Ontario has a wealth of fantastic writers and amazing stories. This October the Ontario Book Publishers Organization is highlighting some great reads from some of the great Ontario publishers.
Pick up an Ontario book and ?Read Ontario.?
Check out the Open Book: Toronto and Open Book: Ontario websites for features on these great Ontario writers and interviews with some of our treasured Ontario independent booksellers.
Read Ontario Titles
Unlikely Radicals (Between the Lines) by Charlie Angus
Autonomous State (University of Toronto Press) by Dimitry Anastakis
Blue Future (House of Anansi Press) by Maude Barlow
Ceremonies for the Dead (Kegedonce Press) by Giles Benaway
Old Enough to Fight (James Lorimer & Company) by Dan Black and John Boileau
Two Women (Second Story Press) by Christene A. Browne
Barrett Fuller's Secret (Dundurn) by Scott Carter
When This World Comes to an End (Brick Books) by Kate Cayley
Invisible Dogs (Brick Books) by Barry Dempster
A Bird's Eye (House of Anansi Press) by Cary Fagan
Along the Shore (ECW Press) by M. Jane Fairburn
The Emblems of James Reaney (The Porcupine's Quill) by Thomas Gerry
The Scottish Banker of Surabaya (House of Anansi Press) by Ian Hamilton
Quiet No More (James Lorimer & Company) by Joel D. Harden
Ipperwash (University of Toronto Press) by Edward J. Hedican
The City Still Breathing (Coach House Books) by Matthew Heiti
Flee, Fly, Flown (Second Story Press) by Janet Hepburn
Blood: The Stuff of Life (House of Anansi Press) by Lawrence Hill
47 Sorrows (Dundurn) by Janet Kellough
Metal on Ice (Dundurn) by Sean Kelly
Lawyers, Families, and Businesses (Irwin Law) by C. Ian Kyer
The Miracles of Ordinary Men (ECW Press) by Amanda Leduc
Love, and all that jazz (The Porcupine's Quill) by Laurie Lewis
No Angel (Pedlar Press) by Annie McLurg
Memoirs and Reflections (University of Toronto Press) by Roy McMurtry
Paikin and the Premiers (Dundurn) by Steve Paikin
Afloat (Brick Books) by John Reibetanz
The Truth About Luck (House of Anansi Press) by Iain Reid
The World of Niagara Wine (Wilfrid Laurier Press) by Michael Ripmeester, Phillip Gordon Mackintosh and Christopher Fullerton
The April Poems (The Porcupine's Quill) by Leon Rooke
From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City (Wilfrid Laurier Press) by Oiva W. Saarinen
The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles (University of Toronto Press) by L. Anders Sandberg, Gerda R. Wekerle and Liette Gilbert
Hostile Seas (Dundurn) by J. L. Savidge
The Family China (Brick Books) by Ann Shin
Jack Chambers' Red and Green (The Porcupine's Quill) by Tom Smart
The Memory of Water (Wilfrid Laurier Press) by Allen Smutylo
Love and Forgetting (Second Story Press) by Julie Macfie Sobol and Ken Sobol
Gambatte (ECW Press) by David Tsubouchi
The Life and Times of Conrad Black (The Porcupine's Quill) by George A. Walker
The Origin of Feces (ECW Press) by David Waltner-Toews
The Drowned Man (ECW Press) by David Whellams
Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity (University of Toronto Press) by Lorraine York
Contest! Enter to Win A Prize Package of 42 ?Read Ontario? books
To enter, send an email to [email protected] with the subject heading "Read Ontario" and tell us the name of your favourite Ontario author. Contest closes on November 15.
Participating Bookstores
Ben McNally Books
366 Bay Street, Toronto, ON
Blue Heron Books
62 Brock Street West, Uxbridge, ON
Books & Company
289 Main Street, Picton, ON
The Bookshelf
41 Quebec Street, Guelph. ON
Bryan Price Bookseller
1060 King Street West, Hamilton, ON
A Different Drummer Books
513 Locust Street, Burlington, ON
Furby House Books
65 Walton Street, Port Hope, ON
Northern Woman?s Bookstore
65 Court Street South, Thunder Bay, ON
Novel Idea
156 Princess Street, Kingston, ON
Octopus Book
116 Third Avenue, Ottawa, ON
Type Books
883 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
Type Books
427 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON
Words Worth Books
96 King Street South, Waterloo, ON
This promotion is generously funded by the Ontario Media Development Corporation.
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