Annick Press

Annick Press is a Canadian book publishing company that was founded in Toronto in 1975 by Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks.^[1][2] Rick Wilks became the sole owner in 2000.^[3] A second editorial office was opened in Vancouver by Colleen MacMillan in 1999. Annick Press publishes approximately thirty books of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults per year.^[4]

Annick Press is a member of the Association of Canadian Publishers,^[5] the Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario,^[6] and IBBY Canada. ^[7] It was recently made a part of the Canadian government's "Read Up On It" programme through Library and Archives Canada.^[8]

Notable authors

• K.V. Johansen, winner of the Ann Connor Brimer award
• Robert Munsch, a member of the Order of Canada and "Canada's best-selling author," who "sells more books than any other Canadian author every year".^[9]
• Bill Richardson, winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1994
• Roslyn Schwartz, creator of the Mole Sisters books and television programme

Awards

• In 2009, Mattland, written by Hazel Hutchins and Gail Hebert and illustrated by Dusan Petricic, won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award from the Canadian Library Association^[10]
• Leslie's Journal by Allan Stratton was named to the American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Adults" booklist^[11]

References

1. ^ http://www.annickpress.com/about/index.html
2. ^ "The big boom in children's publishing", Toronto Star, April 8, 1989; abstract accessed November 18, 2009
3. ^ http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/article.cfm?article_id=4682
4. ^ http://www.annickpress.com/about/index.html
5. ^ http://www.publishers.ca/CNM_MembSearch.wws
6. ^ http://www.obpo.ca/members.cfm?member_id=1
7. ^ http://www.ibby-canada.org/patrons.html
8. ^ Collections Canada.ca
9. ^ From a CBC "Life and Times" biography programme
10. ^ Canadian Library Association press release, accessed November 18, 2009
11. ^ Annick Press website, accessed November 18, 2009

External links

• Annick Press official website
• A podcast interview from "Just One More Book" with Rick Wilks of Annick Press, from 2007 (accessed November 18, 2009)