Tuesday, June 12, 2007

'Here's Your Eighteen Months': Anansi Wins Publisher of the Year at Libris Awards

from QuillandQuire.com's Story on the Libris Awards

[...] Another big winner of the evening was House of Anansi Press, which won not only publisher of the year, but also editor of the year, for Lynn Henry. When president Sarah MacLachlan stepped up to accept publisher of the year, she revealed the answer to a trivia question she had posed in June’s Q&Q, in a House of Anansi 40th anniversary ad: “Which famous Canadian publisher predicted in 1967 that Anansi would last only 18 months?” The answer, MacLachlan revealed, was Jack McClelland. Holding aloft the award, she beamed and said, “Well, here’s your 18 months!”
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Rattling Books would like to congratulate House of Anansi Press and editor Lynn Henry on their well-deserved awards. Rattling Books are graciously distributed in Canada by House of Anansi through HarperCollins Canada. We are grateful to everyone at Anansi for placing their faith in a small audio publisher and thank them for their ongoing commitment to the cause of audio literature. Kudos!