Annick Press

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Canadian book publishing company

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Field	Value
image	File:Annick Press Logo.png
founded	1975
founder	Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks
country	Canada
headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
distribution	University of Toronto Press (Canada)
Publishers Group West (United States)
publications	Books
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Annick Press is a Canadian book publishing company that was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1975 by Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks. Rick Wilks became the sole owner in 2000. 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.

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

Notable authors

Priscilla Galloway, children's book author, winner of the Bologna Ragazzi award in 2000
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".
Bill Richardson, winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1994
Roslyn Schwartz, creator of the Mole Sisters books and television programme
Kathy Stinson, creator of the Bare Naked Book originally published in 1986 and rerelased in 2021 with updated illustrations by Melissa Cho.

Awards

In 2014, The Man With the Violin, written by Kathy Stinson and illustrated by Dušan Petričić, won the TD Children's Literature Award
In 2009, Mattland, written by Hazel Hutchins and Gail Hebert and illustrated by Dušan Petričić, won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award from the Canadian Library Association
Leslie's Journal by Allan Stratton was named to the American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Adults" booklist

References

[http://www.annickpress.com/blog/entry.php?entry=405 Annick Press Moves to New Distributors in 2016]
"Annick Press - About Us".
[https://archive.today/20130131144342/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/470463031.html?dids=470463031:470463031&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+08,+1989&author=Kathy+English+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=The+big+boom+in+children's+publishing+Canadians+are+making+their+mark+at+home+and+abroad+with+books+that+kids+love&pqatl=google "The big boom in children's publishing", ''Toronto Star'', April 8, 1989; abstract accessed November 18, 2009]
"Goodbye, Anne! | Quill & Quire".
"Annick Press - About Us".
"Member Search".
"OBPO.CA : The OBPO Members".
"IBBY Patrons".
[http://collectionscanada.ca/read-up-on-it/015020-056000-e.html Collections Canada.ca]
"Priscilla Galloway". Annick Press.
[http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/munsch.html From a CBC "Life and Times" biography programme]
"New Releases | Annick Press".
"Man with the Violin, The, Picture Books - Annick Press".
link. (September 27, 2011)
[http://www.annickpress.com/authors/stratton.asp?author=293 Annick Press website, accessed November 18, 2009]

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