Patrick Lima & John Scanlan The publishing world heard of the demise of one more icon of Canadian publishing this week, Key Porter. The report wasn’t exactly surprising, given Key Porter had closed its Toronto offices in the fall of 2010 and moved to owner Fenn’s offices in Bolton. Even previous to that Key Porter was shedding its midlist authors in an attempt to restructure. What was Key Porter’s loss, however, has become Five Rivers’…
This time last year we signed a publishing agreement with orphaned authors (part of the Key Porter meltdown) and well-known Canadian gardening gurus Patrick Lima and John Scanlan, to release an updated and revised version of their organic gardening book, aptly named The Organic Home Gardener. We just received the final manuscript late last week. Wow! There is a truckload of new information, recipes and sensible strategies for the home gardener interested in producing their own…
It would seem 2010 is going to be about change, new frontiers and the realization of dreams, at least if the first four days of this new year are any indication. The year here started out very much on a personal note, with a somewhat sudden decision to launch into a full-blown kitchen renovation, precipitated by a Christmas gift of a new dishwasher. The dishwasher wouldn’t fit the old (c. 1960) cupboards and counter, which…