Nelson Ball
Canadian poet, publisher, bookseller
Nelson Ball (January 14, 1942 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian poet, editor, publisher, and bookseller. Biography. Nelson Ball was born in 1942 in Clinton, Ontario. He attended the University of Waterloo where he worked as a reporter for the student newspaper, The Coryphaeus. He worked at the Village Book Store in Toronto in the mid-1960s, and opened his own bookstore in 1972, first as William Nelson Books and later as Nelson Ball, Bookseller (beginning in 1985). Ball was married to artist, writer, and publisher Barbara Caruso. They lived in Kitchener, Toronto, and Paris, Ontario. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Ball
Nelson Ball (January 14, 1942 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian poet, editor, publisher, and bookseller. Biography. Nelson Ball was born in 1942 in Clinton, Ontario. He attended the University of Waterloo where he worked as a reporter for the student newspaper, The Coryphaeus. He worked at the Village Book Store in Toronto in the mid-1960s, and opened his own bookstore in 1972, first as William Nelson Books and later as Nelson Ball, Bookseller (beginning in 1985). Ball was married to artist, writer, and publisher Barbara Caruso. They lived in Kitchener, Toronto, and Paris, Ontario.
