Kirk Howard
Canadian book publisher (1942–2023)
John Kirk Howard (December 3, 1942 – June 30, 2023) was a Canadian book publisher and founder and president of Dundurn Press, one of the largest independently owned publishing houses in Canada.2
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Born Dec 3, 1942, died 2023.1
About
In 2012, Howard became a recipient of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal "for publishing over decades a range of books on Canadian heritage."
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Companies
- Dundurn PressFounder10
Career
Occupation: publisher.4
- Date not recordedFounded Dundurn Press3
Personal life
Recently, Howard has undertaken a new initiative: to establish a Commonwealth Association of Book Publishers. He was actively working with the Commonwealth Foundation to create this organization, to facilitate sharing the knowledge of the Canadian publishing experience with other Commonwealth countries trying to establish an indigenous publishing program to preserve their cultural voice and identity.
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Awards
- Date not recordedMember of the Order of Canada9
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataKirk Howard on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKirk Howard on Wikipedia
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- 9WikidataKirk Howard: award, on Wikidata
- 10WikidataDundurn Press, Founder
- 11Wikimedia CommonsKirk Howard photo by Mmelski, CC BY-SA 4.0