Cormorant Books

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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.

[edit] History

Cormorant Books was 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, Carol Bruneau, Elizabeth Hay, Darren Greer, Zoe Whittall, Christiane Frennette, Linda Rogers, Bruce MacDonald, Edward O. Phillips, Jacques Poulin, Tessa McWatt, Peter Oliva, Élise Turcotte, Carol Windley, Pascale Quiviger, Sally Gibson, Pauline Holdstock, Gwethalyn Graham, Nino Ricci and Sky Gilbert.

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, both published by Cormorant Books, were shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2006. Home Schooling won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize of the BC Book Prizes in 2007.

Two Cormorant publications, Still Life with June by Darren Greer, and An English Gentleman by Sky Gilbert have received ReLit awards.