We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada. We acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario, which last year funded 1,681 individual artists and 1,125 organizations in 216 communities across Ontario for a total of $52.8 million. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation Book Fund for our publishing activities.