Key Porter Books was a book publishing company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1979 by Anna Porter, later well known as a writer, the company specialized in Canadian non-fiction, although it published some fiction too. It ceased operations in January 2011.
Key Porter Books was founded in 1979 by Anna Porter[1] and Key Publishers Limited of Toronto, Ontario.
Porter sold her stake in 2004[citation needed] and a controlling interest was acquired that July by the Canadian publishing company H.B. Fenn; Harold Fenn, chairman.[2]
The head office was located on the 10th floor of the historic Lumsden Building at 6 Adelaide Street East[citation needed] in downtown Toronto until September/October 2010, when Key Porter laid off 11 of 17 employees and relocated to a commercial business park in Bolton, Ontario[2] (in the northwest of Greater Toronto). There it shared offices with H.B. Fenn Company Limited and Fenn Publishing Limited.
On 7 January 2011, Key Porter publisher Jordan Fenn announced the suspension of operations and laid off the remaining staff.[1] At the time, it was reported that all book releases would continue as scheduled via H.B. Fenn.[1]
