Sandra Campbell on Lorne Pierce, one of Canada's greatest publishers

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 10:32 p.m.

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Sandra Campbell, a graduate of Carleton and Ottawa Universities, specializes in Canadian and Caribbean (Bermuda) women\\u2019s writing, in particular for the period 1880-1940. She has a particular interest in women\\u2019s autobiography as well as gender, and the publishing industry. Professor Campbell has taught at Carleton, the University of Ottawa and McGill University, and as a Visiting Lecturer at Bermuda College. She is the author of numerous articles and co-editor of three anthologies of short fiction by Canadian women writers.\\xa0

We met a her home in Kingston, Ontario to talk about Both Hands, her biography of one of Canada\'s greatest publishers, Lorne Pierce (1890-1961) of Ryerson Press.\\xa0

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