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.Collections Canada.ca
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".From a CBC "Life and Times" biography programme 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 AssociationCanadian Library Association press release, accessed November 18, 2009 Leslie's Journal by Allan Stratton was named to the American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Adults" booklistAnnick Press website, accessed November 18, 2009
References
External links Annick Press official website A podcast interview from "Just One More Book" with Rick Wilks of Annick Press, from 2007 (accessed November 18, 2009)