RESOURCES FOR MEDIA

Dear Journalists, Editors, Bloggers ...

Show a little love for our wonderful, necessary independent bookstores. Write about it, interview authors, booksellers, and publishers. Visit a bookstore on April 28 and bring your TV crew with you! Yes, we're shameless when it comes to supporting our local bookstores but we're also a very small team of volunteers. So all of you journalists, editors, and bloggers -- open up your hearts and headlines and help us make Independent Bookstore Day an even bigger success than last year. Check out the resources on this page and if you can't find what you need, contact [email protected] .

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day Media Queries

Please contact:

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

For media queries to the following organizations about their participation, support, or views on Canadian Bookstore Day, please contact:
British Columbia Booksellers Association
Mary-Ann Yazedjian
Dundurn Press
Michelle Melski, Publicist
HarperCollins Canada
Sara James, Sales Director National Accounts
Penguin Random House
Tracey Turriff, SVP Marketing
Scholastic Canada
Nikole Kritikos, Manager, Marketing and Publicity
Simon & Schuster Canada
Amy Prentice, Senior Publicist

Media Resources

Please download, resize, and use images as needed. If you need other content for your article or digital ads with different dimensions, please contact [email protected]

Images

648 x 415 pixels Authors for Indies logo.

1300 x 415 pixels Authors for Indies logo with text.

Find a Store 1042 x 1042 pixels. Link this image to www.authorsforindies.com.

Find a Store 3033 x 375 pixels. LInk this image to www.authorsforindies.com.

Save the Date 1042 x 1042 pixels. LInk this image to www.authorsforindies.com

Save the Date 3033 x 375 pixels. LInk this image to www.authorsforindies.com

Documents

Sample text about Authors for Indies for you to edit and use.

50-word blurb about Authors for Indies.

100-word blurb about Authors for Indies.

150-word blurb about Authors for Indies.

Official press release from Authors for Indies about the 2017 event.

Media Coverage of Authors for Indies 2017

National coverage is always great while support from local and regional media is incredibly important for bookstores outside major cities, whether they're full feature articles or just a listing.

The Guardian (PEI)

Arts Rational on Vancouver Co Op Radio 100.5FM - host James T. Irvine interviews Janie Chang. Begins at around the 44 minute mark.

Hamilton Spectator

Shelf Awareness

The Orillia Packet

The Pique (Whistler)

St. Albert Gazette - big coverage for Audrey's Books of Edmonton

Open Book - an interview with author and AFI team member Kate Hilton about the AFI Road Show

Rocky Mountain Outlook

CanLit for Little Canadians - features a list of participating bookstores and authors across the country

DigiWriting

BookThug

Booknet Canada

Publishers Weekly

Roundhouse Radio 98.3FM Vancouver - an interview with Janie Chang about Authors for Indies (5 mins)

Uxbridge Daily

Victoria Buzz

blogTO

Harbour Living (Victoria)

Just Sayin' (Caledon) - featuring Forsters Book Garden

The Sherbrooke Record - feature on Brome Lake Books authors and activities

The Jan Spragge Show - Radio Northumberland 89.7 FM. Interview with author Colin Campbell about Authors for Indies. 5 mins.

Caledon Enterprise - featuring Forsters Book Garden

EVENT LISTINGS

Uxbridge Daily

Whistler Writers Festival

Asian Heritage - Edmonton

Coming Up Calgary

Convention Scene

Brampton Guardian

Hamilton Review of Books

Cap Breton Post

Quill and Quire Round Up of AFI Day Highlights

Victoria Buzz

blogTO

Harbour Living (Victoria)

Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia

Whistler The Pique

Carpe Diem Edmonton (Sherwood Park)

Downtown Victoria Business Association

Semiahmoo Shopping Centre

White Rock and Surrey Writers

All Events (Montreal)

Places to Go in Sudbury

Media Coverage of Authors for Indies 2016

BookNet Canada Authors for Indies City Itineraries:

Victoria Edmonton Montreal Toronto

May 2, 2016 Guelph Today

April 30, 2016 CTV Regina

April 30, 2016 Atlantic Books Today

April 29, 2016 London Free Press

April 29, 2016 North Shore News (North Vancouver)

April 29, 2016 Small Print Toronto

April 29, 2016 Edmonton Metro

April 29, 2016 Roundhouse Radio: Sense of Place | Part 4 of 4

April 29, 2016 The Atlantic | Citylab

April 29, 2016 Shelf Awareness

April 29, 2016 Kings County Register

April 28, 2016 Classical FM 96.3 (Toronto): Guy Gavriel Kay and Janie Chang

April 28, 2016 49th Shelf | Shelf Talkers

April 28, 2016 CBC Books Twitter Takeover

April 28, 2016 CBC Books Reading List

April 27, 2016 Quill and Quire

April 27, 2016 Hamilton Spectator

April 27, 2016 Orangeville Banner

April 26, 2016 WhiStle Radio 102.7 FM interview with Blue Heron Books Part 1 Part 2

April 24, 2016 CBC News Montreal (radio interview with Brome Lake Books and Livres Babar Books)

April 22, 2016 Roundhouse Radio: Sense of Place | Part 3 of 4

April 21, 2016 Burlington Post

April 19, 2016 Cape Breton Post

April 19, 2016 DurhamRegion.ca

April 17, 2016 Niagara Falls Review

April 15, 2015 Roundhouse Radio: Sense of Place | Part 2 of 4

April 8, 2015 Roundhouse Radio: Sense of Place | Part 1 of 4

March 28, 2016 Northumberland Today

March 22, 2015 Vancouver Sun

Dec 11, 2015 CBC 10 Biggest Book Stories of 2015

Local Press Event LIstings

Summit107 FM (Cranbrook, BC)

Harbour Living (Vancouver Island)

The Hamilton Spectator

Ottawa Citizen

The Georgia Straight (Vancouver)

Edmonton Journal

Media Coverage of Authors for Indies 2015

Dec 11 CBC 10 Biggest Book Stories of 2015

May 14 Retail Council of Canada press release

May 1 The Globe and Mail (Alberta)

May 1 The Globe and Mail

April 30 Westender (Vancouver)

April 30 Savvy Reader

April 30 lovingsister.com Women's Chinese News Daily

April 30 Guelph Mercury News

April 30 BuzzFeed

April 30 National Post

April 30 Windsor Star

April 29 CityTV Montreal Breakfast TV with author Heather O’Neill

April 29 The Toronto Star

April 29 CBC Books Twitter Takeover

April 29 Rover Arts (Montreal)

April 28 49th Shelf

April 28 Open Book: Toronto

April 28 Halifax Citizen

April 27 Nelson Star (Nelson, BC)

April 27 Nova News (Wolfville, NS)

April 25 Caledon Enterprise (Bolton, ON)

April 24 Edmonton Journal (includes video clip)

April 23 Northumberland Today (Coburg, ON)

April 22 Millstone News (Mississippi Mills, ON)

April 20 BookNet Canada

April 14 Shelf Talkers Special Edition

April 14 CBC Books Authors for Indies Reading List

April 10 Vancouver Sun

March 2 Quill & Quire

Feb. 24 Publishers Weekly