Hooked on Canadian Books is a Globe and Mail bestseller!

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#4 in Literature. Hurrah!

Still Life with June is Salty Ink's Book of the Month for April

The fine folks at Salty Ink, a website that shines a spotlight on Atlantic fiction, has chosen Darren Greer's hilarious, profound, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel Still Life With June as its April Book of the Month.

This is a snippet of what they have to say about it:

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.

And that's just the beginning. Click here to read the rest of the review/tribute.

Announcing Dancing Cat Books, our new Children's/YA imprint!

Noticed the new banner? That's to celebrate the launch of our new imprint, Dancing Cat Books, dedicated to publishing author-driven literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry for the young adult and middle-grades, as well as picture books.

Visit www.dancingcatbooks.com and learn all about it!

Preview: Hooked on Canadian Books - The Good, the Better, and the Best Canadian Novels Since 1984

Having been a contributing reviewer for The Globe and Mail 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.

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Three Novels Shortlisted for the OLA Evergreen Award!

You heard it here first. Cormorant Books is proud to announce that three of its novels - The Heart Specialist (Claire Holden Rothman), Underground (June Hutton), and Oonagh (Mary Tilberg) - have been shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association's 2010 Evergreen Award.

Click here for background on the Evergreen award

Click here for the complete 2010 shortlist

Preview: The Queen of Unforgetting

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.

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'Because I Have Loved and Hidden It' reviewed in Xtra

"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."

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