Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 8, 2014
• Invested on: February 13, 2015

For his tireless promotion of Canada’s small publishing houses and for his efforts to safeguard their interests and welfare.

Canada’s writers and publishers have one of their biggest champions in Karl Siegler. Co-founder of the Literary Press Group of Canada and past president of the Association of Canadian Publishers, he advocates tirelessly on behalf of our literary community. He has given testimony on the Canadian book trade before federal government standing committees and has worked to protect Canada’s cultural industries in our free trade agreements. Between 1975 and 2007, he was the CEO and publisher of the British Columbia press Talonbooks, which evolved into a high-quality, social-minded, world-class company under his guidance.