Wolsak & Wynn Anounces Mahak Jain Joining Buckrider Books Editorial Board

For Immediate Release

Wolsak and Wynn is happy to announce that award-winning author Mahak Jain has joined the Buckrider Book’s Editorial Board where she will join poet Liz Howard and senior editor Paul Vermeersch.

Mahak Jain’s picture book Maya (illustrated by Elly Mackay) was a CBC Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Best Book of the Year and was also the winner of the 2017 South Asia Book Award. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in magazines across the US and Canada, and she has been long listed for the Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize.

Paul Vermeersch said, “I am delighted to welcome Mahak Jain to the Buckrider Books editorial board. Mahak brings a wealth of writing, editing and publishing experience to our board that I believe will greatly enhance our list.”

The Buckrider Books editorial board was put in place in 2017. It was the idea of senior editor Paul Vermeersch, who hoped to broaden the reach of the press and help address the lack of diversity in the publishing industry. The first members of the board consisted of Jordan Abel, Jen Sookfong Lee and Canisia Lubrin.

More about Mahak Jain:

As well as being an award-winning author, Mahak Jain has worked in publishing since 2008, most recently as Managing Editor at Owlkids / Owlkids Books. As a past host and organizer of the Emerging Writers Reading Series in Toronto, she curated and developed programming featuring underrepresented and emerging voices. As a freelance editor, she has edited books for a number of Canadian publishers and organizations, including Penguin Random House Canada for Young Readers, Kids Can Press, Annick Press, and Owlkids Books. Born in Delhi, Mahak has also lived in Dubai, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Montreal. She currently resides in Toronto and is a professor of creative writing at Sheridan College.