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.

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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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Preview: Such a Good Education

Tracing the formative years of a teenaged girl in 1950s Montréal,Such a Good Education is a scathing critique of traditional values, exposing the ignorance and poverty that troubled many French-Canadian families during the mid-twentieth century.

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Sally Clark

Waiting for the Revolution author Sally Clark is, in addition to being a talented writer, also a painter and a filmmaker. Check out her work at her website, sallyclark.ca.

Ten Questions with Jeffrey Round

Hop on over to Open Book Toronto, which is running a Ten Questions interview with Jeffrey Round, author of The Honey Locust.

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Review of 'The Honey Locust' at Quill and Quire

And here's a review from the folks at Quill and Quire:

"Round’s prose style, though not flashy, is seamless and accomplished. The Honey Locust is a well-written exploration of conflict in all its forms."

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