Douglas & McIntyre announced its inaugural fall list and staffing changes under its new ownership of Howard and Mary White of Harbour Publishing.
The Whites wanted to ensure that some of Douglas & McIntyre's veteran staff members were in place for the transition to the new company, according to a news release released July 19.
"I feel very fortunate to have found such a wide range of experience and skill in the employees who are helping guide us during this significant time," said Howard. "Restructuring and re-launching a company is never an easy task and we needed to face our first full season with seasoned people at hand."
Dani Lacusta, previously manager of inventory and financial reporting with DMPI Books, is now the company's business manager. Lacusta will work out of Douglas & McIntyre's new Vancouver office.
Bruce Martin, previously national accounts manager for DMPI Books, will stay national accounts manager for Douglas & McIntyre working out of Toronto.
Corina Eberle, previously publicity manager for DMPI Books, is now the Toronto and national publicity director for the company.
Douglas & McIntyre is also pleased to announce that they have acquired the regular services of ZG Communications (Zoe Grams), for on-going representation of their list in western Canada.
All the new employees will be working closely with the existing staff at Harbour Publishing, though more staff appointments will be announced in other departments in the near future.
The company's fall list stays true to Douglas & McIntyre's roots and features noteworthy national titles, including Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them, an incisive and provocative look at the world of political marketing by Toronto Star senior political writer Susan Delacourt.
Another lead title is Building the Orange Wave: The Inside Story Behind the Historic Rise of Jack Layton and the NDP, which features a foreword by Olivia Chow and is written by Brad Lavigne, who was the New Democratic Party of Canada's Campaign Director in 2011.
Other notable books include Grant Lawrence's The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie, a memoir that combines the history of hockey with entertaining tales from Grants own life; Arno Kopecky's The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway, a powerful evocation of ecology, culture and history that explores the area that would be profoundly impacted by the approval of Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal; and Nicole Lundrigan's compelling fifth novel, The Widow Tree, a richly layered story set in 1950s postwar Yugoslavia.
While Douglas & McIntyre's head office is in Madeira Park, sharing Harbour Publishing's current headquarters on the Sunshine Coast, the company's new office is located at Unit 211-2323 Quebec Street in Vancouver.
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