Cormorant Books

Cormorant Books Inc.

Industry	Books, Publishing
Founded	1986
Founder(s)	Jan and Gary Geddes
Headquarters	Toronto, Canada
Key people	J. Marc Côté (Publisher)
Products	Books
Employees	4 (as of January 31, 2010)
Website	www.cormorantbooks.com

Cormorant Books Inc is a Canadian book publishing company.

Cormorant Books specializes in fiction by new and emerging Canadian writers, reissues of out-of-print classics of Canadian literature, and English translations of works by Quebec writers.

History

Cormorant Books is an award-winning small press started in 1986 by a Canadian couple, Jan and Gary Geddes, on their farm outside of Dunvegan, Ontario. They focused on introducing new Canadian writers to the literary scene. The company was sold to new owners in 2000. Now based in Toronto, publisher Marc Côté continues the tradition of publishing Canadian authors, including translations of Quebec writers.

Authors published by Cormorant include Neil Bissoondath, Joseph Boyden, Carol Bruneau, Christiane Frennette, Sally Gibson, Sky Gilbert, Gwethalyn Graham, Darren Greer, Elizabeth Hay, Pauline Holdstock, Bruce MacDonald, Tessa McWatt, Peter Oliva, Edward O. Phillips, Jacques Poulin, Pascale Quiviger, Nino Ricci, Linda Rogers, Jeffrey Round, Élise Turcotte, Zoe Whittall and Carol Windley.

In 1990, Lives of the Saints, by Nino Ricci, won the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction.

In 2003, Doing the Heart Good, by Neil Bissoondath, won the Hugh MacLennan Award of the Quebec Writers' Federation.

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. 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, and alphabet book by internationally acclaimed artist Charles Pachter.

In 2009, The Heart Specialist by Claire Holden Rothman 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 three Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Awards, including the 2008 and 2009 awards for Small Press of the Year.

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