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ECW Press
ECW Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canada, Canadian literary magazine named ''Essays on Canadian Writing''. They started publishing trade and scholarly books in 1979. ECW Press publishes a range of books in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, sport, and Popular culture, pop culture. In 2015, Publishers Weekly listed ECW Press as one of the fastest-growing independent publishers in North America. History The company was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canada, Canadian literary magazine named ''Essays on Canadian Writing''. Five years later, ECW published its first books—trade and scholarly titles. It started with two principal series: the ''Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors'' (ABCMA) and ''Canadian Writers and Their Works'' (CWTW). Through the 1980s, ECW upgraded its typesetting facilities, published reference titles and began to service third-party cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lecker
Robert Lecker (born 1951) is a Canadian scholar, author, and Greenshields Professor of English at McGill University, where he specializes in Canadian literature. He received the H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching at McGill University in 1996. Lecker is a leading authority on Canadian literature. In 2012, Lecker was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his influential studies on literary value in English Canada and Canadian cultural identity. In addition to his teaching and academic writing, Lecker has held a number of prominent positions in the Canadian publishing industry throughout his career. He founded ECW Press in 1997, he co-edited the Canadian literary journal ''Essays on Canadian Writing'' between 1975 and 2004, he has edited several anthologies of Canadian and international literature, and he currently heads a literary agency in Montreal, the Robert Lecker Agency. Biography Early life and education Lecker was born and raised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Stanton
Steve Stanton is a Canadian author, editor, and publisher. He founded Skysong Press in 1988 and published the literary fanzine ''Dreams & Visions'' for twenty years, as well as the ''Sky Songs'' anthology series, 2002–2005. He served on the board of directors of SF Canada for seven years from 2007 to 2014, including three years as president of the association from 2011 to 2014, when he established the bilingual SF Canada Awards. Stanton's science fiction stories have been published in sixteen countries and a dozen languages, his cyberpunk trilogy, ''The Bloodlight Chronicles'', was published by ECW Press in Toronto: this trilogy consists of ''Reconciliation'' (2010), ''Retribution'' (2011), and ''Redemption'' (2012). Library Journal ''Library Journal'' is an American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude Barlow
Maude Victoria Barlow (born May 24, 1947) is a Canadian author and activist. She is a founding member and former board chair of The Council of Canadians, a citizens' advocacy organization with members and chapters across Canada. She is also the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which works internationally for the human right to water. Barlow chairs the board of Washington-based Food & Water Watch, serves on the Board of Advisors to the Global Alliance on the Rights of Nature, was a founding member of the San Francisco–based International Forum on Globalization, and was a Councillor with the Hamburg-based World Future Council. She is the Chancellor of Brescia University College at Western University. In 2008/2009, was Senior Advisor on Water to the 63rd President of the United Nations General Assembly. She has authored and co-authored 20 books, including ''Whose Water is it Anyway? Taking water protection into public hands'' and ''Still Hopeful, Lessons From a Lifetime o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darcy McKeough
William Darcy McKeough (January 31, 1933 – November 29, 2023) was a Canadian politician in Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1978 who represented the ridings of Kent West and Chatham—Kent. He was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Robarts and Bill Davis. Due to McKeough's senior position in cabinet as Treasurer, Minister of Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Municipal Affairs, he was often referred to as the 'Duke of Kent'. After he retired from politics in 1978, McKeough spent a further career in business administering his companies McKeough Investments and McKeough Supply. He also spent time as a member of the board of Hydro One and was CEO of Union Gas. Background Born in Chatham, Ontario and educated at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Canada. After which received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1954. Politics From 1960 to 1961 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travels On The Healing Road
Travel is the movement of people or objects between relatively distant geographical locations. Travel(s) may also refer to: Music * ''Travel'' (Future of Forestry EP), 2009 * ''Travel'' (Mamamoo EP), 2020 * ''Travel'' (The Necks album), 2024 * ''Travels'' (Defeater album), 2008 * ''Travels'' (Jake Shimabukuro album) or the title song, 2015 * ''Travels'' (Pat Metheny Group album) or the title song, 1983 * "Travels", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins from '' Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.'', 2018 Television * Travel Channel, an American pay television channel ** Travel Channel International * "Travel" (''Rob & Big''), a 2008 TV episode Other uses * Travel (basketball), or traveling, a rule violation * ''Travel'' (magazine), later ''Travel Holiday'', a defunct American magazine * .travel, a top-level Internet domain * Travel, in keyboard technology, the distance a keycap moves when pressed * ''Travels'' (book), a 1988 non-fiction book by Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marigold
''The Marigold'' is a Canadian dystopian novel by Andrew F. Sullivan published by ECW Press in 2023. Set in a futuristic Toronto, ''The Marigold'' focuses on a wide variety of characters who are all joined by The Marigold, a fictitious building being overcome by a toxic sentient mold known colloquially as The Wet. Plot In the city of Toronto, sometime in the near future, Stanley Marigold, the son of a real estate developer who built the Marigold, a sky rise building, plans on making the Marigold II. However the Marigold was cheaply built and is continually falling apart, the residents increasingly hearing voices. Across the city public health inspectors Jasmine and Catherine are investigating a mold colloquially known as The Wet. During one of her investigations Catherine is grabbed by a hand-like substance and begins to believe The Wet is sentient. Henrietta, a young girl who lives near a sink hole, witnesses Cherry, a boy she has a crush on, yanked away by The Wet. She and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew F
Andrew F (born December 28, 1990) is a Canadian Pop/Rock singer and songwriter born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Early life Andrew F started playing the drums at the age of 14 when he joined his first band ''Thirty Years' War''. He has also been frontman for a few other pop punk bands. Music Andrew F released his debut single "The End" which ended up becoming a huge success, peaking at Number 10 on the Canadian Hot 100 based on the large number of digital downloads, which was certified gold by the Music Canada months later. He first worked on demos at Music Center Canada Recording Studios with producer Daron Schofield, but later on all turned out into full production recordings, which would be on his debut album ''Reckless Abandon''. The album was released on May 22, 2008, and the whole entire album was written and sung by Andrew F alone. Andrew F's style of music is Pop, Rock, Folk Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randal Graham
Randal Graham is a Canadian law professor, novelist, and the Goodmans LLP Faculty Fellow in legal ethics at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law. Early life and education Originally from Peterborough, Ontario, Graham earned a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy from the same institution in 1999. While completing his dissertation, Graham worked under the supervision of Peter Hogg, for whom he had worked as a research assistant throughout his time in the LL.B. program. Career From 1996 to 1997, Graham clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada under Mr. Justice John Sopinka after which he practised commercial law at Goodmans LLP. He served as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and an assistant professor at the University of New Brunswick before coming to the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law in 2002, soon earning tenure and full professorship. In 2005, Graham was named "Faculty Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Leduc
Amanda Leduc is a Canadian writer. She is known for her books ''Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space'' and ''The Centaur's Wife.'' Career Leduc's first novel, ''The Miracles of Ordinary Men'', was published in 2013 by ECW Press. The novel alternates perspectives between Sam, a man who has recently begun sprouting wings, and Lilah. Leduc is the communications and development coordinator for the Festival of Literary Diversity in Brampton, Ontario. FOLD is Canada's first festival for diverse authors and stories. In 2020, Leduc's non-fiction book, ''Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space'' was published by Coach House Books. The book discusses representations of disability in fairy tales. ''Disfigured'' is part memoir and explores Leduc's personal experiences as a disabled person. Leduc was interested in challenging the idea that disability is "synonymous with an unhappy ending". She began writing it after walking in the forest in 2018 and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Peart
Neil Ellwood Peart ( ; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian and American musician, known as the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush (band), Rush. He was known to fans by the nickname "the Professor", derived from the ''Gilligan's Island'' The Professor (Gilligan's Island), character of the same name. His drumming was renowned for its technical proficiency and his live performances for their exacting nature and stamina. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an induction into the ''Modern Drummer'' Modern Drummer#Readers poll, Readers Poll Hall of Fame in 1983 at the age of thirty, making him the youngest person ever so honoured. Peart was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and grew up in Port Dalhousie, Ontario, Port Dalhousie (now part of St. Catharines). During adolescence, he floated between regional bands in pursuit of a career as a full-time drummer. After a discouraging stint in England, Peart return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin J
Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; ; ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicised from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Kevin of Glendalough, Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in History of Ireland (400–800), 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin, Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized Kevan, ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordelia Strube
Cordelia Strube (born 1960), is a Canadian playwright and novelist. Raised in Montreal, Quebec, Strube began her career as an actor. After winning a CBC Literary Award for her first radio play, ''Mortal'', she wrote nine more radio plays for CBC Radio before publishing her debut novel, ''Alex & Zee'', in 1994. The novel was a shortlisted nominee for the Books in Canada First Novel Award. Her third novel, ''Teaching Pigs to Sing'', was a nominee for the English-language fiction award in the 1996 Governor General's Awards. Her novel ''Lemon'' was named to the longlist for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize and shortlisted for the 2010 Trillium Book Award. In 2016, she won the City of Toronto Book Award for ''On the Shores of Darkness, There Is Light''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
