know how all the Ampersanders have spent the last few weeks learning about new titles? Now it’s time to tell our accounts about them! The...
Sales Conferencing
November 17, 2014 |
Here we are, on day three of the Vancouver conference! We spent all weekend being presented exciting spring titles (and eating, of course), and we’re here for...
Open Housing!
September 15, 2014 |
Twice a year we host open houses in our Vancouver and Toronto showrooms, and invite accounts to come in and check out new books. I’m officially in...
What are you doing this weekend?
September 12, 2014 |
Hello and happy Friday. We have survived the Winter catalogue mailing and the weekend looms. See if you can guess what my plans are: What are you...
Time for Catalogues
September 8, 2014 |
So we’ve all been talking about the changing of seasons around here, and at the Ampersand offices that means catalogue mailing. I love that mailing time means...
Silly Camp Names
July 7, 2014 |
So one of the benefits of my job is that I have a standing subscription to Chirp, Chickadee, and Owl magazines. Last week I got the latest...
Job satisfaction: high
May 30, 2014 |
I can honestly say we had an excellent work week. We (Cheryl, Mark and I) managed to do our HUGE mailout of the Fall catalogues and had...