The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented circumstances, where my city has all but shut down to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Like you, I’m self-isolating. I also wanted to reach out somehow. One of the few outdoor activities sanctioned by Toronto Health is to walk (but keep your distance from others!). And there…
On representation
Over the past few weeks there have been some important conversations about representation in the Western canon of literature. To be honest, there is always a reason to question what we consider a ‘classic,’ especially as each work ages into (or out of) our society. And let’s face it, the canon is traditionally very white…
New year, new stores
Happy New Year! (This will be the last time I start any message that way. Until next year. I promise.) Over the past few months, the number of stores now stocking Gladstone Press titles has exploded, so I haven’t been able to keep up with it in the News section here. So if you have…
The Age of Innocence in the NYT
Elif Batuman wrote about Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence for last week’s Sunday NYT Books section. Lovely stuff.
Interview on All Lit Up
It’s not easy to find the right symbol, much less find a lesser-used symbol: if you look at other editions of The Scarlet Letter, the vast majority use the red ‘A.’ It’s impossible to avoid using it, really, so I did use the red ‘A’ – but in the title itself and on a red…
Now in stock at Hunter Street Books, Peterborough, Ontario
Just in time for back to school: all Gladstone Press titles are available at Hunter Street Books in downtown Peterborough, Ontario. They have put together a lovely display too!
Now in stock at Furby House Books, Port Hope, Ontario
Great news! Gladstone Press books are now in stock at Furby House Books on Walton Street in downtown Port Hope, Ontario (one of the most beautiful towns I’ve ever visited). Go, treat your shelf.
The Scarlet Letter in Quill & Quire
The Scarlet Letter is particularly germane for anyone looking around at contemporary America and wondering how it got to this point. Though the story may be fanciful – Hawthorne called it a “romance” – it is nonetheless based in the reality of its day. Outside of the four central characters, Paulson points out, every named…
First Anniversary Party in The Toronto Star
Deborah Dundas, The Star’s books editor, dropped by the first anniversary party for Gladstone Press (held at my go-to book store, Type Books on Queen Street West in Toronto – thank you for everything you do to support my wee press!). Even though the article says otherwise, I was too nervous to drink before giving…
A Q&A with Maryam Siddiqi in The Globe and Mail
The act could be considered brazen or brave (or both): launching an independent publishing house in 2018 that focuses on classic titles, but with a modern reader in mind. But Ingrid Paulson, who’s been in the book industry for 20 years, primarily as an art director, knows what it takes to catch a prospective reader’s…