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Lester, Malcolm
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Malcolm Lester has devoted his career to bringing the work of both established and emerging writers to the world's attention. Managing Editor of Holt, Rinehart and Winston, and General Manager of Coles Publishing (the publishing arm of Coles bookstores), Past President of the Association of Canadian Publishers, he is best known as the President of Lester & Orpen Dennys, one of Canada's most distinguished publishers. The Literary Review of Canada named three of Malcolm Lester's books as among the most important Canadian books of the 20th century.
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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto