Registration is open for the 2013 ACP Annual General Meeting that will be held on June 13h to June 15th at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library. For information on PD topics, subsidies, accommodations, and to download a registration form, click here.

One of the highlights of the AGM will be presentations of the President's Award to Jack Wayne, founder of Canadian Scholars Press and game-changing past-president of the ACP, and the Honourary Lifetime Membership to David Friesen, dean of Canadian printers, chairman of the board of Friesens, and champion of Canadian book-publishing, for the great contributions to our industry. Please join us at our annual banquet at Blu Ristorante as we celebrate Canadian publishing and the contributions to it of these distinguished individuals.

Two recent surveys conducted by the ACP reveal positive climate for independent Canadian-owned publishers. Read the full press release here. 

The ACP offices will be closed for the holidays staring December 21. The office will re-open at 9:00 am ET on Wednesday, January 2.
Have a great holiday and happy New Year!

Registration is now open for the 2012 ACP Mid-Winter PD & Meeting on February 1st and 2nd at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. For information on PD topics, subsidies, accommodations, and to download a registration form, click here.

The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) urges Canadians to join publishers in supporting the National Reading Campaign and its “What did you read today?” campaign. The campaign launched November 14, with a pair of fun contests: one for the general public and one for kids. Both contests run until December 31, 2012 and are open to Canadian residents only. 

Read the ACP Press Release here, or visit www.nationalreadingcampaign.ca to learn more. 

Established by CODE in collaboration with William (Bill) Burt and the Literary Prizes Foundation, The Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature is a new unique Canadian literary award and readership initiative recognizing excellence in English-language literary works for Young Adults by First Nations, Métis and Inuit authors.

Call for submissions

Eligible manuscripts and books published between 1 May 2010 and 30 April 2013 must be received from publishers no later than 1 May 2013.

For further details go to www.codecan.org/get-involved/burt-award-canada or contact Catherine Belshaw, Literary Awards Officer, at 1-800-661-2633 ext. 233 or cbelshaw@codecan.org.

The ACP is pleased to announce the release of Consultation on K to 12 Educational Publishing in Canada, a research report and strategic plan prepared by Glenn Rollans and Simon de Jocas under the direction of the association's Education Committee. The report is available for download here.

The ACP acknowledges the Department of Canadian Heritage and Ontario Media Development Corporation for their support of this project.

Registration is open for the 2012 ACP Annual General Meeting that will be held on June 14th to June 16th at the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. For information on PD topics, subsidies, accommodations, and to download a registration form, click here.

One of the highlights of the AGM will be presentations of honourary lifetime memberships to some people who have made enormous contributions to our industry: Peter Milroy, longtime active ACP participant, who retires this year as Director of UBC Press; and Wayne and Carry Dueck, venerable Saskatoon booksellers. Please join us as we celebrate Canadian publishing and the contributions to it of these distinguished individuals.

As part of the annual ACP Mid-Winter Meeting, two people were honoured for their enormous contributions to Canadian publishing over the past several years. Alan Convery (TD Bank) and Janet Hawkins (OMDC) were presented with Honourary Lifetime Membership in the association. ACP thanks everyone who joined to celebrate.

To view photographs from this event, follow this link: http://publishers.ca/photos.html.