Thomas Allen & Son Limited


				Carrying on the tradition that began in 1916, we continue today to provide Canadians with "Books of Merit" from our 50,000-square-foot location in Markham, Ontario. Our best-selling backlist brands include everything from Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary to the Chicken Soup for the Soul ™ series, the What to Expect... pregnancy/childcare series, the Peterson Field Guide ® series, the Taylor's Gardening Guides®, Larousse Bilingual Dictionaries, Page-A-Day™ Calendars and Brain Quest ™. We are privileged to sell books authored by many fine writers including: John Bradshaw, James Carroll, Rachel Carson, Deepak Chopra, Winston Churchill, John Kenneth Galbraith, Jane Goodall, Jhumpa Lahira, David Leavitt, David Macaulay, Bob Nelson, Tim O'Brien, Edna O'Brien, Steven Raichlen, Philip Roth, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Robert Stone, and Garry Wills. We also promote and market many timeless children's classics including Curious George and The Polar Express along with numerous Caldecott and Newbery award-winning authors and illustrators.
				Our new division, Thomas Allen Publishers , is proud to be publishing books by Natalee Caple, Austin Clarke, Brian Fawcett, Keath Fraser, Sylvia Fraser, Jack Granatstein & Norman Hillmer, Cynthia Holz, Tom Harpur, Ted Barris, Larissa Lai, Melanie Little, John Metcalf, Keith Maillard, Leon Rooke, Wade Rowland, Shyam Selvadurai, Cordelia Strube, Richard Teleky, and David Gilmour.

				Some Quick Facts

				Thomas Allen & Son Limited is the oldest family-owned and operated book publisher in Canada and has been in business since 1916. We represent 12 book publishers in Canada and publish our own list of titles under the Thomas Allen Publishers imprint. Our product lines include everything from dictionaries and atlases to self-help books, award-winning fiction and non-fiction, calendars, gift products, high-quality journals and stationery, and award-winning children's books. We supply bookstores, gift shops and specialty stores, public and regional library systems, office products retailers and wholesalers, warehouse clubs, Christian bookstores, toy stores, specialty retailers and Canada's network of independent distributors/ news dealers. We participate in all the major trade shows and conventions across Canada associated with the above markets. We have a customer base of more than 3,000 active accounts.