Congratulations to Peter Cocking, Page Two’s design associate, who has won two 2014 Alcuin Awards for book design. He took first prize in the Reference category for The Dirty Apron Cookbook, and honourable mention in Pictorial for the art book Susan Point.
We’re delighted to report a new book deal we made through our association with Transatlantic Agency: Dr. Karen Lee’s FIT CITIES: HOW URBAN DESIGN CAN CONQUER THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC, a brilliant, eye-opening look at how we can act now to stop one of the world’s biggest health issues, based on the latest research and interviews with designers and health practitioners, as well as Lee’s own personal experiences in the field.
We had the opportunity to look back on Page Two’s first year in an editorial for Publishing Perspectives. Upon reflection, we realized that the work we’ve done on even our most non-traditional projects has deep roots in industry traditions, and our most digitally-minded clients appreciate the benefits of time-tested publishing practices.
Arno Kopecky’s The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway (Douglas & McIntyre) has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award 2014.
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October 3 marks Page Two’s first anniversary and SFU Publishing Associate Professor Monique Sherrett has honoured the event with her recent post, “Page Two Turns One.” She looks back on Page Two’s first year and also shares what’s taking shape for the year ahead
Sherrett writes, “The focused, yet nimble, nature of Page Two is apparent when looking at their strategic publishing projects over the first year.
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Our heartfelt congratulations to Arno Kopecky, who has won the 2014 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction for The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway (Douglas & McIntyre).
Margaret Bryant, director of sales and marketing for Dundurn, has acquired world rights to Phil Dwyer’s Larry’s Book: Lessons in Dying a Good Death, a non-fiction work chronicling the end-of-life experience of Dr.
Page Two is delighted to announce that we’ve hired a project manager. Carra Simpson has worked in trade book publishing since 2007, most recently as the publishing operations manager at Greystone Books and Douglas & McIntyre.
Page Two was quoted in this Vancouver Sun article about self-publishing in the city.
Journalist Shawn Conner writes: “Helping writers navigate these sometimes confusing waters is Page Two Strategies, a Vancouver-based company founded by Trena White and Jesse Finkelstein.
Today we posted our first expert blog for Digital Book World: Canadian Competition Bureau Limits Agency Ebook Pricing. We will be blogging for DBW every few weeks about digital publishing in Canada, and we’ll be sure to share the links here when we do.
