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Person
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Shillingford, Gordon, 1960-2016
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Description area
Dates of existence
1960-2016
History
Joseph Gordon Shillingford was born in 1960 in Moosomin, Saskatchewan.
He was a Canadian publisher. He graduated from Kelvin High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1978. From 1980 to 1984, he managed the music band Dub Rifles and, after it disbanded, he studied music, history, and literature at the University of Winnipeg (B.A. in English). In 1986, he and a friend started Blizzard Publishing. When the partnership ended, he went to work for the Manitoba Arts Council. He later returned to literary publishing, starting Scirocco Drama and J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing (1992). He acquired the firms Watson & Dwyer and the Muses’ Company, publishing work in theatre, poetry, Canadian social history, politics, religion, true crime, and biography. Several of his publications received Governor General’s Awards. A patron of the arts in Manitoba, Shillingford supported Theatre Projects Manitoba and a playwriting competition at local high schools.
He died on January 25, 2016, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.