Dave Godfrey was many things: an author and publisher who was at the forefront of the CanLit explosion in the 1960s and ’70s, a teacher, a software developer, and a vintner. He was also a ... Read More »
Search Results by tag: Dennis Lee
HarperCollins Canada is adding another updated edition of a Dennis Lee classic to their catalogue of sturdy books for babies. Originally published in the 1977 poetry collection of the same name, Garbage Delight will be ... Read More »
May 12, 2015 | Filed under: Children's publishing
The wait is over, Dennis Lee fans. Today marks the official release date of Lee's first collection of original poems for children in more than a decade. Melvis and Elvis (HarperCollins Canada) features illustrations by ... Read More »
February 17, 2015 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing
Almost 400 golden-ticket-holding fans turned out at the Toronto Reference Library on Oct. 19 to celebrate Small Print Toronto's Roald Dahl Day and the 50th anniversary of one of the author's most beloved works for ... Read More »
October 22, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Events
It was cloudy on Saturday morning as a small group of people gathered in a sunken area off Bloor Street West in Toronto – an area known by its residents as Swansea. The occasion was ... Read More »
September 8, 2014 | Filed under: People
If you were a child in the 1980s, chances are good that you owned, or at least read, a copy of Dennis Lee's Alligator Pie, the book of verse that has gone on to become ... Read More »
July 23, 2014 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing
In the June issue, Q&Q books for young people editor Dory Cerny shares some highlights from the fall season's most-anticipated books. Space odyssey: Megan Crewe Toronto author Megan Crewe recently wrapped her Fallen Worlds series, ... Read More »
June 19, 2014 | Filed under: Children's publishing, Preview
Celebrating university presses in anticipation of University Press Week Irish Republican party moves to axe 87-year-old Censorship of Publications Board Downtown Boston to become first U.S. literary cultural district Why writing for free isn't slavery ... Read More »
October 29, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
In September 2011, HarperCollins Canada announced it will publish Melvis and Elvis, Dennis Lee's first collection of children's poems in a decade. In what should prove to be a fun and interesting pairing of stalwart ... Read More »
February 26, 2013 | Filed under: Book news
Quillcast is a podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, Jacob McArthur Mooney chats with Dennis Lee about his most recent poetry collection, Testament (House ... Read More »
April 30, 2012 | Filed under: Quillcast
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