Open Book

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Open Book is your connection to Ontario's vibrant literary scene. Posts via Kevin, Holly, and Sarah. Visit our website to learn more: https://open-book.ca/

Square banner with a close-up of an open book resting on a wooden surface, against a blurred green background. Overlaid text reads: “OBPO Announces Support Ontario Publishers: Promoting Canadian Books in Classrooms.” At the bottom left is the white Open Book logo.
The logo for Playwrights Press, a stylized black and white book, is at the top of the image. Beneath it, text reads "Playwrights Canada Press is a publisher of new Canadian plays. They exist to publish Canadian plays as well as, from time to time, theatre history, criticism, and biography. Through this they endeavour to raise the profile of Canadian theatre and theatre practitioners, promote dramatic literature, and contribute to the Canadian theatrical canon. Playwrights Canada Press strives to publish diverse and engaging Canadian plays and dramatic criticism of literary merit." Under this description is a link to www.playwrightscanada.com. Beneath the link are the covers of four books: There Is Violence And There Is Righteous Violence and There Is Death, or the Born-Again Crow by Caleigh Crow, Body So Flourescent by Amanda Cordner and David Di Giovanni, When Words Sing edited by Julie Salverson, and Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) and Antigone by Ho Ka Kei and Jeff Ho
A bright orange image of the province of Ontario. Overlaid on top in white, text reads "Support independent Ontario publishers," and "Swipe to discover Ontario-based specialty publishers." The logos for the Ontario Book Publishers Organization and the Open Book Foundation are in the bottom corners of the image.
Second Story Press - New Logo. Background of creased beige paper behind black circle to left of image with red reading glasses centred inside and crescent-moon eyes looking to left. Publisher name stacked to right of logo.
Interview with Edwin Dumont, author of THE FABULOUS EDWEENA (Second Story Press). Illustrated by Melissa Cho, with translated Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) & English edition by Margaret Noodin & Angela Misic banner. Background image from cover with colourful blue and whites and pinks in an illustrated pattern that looks like sheer ice. Book cover to centre left with same pattern and text, image of young boy dressed in girl's clothes skating over the ice and looking happily down and his image in boy's clothes reflected up from the ice. Solid pink section to centre-right with text and Open Book logo overlaid.