{"id":409442,"date":"2018-12-05T08:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/?p=409442"},"modified":"2018-12-19T14:59:16","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T19:59:16","slug":"three-percent-150-canadian-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2018\/12\/05\/three-percent-150-canadian-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Percent #150: Canadian Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Kevin Williams of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talonbooks.com\/\">Talonbooks<\/a> out of Vancouver, British Columbia joins Tom and Chad to talk about the state of publishing in Canada. He recaps his career in the book business\u2014as a bookseller, distributor, agent, and publisher\u2014and provides a lot of insight into the Canadian funding structures, the not-so-great state of the bookstore scene, the difficulties of breaking out a book, and the struggle to get American readers and reviewers to pay attention to Canadian writers.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not already familiar with Talonbooks, you can check them out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talonbooks.com\/\">online<\/a>, and Kevin recommends\u00a0<em>The Weight of Snow<\/em>, a forthcoming title by Quebec author Christian Guay-Poliquin.<\/p>\n<p>(Meanwhile, Tom recommends the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbooks.com\/book\/tell-them-of-battles-kings-and-elephants\/\">new \u00c9nard<\/a>, and Chad is still on about Rodrigo Fres\u00e1n&#8217;s forthcoming\u00a0<em>The Dreamed Part.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s music is &#8220;Meet Me in the Basement&#8221; by Broken Social Scene.<\/p>\n<p>As always, feel free to send any and all comments or questions to: threepercentpodcast@gmail.com. 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