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A planning meeting at Collins Canada, circa 1940s

In this photograph, Charles H. Sweeny, Editorial and Production, F. F. Appleton, publisher (center), and Margaret V. Paull, staff artist and typographer, plan the first Canadian production of Little Grey Rabbit Books. More

Cigarette packet with Timothy Findley’s handwritten book proposal for Pilgrim

While at lunch with his editor, Iris Tupholme, Canadian author Timothy Findley reached into his pocket to read from a note that he had written on the inside flap of his cigarette package. More

Cathy Marie Buchanan

I write because I’m compelled to create and writing is the act that best satisfies the itch. More

Cathy Marie Buchanan

Original proposal for Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes

Lawrence Hill’s agent, Janet Turnbull Irving, submitted this one-page summary for his as yet unwritten novel Migration to HarperCollins Canada Editor-in-Chief Iris Tupholme in 1998. More

Internal memo from Collins Canada announcing a hot air balloon publicity stunt

To launch the new Canadian trade paperback imprint Totem, in September 1975, Collins Canada’s head of publicity Lucinda Vardey organized the release of hot air balloons over Toronto and neighboring suburbs. More

1989: News Corporation forms a new worldwide group called Harper & Collins…

News Corporation acquires William Collins Ltd., and brings together Collins, Harper & Row, Gower Publishing, Times Books, Bartholomew, and Angus & Robertson in a new worldwide group called Harper & Collins. More

1932: The Canadian branch of William Collins and Sons is founded in Toronto…

The Canadian branch of William Collins and Sons is founded in Toronto by Franklin F. Appleton. More

Building Literary Identities: Canada, Australia, India

Australian author Banjo Paterson, best known for writing “The Man from Snowy River.”

In the mid-1800s, William Collins took his UK publishing business international–from the Americas, through Australia, to Africa. More

Candy package with Timothy Findley’s plans for his novella You Went Away

Canadian author Timothy Findley’s only novella, You Went Away (1996), was based on his parents’ marriage. More

Collins Operations during WWII

The 1940 destruction of the Collins Bridewell Place offices.

Collins maintained combined office and warehouse space at Bridewell Place in London for many years, and in 1917, its new London publishing office at 48 Pall Mall was complemented by printing works in Mayfair that included a state-of-the-art bindery, warehouse, and distribution center. More

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A planning meeting at Collins Canada, circa 1940s

Cigarette packet with Timothy Findley’s handwritten book proposal for Pilgrim

Cathy Marie Buchanan

Cathy Marie Buchanan

Original proposal for Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes

Internal memo from Collins Canada announcing a hot air balloon publicity stunt

1989: News Corporation forms a new worldwide group called Harper & Collins…

1932: The Canadian branch of William Collins and Sons is founded in Toronto…

Building Literary Identities: Canada, Australia, India

Candy package with Timothy Findley’s plans for his novella You Went Away

Employees in the Collins Canada mailroom, circa 1940s

Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue

Canada’s White Circle Pocket Editions

Original contract for Thorn-Apple Tree

Employees in the Collins Canada general office, circa 1940s

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