Annick Press

Annick Press is a Canadian book publishing company that was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1975 by Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks.^[2][3] Rick Wilks became the sole owner in 2000.^[4] A second editorial office was opened in Vancouver by Colleen MacMillan in 1999. Annick Press publishes approximately thirty books of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults per year.^[5]

Annick Press

Founded	1975
Founder	Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks
Country of origin	Canada
Headquarters location	Toronto, Ontario
Distribution	University of Toronto Press (Canada) Publishers Group West (United States)[1]
Publication types	Books
Official website	www.annickpress.com

Annick Press is a member of the Association of Canadian Publishers,^[6] the Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario,^[7] and IBBY Canada.^[8] It was recently made a part of the Canadian government's "Read Up On It" programme through Library and Archives Canada.^[9]

Notable authors

• Priscilla Galloway, children's book author, winner of the Bologna Ragazzi award in 2000^[10]
• K.V. Johansen, winner of the Ann Connor Brimer Award
• Robert Munsch, a member of the Order of Canada and "Canada's best-selling author," who "sells more books than any other Canadian author every year".^[11]
• Bill Richardson, winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour in 1994
• Roslyn Schwartz, creator of the Mole Sisters books and television programme
• Kathy Stinson, creator of the Bare Naked Book originally published in 1986 and rerelased in 2021 with updated illustrations by Melissa Cho.^[12]

Awards

• In 2014, The Man With the Violin, written by Kathy Stinson and illustrated by Dušan Petričić, won the TD Children's Literature Award^[13]
• In 2009, Mattland, written by Hazel Hutchins and Gail Hebert and illustrated by Dušan Petričić, won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award from the Canadian Library Association^[14]
• Leslie's Journal by Allan Stratton was named to the American Library Association's "Best Books for Young Adults" booklist^[15]