Tag: HarperCollins Canada

1953: William Collins and Sons gains the rights to publish C. S. Lewis…

William Collins and Sons purchases the religious publishing firm of Geoffrey Bles, Ltd., gaining the rights to the works of C. S. Lewis, including his Chronicles of Narnia fantasy books. More

Just Kids

Legendary artist Patti Smith’s critically acclaimed memoir; winner of the National Book Award. More

Flat Stanley

This series celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2014 and has sold more than one million copies. More

I’m OK—You’re OK

A defining work of self-help with more than 15 million copies in print. More

Stuart Little

White’s beloved classic about a small mouse on a big adventure is a perennial bestseller. More

Papillon

A bestselling phenomenon and classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure. More

Building Literary Identities: Canada, Australia, India

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

One Hundred Years of Solitude

This landmark of magical realism sparked a wave of interest in Central and South American literature. More

Amelia Bedelia

The first book featuring the now-classic, hilariously literal-minded character Amelia Bedelia. More

Red Scarf Girl

Searing memoir set during the height of the Cultural Revolution in China. More

Jane Eyre

Brontë’s masterpiece of Gothic romance; a milestone title in the history of British feminist literature. More

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Classic, irreverent novel that helped spark the modern movement of environmental activism. More

Barbarians at the Gate

Considered one of the best business narratives ever written, it changed the way business stories are told. More

The Graveyard Book

Winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, and the Hugo Award for Best Novel. More

The Boys of Summer

Beloved sports classic published to immediate critical success about Ebbets Field and the Brooklyn Dodgers. More

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

Where the Wild Things Are

This winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal changed the face of children’s literature. More

Agatha Christie

The house of Collins acquired “Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie after she disagreed with her former publisher over the spelling of “coco”/”cocoa” in her first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. More

Heather O’Neill

A book that influenced me and why: A Season in the Life of Emmanuel by Marie-Claire Blais More

Heather O’Neill

A Bear Called Paddington

The original story of the bear who arrived at Paddington Station from darkest Peru. More

Middlemarch

Ranked number one in a 2015 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British novels. More

Katherine Paterson

I read because I want more than one life, and books give me a limitless number of lives—lives that are different from the one I was born into. More

Katherine Paterson

The Corrections

Winner of the National Book Award in 2001 and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2002. More

Divergent

First book in the Divergent trilogy, which has sold more than 32 million copies worldwide. 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

2000: Gao Xingjian becomes the first Chinese author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature…

Gao Xingjian becomes the first Chinese author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature after HarperCollins Australia publishes his novel Soul Mountain. More

Barometer Rising

The first novel by MacLennan, one of Canada’s most significant novelists of the mid-twentieth century. More