Simply Read Books

Simply Read Books

Country of origin	Canada
Headquarters location	Vancouver, BC
Distribution	Ingram Publisher Services (Canada, US) Turnaround Publisher Services (UK) NewSouth Books (Australia) [1]
Publication types	Books
Fiction genres	children's literature
Official website	www.simplyreadbooks.com

Simply Read Books is a children's specific publishing house situated in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Awards (incomplete list)

Books published by Simply Read Books have won the following awards:

• Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature, Illustration
• Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
• Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada by the Alcuin Society

Authors and illustrators (incomplete list)

• Dan Bar-el
• Christine Dencer
• Iassen Ghiuselev
• Elisa Gutiérrez
• Ryan Heshka
• Tamara James
• Sarah Lolley ^[2]
• Thomas Aquinas Maguire
• John Marsden (writer)
• Julie Morstad
• Matthew Porter
• Sara O'Leary
• Anne Renaud ^[2]
• Ashley Spires ^[2]
• Shaun Tan
• Duncan Weller
• Kari-Lynn Winters

Controversy

• Simply Read Books has had complaints of late payments, breaches of contracts, and other allegations by many of its authors. This publisher had been the subject of negative articles in Publishers Weekly, ^[3] the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company), ^[4] and the Quill and Quire. ^[2]

References

1. ".::simply read books::" . Retrieved 2018-01-11.
2. "Non-payment not the only allegation against Simply Read books | Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire. 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
3. "Simply Read Books Faces Complaints of Late Payments, Breached Contracts". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
4. "The perils of publishing: One Montreal writer tells her story". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-01-28.

External links

• Official website