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Canadian (World Literature): Canadian Publishers
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For Canadian publishers of books for children and young adults, school libraries have been the foundation of their market, and sales to school libraries have dropped significantly over the past decade. The Association of Canadian Publishers commissioned in-depth cross-Canada research to explore these changes in the school library market in order to provide information and perspectives for marketing and awareness building for Canadian books in school libraries.
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Unlike Haliburton, most Canadian authors of the time avoided Canadian publishers altogether, instead sending their work to Britain or the United States, where publishers were wealthier and more established. Examples are The History of Emily Montague by Frances Brooke, published in London, England, and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, by Henry Alline, published in Boston (Parker 30). Prior to the 1820’s, Canadian publishers were hardly equipped to produce books, instead producing short pamphlets. Julia Beckwith Hart’s novel, St. Ursula’s Convent, or The Nun of Canada was among the first Canadian books published in Canada; it was published in the 1920’s by Hugh C. Thomson of Kingston (Gundy 3). The book was funded by subscription, meaning publication only took place after enough funds had been raised from those wishing to buy the book. Following Beckwith Hart’s novel, Thomson published several books of poetry by various Canadian poets, which were funded in the same manner (Parker 71).
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A version of this report should be distributed to school administrators, boards and parents to encourage the purchase and promotion of Canadian books in Canadian schools. Publishers need money to promote titles to the educational market. Funding is ... required to develop videos, CDs, posters and other tie-ins for high schools. Currently an enormous amount of educational money is being spent on American products. The money should be redirected to Canadian products and Canadian publishers.
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Lovell’s career reflects the problems caused by the British copyright laws for the Canadian publishing industry, as well as Canadian authors. The former was forbidden from producing British reprints, which would ensure them steady income, and the latter were hardly granted copyright on their work outside of their own country (Gundy 11). George Maclean Rose of Toronto, a contemporary of Lovell’s, was ... interested in lifting the restriction on the reprinting of British works of the time; he also pirated American works, including that of Mark Twain; other Canadian publishers did the same (Gundy 11-13). The Methodist Book and Publishing House, under the leadership of Rev. William Briggs, followed a different route, publishing original Canadian literary works; it published thirty-seven of these works in 1897 alone, as well as playing a key role in training the next generation of Canadian publishers (Gundy 18-19).
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Throughout the country there are great variations in professional development opportunities about Canadian literature. Many faculty at post-secondary institutions indicated that they would be willing to go into schools and do workshops with teachers. Publishers are concerned that there is very little offered to teachers to upgrade skills. They would like to see conferences with sessions that deal with content. Many respondents did note that when professional development workshops are available there are a number of problems associated with attending; times of workshops interfere with class scheduling; funding; distance-isolation of schools from larger urban centers that offer the workshops; infrequency of course offerings.
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