Amanda Lewis Joins Page Two

Page Two Strategies is delighted to welcome Amanda Lewis to the company as Project and Development Manager, effective October 17.

Lewis has wide-ranging editorial and publishing experience, built over eight years at Knopf Random Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada, where she edited such stellar non-fiction as Up Ghost River by Edmund Metatawabin (with Alexandra Shimo), finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction; Mountain City Girls by Anna and Jane McGarrigle; The End of Protest by Micah White; and Startle and Illuminate: Carol Shields on Writing, edited by Anne Giardini and Nicholas Giardini, who are both Page Two clients.

It’s Megan Jones’s Last Day!

Today is bittersweet at Page Two: it’s the last day for our talented, smart, dedicated project manager, Megan Jones. She’s accepted a full-time job at ZG Communications, the marketing firm that she has worked at part-time over the last few years.

Announcing New Agency Client Elaine Kalman Naves

We are pleased to welcome award-winning writer Elaine Kalman Naves, represented by principal Jesse Finkelstein in alliance with Transatlantic Agency.

Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation

 

Goose Lane Editions announced today that it will publish Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation on October 4, 2016. Authored by acclaimed Toronto Star investigative reporter Kevin Donovan, Secret Life will provide the behind-the-scenes account of one of the most explosive investigative news stories of the decade.

Dr. Deborah MacNamara Speaks to United Nations in New York City

Page Two client Dr. Deborah MacNamara – author of the recently-published Rest, Play, Grow – spoke to the United Nations yesterday, June 1, 2016 at a special Conference on “The Importance of Fatherhood and Motherhood for Integral Development.” We’re delighted to share that the conference can be streamed via UN Web TV.

Startle and Illuminate: Canadian Bestselling Book

Startle and Illuminate: Carol Shields on Writingedited by Anne Giardini and Nicholas Giardini and published by Random House Canada, is a Canadian bestselling book in the category of Nonfiction for the week of May 15, 2016.

Gabrielle Narsted Joins Page Two

Joining the Page Two team as our new, multitasking publishing associate is Gabrielle (“Gabi”) Narsted, who will support authors’ book projects from conception to publication.

Announcing Agency Clients Jason Partridge and Ujwal Arkalgud

We are pleased to welcome agency clients Jason Partridge and Ujwal Arkalgud, represented by Page Two principal Jesse Finkelstein in partnership with Transatlantic Agency. Ujwal and Jason are writing a book that aims to change the way business leaders think about human motivation and disrupt the research industry as it stands today.

The Courage Solution Lands on Wall Street Journal Bestsellers List

Congratulations to our client Mindy Mackenzie whose recently-released The Courage Solution landed on the Wall Street Journal‘s Best-Selling Books list for the week ending May 8, 2016.

Pailin Chongchitnant’s Hot Thai Kitchen a Globe and Mail Bestseller

This weekend Pailin Chongchitnant landed on the Globe and Mail bestseller list with her gorgeous cookbook, Hot Thai Kitchen. The book gives authentic Thai recipes that anyone can try at home and explains the basic principles that underlie Thai dishes.

Daniel Jones’s Emotional Promiscuity Sold in China

Simplified Chinese rights to Daniel Jones’s Emotional Promiscuity: The Science of Serial Romance have been sold to Beijing Standway Books Co. by Susie Li of Andrew Nurnberg Associates International Ltd., on behalf of Trena White, principal of Page Two and associate agent of the Transatlantic Agency.

Rave Reviews and a Riotous Launch for Sonja Larsen’s Red Star Tattoo

Last month, Page Two principals Jesse Finkelstein and Trena White attended the Vancouver launch of client Sonja Larsen’s Red Star Tattoo: My Life as a Girl Revolutionary.

As the photos below demonstrate, the launch was a huge success.