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[April 19, 2021] The Literary Press Group of Canada (LPG) has established the Luciana Ricciutelli Memorial Bursary at Centennial College, which will provide financial support to a student in the Publishing – Book, Magazine and Electronic graduate certificate program. The $1000 bursary will be offered annually to a woman or nonbinary person demonstrating financial need who is enrolled in the publishing program full-time or part-time.

Luciana Ricciutelli was Editor-in-Chief of Inanna Publications for 28 years. She led the development of Inanna’s book publishing program in 1996 and the launch of the press’s poetry and fiction series in 2004. She was also a force in the editing and production of Inanna’s feminist journal, Canadian Woman Studies / Les cahiers de la femme. A longtime LPG member, she served on the Board of Directors and was a fierce advocate of women’s rights and empowerment, as well as independent publishing. 

“Luciana was known for her generous mentorship of writers and publishing colleagues, as well as her commitment to feminist publishing,” said Laura Rock Gaughan, Executive Director of the LPG. “This bursary will assist a new publishing professional. It’s a fitting way to honour her legacy.”

The bursary will be offered for at least three years. Additional donations to the bursary fund may be made online through Centennial College. Donors should specify in the “Notes” field that the gift is to the Luciana Ricciutelli Memorial Bursary.

The LPG is asking how Canadian literature is being discovered by booksellers, librarians, and retailers in this five-minute survey.

May 22, 2018

LPG announces CarryOnBooks, a custom book vending machine launching at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport this summer

Pick a book. Take a trip. #CarryOnBooks by Canadian authors and publishers

Toronto, ON — The Literary Press Group (LPG) is excited to announce the launch of CarryOnBooks, its custom book vending machine featuring a curated variety of 30 Canadian-authored books by independent, literary publishers across Canada. Located at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and in partnership with Nieuport Aviation, CarryOnBooks will be accessible to all visitors and will feature a rotation of titles for sale to passengers beginning June 1, 2018.

"Canada’s independent literary publishers continue to produce award-winning, well-reviewed, and important books, nurturing diverse, fresh, and creative authors from across the country. A key challenge currently facing our independent publishers is uniting books with their readers. While these books have many supporters, it is becoming increasingly difficult to discover them through traditional sales channels and marketing opportunities," said LPG Executive Director Christen Thomas. 

In light of this, LPG is launching something truly unique on June 1 and would love your support in making this endeavour the most successful it can be. Help us spread the word by tagging us on Twitter or Instagram @alllitupcanada and use the official #CarryOnBooks hashtag.

This project is made possible by the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada Book Fund.

About the Literary Press Group
The Literary Press Group is a homegrown collective of about sixty diverse, robust, and fiercely independent literary publishing houses all of whom publish works of fiction, poetry, drama, and literary criticism. The LPG has been in operation since 1975, and its members work tirelessly to support each other, Canadian writers, and to champion the value and viability of the Canadian literary arts scene.

Nieuport Aviation owns and operates the passenger terminal at the award-winning Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. Nieuport Aviation works closely with PortsToronto, the owner and operator of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, and the airport’s other stakeholders to deliver an exceptional passenger experience.

For more information

Media Contact: Mandy Bayrami, Marketing Manager, Literary Press Group
mandy@lpg.ca | 416-483-1321

There may be some confusion arising from the NOW Toronto article regarding the International Festival of Authors' Toronto Lit Up project. Although similar in name, the initiative Toronto Lit Up has zero affiliation with All Lit Up and the LPG. Toronto Lit Up is a project funded by the Toronto Arts Council to IFOA, and is supporting Toronto-based authors and their publishers hold launches across the city. These launches will be hosted at Harbourfront and other venues around Toronto, and details, including bookselling, remain to be finalized.

LPG holds an advisory committee seat for Toronto Lit Up to help ensure that Canadian literary publishers are represented (Vice Chair of the LPG Board of Directors Hazel Millar of BookThug, who is joined by author and poet Dionne Brand, and Quill and Quire's Allison Jones), but has no other role or agency in the IFOA program, which is still being developed and clarified. The role of the advisory committee is to accept applications from publishers and authors to hold launches, to help allocate monies, and to make recommendations. IFOA continues to welcome pitches and submissions from publishers for Toronto-based authors for this program. LPG and All Lit Up are in no other way affiliated with this initiative, but continue to work on behalf of our membership and the wider industry in Canada. 

Please contact LPG's Executive Director Laura Rock Gaughan with any questions.

2015 marks four decades of supporting and celebrating some of the finest literary presses in all of Canada. The Literary Press Group is a homegrown collective of diverse, robust, and fiercely independent literary publishing houses. Since 1975, our association and its members have worked tirelessly to support Canadian writers and each other, as well as to champion the value and viability of the Canadian literary arts scene.

To celebrate, we're hosting five readings across the country -- Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, and St. John's -- throughout the month of October. Each event will host four exceptional authors who represent a larger group of writers with diverse, emerging, and outside-the-mainstream voices who work with our publishers. We hope you'll join us for one of our events if you're in the area.

Vancouver: October 29, 2015
Hosted by the Real Vancouver Writers' Series
Untitled Art Gallery @ 7 pm
With readings by Lucas Crawford, Leah Horlick, Lana Pesch, Jane Munro
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Winnipeg: October 30, 2015
Hosted by Charlene Diehl
McNally Robinson @ 7 pm
With readings by: Rick Chafe, Rosanna Deerchild, Stella Leventoyannis Harvey, Josip Novakovich
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Toronto: October 15, 2015
Hosted by the Literary Press Group
Ben McNally Books @ 6 pm
With readings by: Kate Cayley, Phil Hall, Sachiko Murakami, Russell Smith
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Montreal: October 20, 2015
Hosted by Linda Leith of Linda Leith Publishing
Paragraphe Bookstore @ 6 pm
With readings by: Oana Avasilichioaei, Melissa Bull, Peter Kirby, Laurence Miall
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St. John's: October 27, 2015
Hosted by Breakwater Books, Creative Book Publishing, and Pedlar Press
The Ship Pub @ 7 pm
With readings by: Catherine Hogan Safer, Lisa Moore, Sara Tilley, Patrick Warner
With musical guest Katie Baggs
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If you want to learn more about the literary presses who make up the Literary Press Group, follow along as we go In House with each of our members and share their stories--of how they got started, what their offices are like, and their most memorable titles--here on our website. If you're curious about some of the books and authors published by our members, visit our webstore and blog All Lit Up, where it's easy to discover, buy, and collect our publishers' books.

Cheers to forty more years!

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