Our Board

Brendan Ouellette is the digital project manager at Annick Press, a publisher of books for toddlers to teens, where he oversees digital marketing and the production of ebooks, audiobooks, and metadata.

Nick Hilton is the Accessibility Specialist at Fable and creates course content for Upskill, Fable’s custom accessibility training platform powered by people with disabilities. He is a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies with the International Association of Accessibility Professionals.

Kate Edwards is Executive Director at the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP), a national trade association representing more than 120 independent, Canadian-owned book publishers.

With 15+ years’ experience in publishing and book sales, Margaret brings a deep understanding of the book business to the table.

Sharon Day is Director, Branch Services and Collections at Edmonton Public Library
She works in collaboration with leadership in public services to provide direction and support for the provision of services to branches. She also provides direction for the selection, delivery and circulation of all EPL’s physical and digital collections. Prior to her current position, Sharon held the position of Manager, Collection Management and Access where she was responsible for planning and leading the provision and delivery of system-wide, centralized collections.

Monique Mongeon is the Project Manager of SalesData and LibraryData at BookNet Canada and the instructor of Digital Publishing and Production at Ryerson University’s Chang School.

Karen McMullin is a seasoned publicist and event manager with over 25 years of experience in the Canadian publishing industry. A graduate of the University of Waterloo, McMullin got her start in the industry by working at Words Worth Books, escorting authors such as Edna Staebler and Alistair MacLeod. A graduate of the Centennial College publishing program, with additional certificates in event management from George Brown College, and Digital Marketing Strategies from the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, she has worked for respected publishers such as Owl Books (now Owlkids), Penguin Group (Canada), Dundurn Press, and now is the national publicist and export manager for Nimbus Publishing, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Karen McMullin on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, and is Chair of the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association’s Marketing Committee. She recently completed the Spring 2022 cohort of the TAP (Trade Acceleration Program) through the Toronto Board of Trade and World Trade Centre of Toronto, and was part of a trade delegation attending the Bogota Book Fair (FILBO) at the end of April, 2022.