tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40374298220051222612024-02-20T12:27:34.384-05:00Cormorant BooksCormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-48308532609983863572010-10-18T15:26:00.001-04:002010-10-18T15:28:26.930-04:00Help us get on Canada Reads!<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Every year CBC’s <b>Canada Reads</b> hosts a “battle of the books,” where five celebrity panelists defend their favourite work of Canadian fiction. Over the course of three months, books will be eliminated one by one until one panelist triumphs with the book for Canada to read that year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal">"<i><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Heart Specialist</span></b></i> is an electrocardiogram of a novel. Claire Holden Rothman sensitively traces the peaks and valleys experienced by a woman breaking through the formidable gender barriers of early twentieth-century medicine. Her Dr. Agnes White is a fascinating character, an anomaly in her time, an authority on the human heart who knows so little of the workings of her own. I ached for her." </div><div style="text-align: right;">— Caroline Adderson, author of <i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pleased to Meet You</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal">"It's hilarious and redemptive, brimming with revelation. <i><b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Still Life With June</span></b></i> is modern and urban without being too edgy for the masses. This book is highly recommended." </div><div style="text-align: right;">— <i><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Edmonton Journal</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Canada</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Reads 2011</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> will air in February 2011. Tune in to see if your title will be picked as the title for Canada to read!</span></div>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-67850834634884134202010-07-05T16:44:00.000-04:002010-07-05T16:44:17.957-04:00We are digital!Our quest here at Cormorant Books is, first and foremost, to deliver great literature. Part of that means providing readers with the option of enjoying their literature in as many ways as possible. So it should come as no surprise that, starting this summer, we will be making a growing library of our titles available in ebook format.<br />
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The first six titles available are <a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/titles/beyondmeasure.shtml"><i><b>Beyond Measure</b></i></a> by Pauline Holdstock, <a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/previews/bornwithatooth_pre.shtml"><i><b>Born With a Tooth</b></i></a> by Joseph Boyden, <a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/previews/homeschooling_pre.shtml"><i><b>Home Schooling</b></i></a> by Carol Windley, <a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/titles/pureinventions.shtml"><i><b>Pure Inventions</b></i></a> by James King, <a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/previews/thefrankensteinmurders_pre.shtml"><i><b>The Frankenstein Murders</b></i></a> by Kathlyn Bradshaw, and <a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/previews/theworldswithinher_pre.shtml"><i><b>The Worlds Within Her</b></i></a> by Neil Bissoondath.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/backlist_ebook.shtml">Check out our ebook page here</a>.Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-83841285208024289172010-04-13T15:59:00.000-04:002010-04-13T15:59:41.813-04:00Preview: Jeanne's Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151372.jpg" /></a></div><span id="bodytext">It is 1933. A journalist travels to the small mining town of Rouyn in northern Quebec — a community that has become a refuge for Russians, Finns, Ukrainians, Chinese, and Jews. While there, he crosses paths with famed Canadian Marxist Jeanne Corbin, who has come to rally a group of striking workers, and sees his life forever changed. <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/jeannesroad.shtml"><i><strong>Jeanne’s Road</strong></i></a> is an essential read, bringing to life a lost era of Quebec history through its powerful yet unsentimental love story.</span><br />
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#4 in Literature. Hurrah!Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-79823303453642179622010-04-01T10:09:00.001-04:002010-04-01T10:10:56.312-04:00Still Life with June is Salty Ink's Book of the Month for April<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151518.jpg" /></a></div>The fine folks at <a href="http://www.saltyink.com/"><b>Salty Ink</b></a>, a website that shines a spotlight on Atlantic fiction, has chosen <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/authors/greerdarren.shtml">Darren Greer</a>'s hilarious, profound, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/stilllifewithjune.shtml"><i><b>Still Life With June</b></i></a> as its April Book of the Month.<br />
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<blockquote>Still Life with June was, by page 9 or 10, clearly going to be of the best books I’d read all year. Before I’d finished it, it had become a plain favourite book of mine. It’s all there: great writing, a distinctive style, an engaging story told in a calculated way.</blockquote>And that's just the beginning. <a href="http://saltyink.com/2010/03/31/aprils-featured-book-of-the-month-darren-greers-still-life-with-june/">Click here to read the rest of the review/tribute</a>.Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-74701847168388584332010-03-25T13:03:00.000-04:002010-03-25T13:03:47.621-04:00Announcing Dancing Cat Books, our new Children's/YA imprint!Noticed the new banner? That's to celebrate the launch of our new imprint, <b>Dancing Cat Books</b>, dedicated to <span id="bodytext">publishing author-driven literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry for the young adult and middle-grades, as well as picture books. </span> <br />
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Visit <a href="http://www.dancingcatbooks.com/">www.dancingcatbooks.com</a> and learn all about it!Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-9465751558721488322010-02-25T10:16:00.000-05:002010-02-25T10:16:47.654-05:00Preview: Hooked on Canadian Books - The Good, the Better, and the Best Canadian Novels Since 1984<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151754.jpg" /></a></div><span id="booktext">Having been a contributing reviewer for <em>The Globe and Mail</em> for more than twenty years, T.F. Rigelhof knows good literature. This conversational survey of the novels published since 1984 presents his readings of well-known Canadian writers while bringing the work of newer and lesser-known voices to more deserving attention.</span><br />
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<span id="booktext"><a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/previews/hookedoncanadianbooks_pre.shtml">Read the introduction</a> </span>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-33895425438794894952010-02-24T14:27:00.000-05:002010-02-24T14:27:57.134-05:00Three Novels Shortlisted for the OLA Evergreen Award!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyxK4N86cF_MXrD91PIe6_kIOMeYMflO2taG277F_yOt-S0PkNZSsz1mZp42gn_S65fpcRF-Kpe-fmDAt3ilCGpjhyphenhyphen3qFbhqOiePauW5nOgI2-sCeHpWx4cOqBb7OrupMZH8BMMlUCvu_/s1600-h/evergreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyxK4N86cF_MXrD91PIe6_kIOMeYMflO2taG277F_yOt-S0PkNZSsz1mZp42gn_S65fpcRF-Kpe-fmDAt3ilCGpjhyphenhyphen3qFbhqOiePauW5nOgI2-sCeHpWx4cOqBb7OrupMZH8BMMlUCvu_/s320/evergreen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
You heard it here first. Cormorant Books is proud to announce that three of its novels - <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/theheartspecialist.shtml"><i><b>The Heart Specialist</b></i></a> (<a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/authors/rothmanclaireholden.shtml">Claire Holden Rothman</a>), <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/underground.shtml"><b><i>Underground</i></b></a> (<a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/authors/huttonjune.shtml">June Hutton</a>), and <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/oonagh.shtml"><b><i>Oonagh</i></b></a> (<a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/authors/tilbergmary.shtml">Mary Tilberg</a>) - have been shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association's 2010 <b>Evergreen Award</b>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.accessola.com/ola/bins/content_page.asp?cid=92-273">Click here for background on the Evergreen award</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.accessola.com/ola/bins/content_page.asp?cid=2-3715">Click here for the complete 2010 shortlist</a></div>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-68531029587951153292010-02-19T09:20:00.000-05:002010-02-19T09:20:59.479-05:00Preview: The Queen of Unforgetting<a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151723.jpg" /></a><br />
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<span id="booktext">For a postgrad study, Mel takes a job at the newly reconstructed historical site at Sainte-Marie-among-the-Hurons, where Jean de Brébeuf and seven other missionaries met their tragic ends. But when an obsessed admirer threatens to destroy her academic career, Mel soon learns that delving into Ontario history is no escape from her own past.</span><br />
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<span id="booktext"><a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/previews/thequeenofunforgetting_pre.shtml">Read a preview excerpt </a></span>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-3614607829558206492010-02-01T12:14:00.000-05:002010-02-01T12:14:40.521-05:00'Because I Have Loved and Hidden It' reviewed in Xtra<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cormorantbooks.com/images/covers/9781897151365.jpg" /></a></div>"The sights, sounds, smells and even tastes of Julia’s Plateau neighbourhood are articulated in glorious Technicolor. The reader is led on a journey around Montreal — and Moser’s obvious passion for her city makes it a very pleasant trip."<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="booktext">Tracing the formative years of a teenaged girl in 1950s Montréal,<b>Such a Good Education</b> is a scathing critique of traditional values, exposing the ignorance and poverty that troubled many French-Canadian families during the mid-twentieth century.</span><br />
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<a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/waitingfortherevolution.shtml"><i><b>Waiting for the Revolution</b></i></a> author <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/authors/clarksally.shtml">Sally Clark</a> is, in addition to being a talented writer, also a painter and a filmmaker. Check out her work at her website, <a href="http://sallyclark.ca/">sallyclark.ca</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/ten_questions_with_jeffrey_round_1">Read the interview here!</a>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-19988151826959298582010-01-06T15:14:00.000-05:002010-01-06T15:14:13.871-05:00Review of 'The Honey Locust' at Quill and QuireAnd here's a review from the folks at <i>Quill and Quire</i>:<br />
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"Round’s prose style, though not flashy, is seamless and accomplished. <b><em>The Honey Locust</em></b> is a well-written exploration of conflict in all its forms."<br />
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But on to June: she and her novel <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/underground.shtml"><i><b>Underground</b></i></a> are absolutely everywhere!<br />
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Here's a review at <a href="http://historicalnovelreview.blogspot.com/">The Historical Novel Review</a>, which calls <i>Underground</i> "a compelling tale of one man’s journey of self-discovery through pain, love, war, and hardship. And for a debut novel, it’s incredibly engrossing." You can read the entire review <a href="http://historicalnovelreview.blogspot.com/2009/12/underground-by-june-hutton.html">here</a>.<br />
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And here are a pair of interviews with June at <a href="http://goodbooksguide.blogspot.com/2009/01/writing-life-june-hutton.html">Eric Forbe's Book Addict's Guide to Good Books</a> and <a href="http://books.macedo.ca/?p=758">Evadne Macedo on Writing</a>.<br />
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For more on June Hutton and <i><b>Underground</b></i>:<br />
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<a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/underground.shtml">Underground at cormorantbooks.com</a>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-23322600213314577092009-12-17T16:05:00.000-05:002009-12-17T16:05:45.481-05:00'The Heart Specialist' named best book by a Montreal authorThe accolades just keep rolling in for <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/authors/rothmanclaireholden.shtml">Claire Holden Rothman</a>'s novel <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/theheartspecialist.shtml"><i><b>The Heart Specialist</b></i></a>, which was listed in <a href="http://www.hour.ca/books/books.aspx?iIDArticle=18969">this article</a> at Hour.ca as the best book by a Montreal author.<br />
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It's about time you <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/previews/theheartspecialist_pre.shtml">read a preview of the book</a> and found out what the buzz is all about!Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-73660172546724323582009-12-15T11:09:00.000-05:002009-12-15T11:09:31.582-05:00More words on City of WordsGot some last minute Christmas shopping that needs to be done? Don't know what to get the people left on your list? Well, I've put together a handy-dandy guide to help you choose the perfect present.<br />
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Does the giftee:<br />
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- live in/near Toronto, or is curious about seeing Toronto from a literary perspective?<br />
- enjoy beautiful photographs?<br />
- own a coffee table/want to own a coffee table/stack flat surfaces in their living room to create a makeshift coffee table?<br />
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Then may we humbly suggest <a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/cityofwords"><b>City of Words: Toronto Through Her Writers' Eyes</b></a>, a tome that is currently doing bananas* at Toronto-area bookstores.<br />
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Need more convincing? Check out these writeups at the <a href="http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/article/738761--porter-writers-offer-glimpses-of-the-hidden-city">Toronto Star</a> and <a href="http://books.torontoist.com/2009/12/toronto-a-city-of-words/">torontoist.com</a> to see just how well the book captures the soul of our city. And head on over to our website for previews of photos in the book!<br />
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*<i>Note: Authentic publishing term</i>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-58996087267835099272009-12-10T09:17:00.000-05:002009-12-10T09:17:27.172-05:00City of Words and The Heart Specialist top Ben McNally's best<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Thursday, December 4, Ben McNally and his partner Lynn Thompson presented their top 45 books of the season. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are proud to see both <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/theheartspecialist.shtml">The Heart Specialist</a> and <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/cityofwords.shtml">City of Words</a> in the fiction top five! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/books_cold_winters_night_45_books_45_minutes_ben_mcnally_books">here</a> to read more.</span></span>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-38330075142973223832009-12-10T09:10:00.002-05:002009-12-10T09:11:35.300-05:00Win a free copy of City of Words!<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/contest_win_copy_city_words">Open Book Toronto</a> is offering up a free copy of <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/cityofwords.shtml">City of Words</a>. To enter, head over to the <a href="http://www.openbooktoronto.com/news/contest_win_copy_city_words">contest page</a> and make a comment telling them about one of your favourite things about Toronto.</span><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can also read about some of <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/authors/eltonsarah.shtml">Sarah Elton</a>'s Toronto favourites, such as the book(s) which, in her eyes, best represent Toronto:</span><br />
</div><blockquote style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are so many! Ondaatje made part of Toronto's history come to life with <i>In The Skin of a Lion</i>, and Austin Clarke captured another in his Toronto Trilogy. Dionne Brand's <i>What We All Long For</i> portrays the city as it is today, I think. And then there's David Bezmozgis' <i>Natasha</i>, which combines great writing with great storytelling and at the same time tells us about life here.</span><br />
</blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Be sure to enter soon - the deadline is December 18th! </span>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-581201470095708572009-12-09T11:13:00.000-05:002009-12-09T11:13:15.509-05:00Trailer for The Wolf's Head by Peter Unwin<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m__p85mX4hE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m__p85mX4hE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />
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<a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/previews/thewolfshead_pre.shtml">Read a preview</a>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-55232771680474024132009-12-03T12:27:00.000-05:002009-12-03T12:27:34.081-05:00Review of The Honey LocustCheck out this rave review of <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/authors/roundjeffrey.shtml">Jeffrey Round</a>'s <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/thehoneylocust.shtml"><i><b>The Honey Locust</b></i></a> at <a href="http://www.stageandpage.com/">stageand page.com</a>:<br />
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<blockquote>"The fiction is charged with wisdom as it probes what lies under surfaces of reality and discovers that darkness is not just a camera’s fade to black but the ruins of Angkor Wat, the Lacandan rainforests, the shell-shocked regions of former Yugoslavia, and, most of all, the human heart—that crater where we often miss the chance to forgive and forget and where we waste time and effort in fighting and distancing ourselves from one another."<br />
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<a href="http://www.stageandpage.com/the%20honey%20locust.htm#locust">Read the rest of the review</a>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-77950769452049821722009-11-30T14:52:00.001-05:002009-11-30T14:54:05.008-05:00A Perfect launch for Perfect Red<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A little cheesy, maybe, but Thursday's Toronto launch for <i><a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/titles/perfectred.shtml">Perfect Red: The Life of Paraskeva Clark</a> </i>by Jane Lind really was a great success. We took over Libby’s Fine Art Gallery, filling every floor with fans, friends, and family of both the artist and the author. <a href="http://www.nicholashoare.com/">Nicholas Hoare</a> came by to sell books, Jane to sign them, and a great time was had by all.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As you can see, it was a full house. Everyone was excited to hear Jane talk about <i>Perfect Red</i>, and to be surrounded by so many beautiful examples of Paraskeva Clark’s art. Thanks to all who could join us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And for those who couldn't be there, here is a video of John and Jane's speeches:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_fagan_valentinesfall.html">Read the rest of the review here.</a>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-83082211660215668052009-11-23T11:35:00.003-05:002009-11-23T11:44:57.719-05:00Canada Counts reviewed by The Globe & Mail Online<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt16K_BsnuLPmBi16GpUDD-abxyS42XQEQUFAuKlEEW2snJnWD6NE7-GZC-5cCy3ffxiii4pWk2eMYyCiyVoffsEAq-C4Rr6LEUN3hHDHMlhPq-KYGWL6EjYHBvwxCROLf99qkj1izFXB1/s1600/CanadaCounts_Page_16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt16K_BsnuLPmBi16GpUDD-abxyS42XQEQUFAuKlEEW2snJnWD6NE7-GZC-5cCy3ffxiii4pWk2eMYyCiyVoffsEAq-C4Rr6LEUN3hHDHMlhPq-KYGWL6EjYHBvwxCROLf99qkj1izFXB1/s200/CanadaCounts_Page_16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407340865378810386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Something to write home about.</span><br /></span></div><br /><br />Peter Scowen of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/children%20will%20be%20learning%20to%20count%20with%20the%20help%20of%20the%20unique%20and%20defiantly%20nationalistic%20vision%20of%20one%20of%20the%20country%27s%20great%20modern%20artists">Globe Books</a> has selected <a href="http://cormorantbooks.com/titles/canadacounts.shtml"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Canada Counts</span></a> as their illustrated book of the week. According to Mr. Scowen,<br /><blockquote><br />"Children will be learning to count with the help of the unique and defiantly nationalistic vision of one of the country's great modern artists."<br /></blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/by-the-numbers/article1369808/">You can read the rest of the review here.</a>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4037429822005122261.post-84230065023709370532009-11-18T14:18:00.001-05:002009-11-18T14:20:36.614-05:00Remember, that's The Wolf's Head by Peter Unwin ...<a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/authors/unwinpeter.shtml">Peter Unwin</a> (<span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.cormorantbooks.com/titles/thewolfshead.shtml">The Wolf's Head</a></span>) is my hero.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Vp6_ouGJ6s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-Vp6_ouGJ6s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Cormorant Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456002206170344197noreply@blogger.com0