Cormorant Books Inc is a Canadian

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'', March 23, 2012. The company's current publisher is Marc Côté. Cormorant Books specializes in fiction by new and emerging Canadian writers, reissues of

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, and English translations of works by

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writers. In 2010, the company also launched Dancing Cat Books, a separate imprint for works of

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History

Cormorant Books was started in 1986 by a Canadian couple, Jan and

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, on their farm outside of

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. They focused on introducing new Canadian writers to the literary scene, focusing principally on poetry."Profile: Cormorant Books". ''The Robertson Pipeline'', May 2009. In 1990, the company published Nino Ricci's novel '' Lives of the Saints'', which went on to become one of the year's bestselling Canadian novels and to win the 1990 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction. The company was sold to new owners in 2001. Now based in

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, publisher Marc Côté continues the tradition of publishing Canadian authors, including translations of Quebec writers.

Published writers

Authors who have been published by Cormorant include:

Awards

In 1990, '' Lives of the Saints'' by Nino Ricci won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction. In 2003, ''Doing the Heart Good'' by Neil Bissoondath won the Hugh MacLennan Award of the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards. In 2004, ''Beyond Measure'' by Pauline Holdstock was nominated for the Giller Prize. It won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize of the BC Book Prizes in 2005 and was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Canada and the Caribbean Region, as well. In 2005, ''The Unyielding Clamour of the Night'' by Neil Bissoondath won the Hugh MacLennan Award of the Quebec Writers' Federation. '' The Perfect Circle'' by Pascale Quiviger and '' Home Schooling'' by Carol Windley were shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2006."The Great Unknowns: CBC Arts Online analyzes the literary dash for the Giller cash".

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, October 3, 2006. ''Home Schooling'' won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize of the BC Book Prizes in 2007. In 2008, Cormorant published its first children's book, ''M is for Moose'', an alphabet book by internationally acclaimed artist

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. In 2009, ''The Heart Specialist'' by Claire Holden Rothman was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. In 2011, ''My Life Among the Apes'' by Cary Fagan was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Two Cormorant publications, ''Still Life with June'' by Darren Greer, and ''An English Gentleman'' by Sky Gilbert have received ReLit Awards. Cormorant Books has won five Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Awards, including the 2008, 2009 and 2013 awards for Small Press of the Year and the 2009 and 2010 Libris to Marc Côté for Editor of the Year.

References

External links

Cormorant Books
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