Ampersand News

How was YOUR Authors for Indies day?

I had a great time, up at Book Warehouse on Main Street. It was a gorgeous day, I met some fun authors, and I picked up a...

Authors for Indies

I was morosely scanning through my calendar and Facebook invites, pondering what the heck I was going to do this weekend. Another weekend of glamorous parties with...

Get drinking!

Hi guys, I’ve recently discovered the wonders of our Native Northwest travel cups. Not only do they come in a multitude of beautiful rich colours including golds,...

Open House

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,...

#DVpit

This Tuesday I noticed the #DVpit hashtag trending on Twitter which was pretty exciting. Standing for Diverse Voices Pitch the hashtag had a ton of tweets from people...

Paper Mania!

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...

Once more unto the breach!

We wrapped up a week of Vancouver sales conference earlier this month and, after a week of in-office downtime, I’m off again to Toronto to visit my...

Thug Kitchen Eats

Hi my fellow foodies! PLEASE BE WARNED THAT THIS POST IS IN THE STYLE OF THUG KITCHEN’S WRITING, READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. The other day I cooked Coconut-Lime...

even this page is white

We are in the thick of Sales Conference learning about all of the fantastic new books coming out this fall, but one of my most anticipated spring...

But, like, food?

So one more week till I’m off to Toronto to eat more food learn about more new books! So far I believe we have plans to hit...

East Side vs. West Side

Hi guys, As you know it`s sales conference time. The reps in Toronto have been biting at the bit to leave the confusing weather of Ontario and...

Phenomenal Woman

In honour of National Poetry Month, I present to you a reading of “Phenomenal Woman” by the incomparable Maya Angelou. – Jenny

It’s here, it’s here, it’s finally here! Week one of sales conference that is! This is me, learning about all the new fall titles: Until about half...

Badass Characters

Guys, I was on Twitter and J.K. Rowling retweeted this: @Evy_Lynch So for #WorldBookDay my son wanted to dress as the most badass character from his favourite...

Authors for Indies

Only one more month until Authors for Indies day! Mark your calendars because on April 30th, authors will be taking over indie bookstores all over Canada to...

Four Eyes

I’ve always prided myself on having pretty great vision, but the last few months I’ve been struggling a bit. I keep changing the resolution on my computer...

Beautiful Barbados

This is going to be a short one because I am currently on a plane headed to Paradise! I’ll see you all in a week! Until I...

Easter Puppies

Hi guys, Since it was National Puppy Day yesterday and it’s Good Friday tomorrow I thought I’d share the best of both worlds with this “Puppy Easter”...

How To Be Miserable

I recently received an advance reading copy of How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use,  coming from New Harbinger (Raincoast) May 1. Author Randy J....

Fall Again?

You guys, it’s only two weeks till sales conference! We’re about to hear about all the books publishing in Fall 2016. Can you believe it?! I’ve been...