Key Porter Books was a
book publishing
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company based in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada. Founded in 1979 by
Anna Porter, later well known as a writer, the company specialized in Canadian
non-fiction
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, although it published some fiction too. It ceased operations in January 2011.
Writers
Key Porter published books by authors including
Farley Mowat,
Claire Mowat,
Allan Fotheringham,
Conrad Black,
Erika Ritter,
Pamela Wallin,
George Bowering,
Diane Francis,
Joan Barfoot,
Maude Barlow,
Stevie Cameron,
Brian Lee Crowley,
Dennis Lee,
Mark Bourrie,
Paul Cellucci,
Jean Chrétien
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,
M.A.C. Farrant and
Cleo Paskal.
Business
Key Porter Books was founded in 1979 by
Anna Porter[ and Key Publishers Limited of Toronto, Ontario.
Porter sold her stake in 2004 and a controlling interest was acquired that July by the Canadian publishing company H.B. Fenn; Harold Fenn, chairman.][
The head office was located on the 10th floor of the historic Lumsden Building at 6 Adelaide Street East in downtown Toronto until September/October 2010, when Key Porter laid off 11 of 17 employees and relocated to a commercial business park in ]Bolton, Ontario
Bolton ( 2021 population 26,795) is an unincorporated town and is the most populous community in the town of Caledon, Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Peel. It is located beside the Humber River, approximately 50 kilometres nor ...
[ (in the northwest of Greater Toronto). There it shared offices with H.B. Fenn Company Limited and Fenn Publishing Limited.
On 7 January 2011, Key Porter publisher Jordan Fenn announced the suspension of operations and laid off the remaining staff.][ At the time, it was reported that all book releases would continue as scheduled via H.B. Fenn.][
]
References
External links
Key Porter Books
(1998 to 2012) – archived 2012-02-14; latest copy 2012-07-17 lacks some features
Defunct publishing companies of Canada
1979 establishments in Ontario
Companies based in Caledon, Ontario
Publishing companies established in 1979
Publishing companies disestablished in 2011
2011 disestablishments in Ontario
Canadian companies established in 1979
Book publishing companies of Canada
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