Let's Talk About Publishing in Canada
Channel: all about canadian books 
Date: 17/08/2021

Hi! My name is crystal fletcher and welcome to all about canadian books. This week, I’m hosting a special series that takes a peak at what’s going on in the Canadian book industry. 

Before I introduce our guest…if you LOVE books and the stories behind them, be sure to subscribe to my channel. Interviews are posted bi-weekly, and you don’t want to miss them!

My guest today is Noelle Allen. She’s the owner and publisher of Wolsak & Wynn an award-winning literary press based in Hamilton, Ontario. She is also the past-chair of the Literary Press Group, gritlit: Hamilton’s Readers and Writers Festival and of the Hamilton Arts Council Literary Advisory Committee, where she managed the Hamilton Literary Awards. 

Currently Noelle is also the essay editor for the Hamilton Review of Books and manages the literary programing for Super Crawl, Hamilton’s largest outdoor arts festival.

We discussed, her career highlight (Noelle has been in the industry for 3 decades), manuscripts that grab her attention, the challenges of being an independent press, publishing in Canada before and amid COVID-19. 

**CORRECTION: Apparently, I did not have enough coffee as I referred to 'independent' publishing as 'indie.' OMG! And, Noelle was very Canadian and did not correct me! I am SO embarrassed and BIG apologies. OMG!**

Be sure to check out Wolsak & Wynn:
Website: https://www.wolsakandwynn.ca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wolsakandwynn
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wolsakandwynn/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wolsakandwynn/about/

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Website: https://alllitup.ca/About-All-Lit-Up

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