years ago 1973 country of origin united kingdom headquarters location edinburgh scotland distribution the book service uk publication types books official website http www.canongate.tv canongate books often simply canongate is a scottish independent publishing firm based in edinburgh ; it is named for the canongate an area of the city . it is most recognised for publishing the booker prizewinner life of pi . canongate was named publisher of the year in 2003 and 2009 . contents 1 origins 2 partners and joint ventures 3 notable authors and works 4 prizes 5 see also 6 references 7 external links origins edit canongate was founded in 1973 by stephanie wolfe murray and her husband angus wolfe murray . 1 originally a speciality press focusing on scottish interest books generally with small print runs its most major author was alasdair gray . in 1994 it was purchased from the receiver in a management buyout led by jamie byng using funds provided by his stepfather christopher bland and his father in law charlie mcveigh and began to publish more general works including the pocket canons editions of books of the bible as well as the payback press and rebel inc. imprints . 2 3 byng is now the publisher and managing director of the company . in june 2010 it was announced that a living archive of canongate books was to be established at the university of dundee in collaboration with the university s archive services which will be used for teaching and research . 4 5 partners and joint ventures edit canongate once had a sister company in australia text publishing ; canongate s majority interest was sold in 2011 . 6 it also has joint venture operations with the children s publisher walker who will publish selected titles for their young adult fiction list . 7 grove atlantic inc. publishes under the canongate u.s. imprint also under a joint venture arrangement . 8 in march 2010 canongate and dirtee stank announced a joint venture agreement to publish dizzee rascal s memoir although this agreement later fell though . 9 canongate is part of the independent alliance a global alliance of ten uk publishers and their international publishing partners . 10 in 2009 the alliance was the uk s fifth largest publisher . 11 enhanced editions and canongate also work in partnership in the production of selected books enhanced for the iphone and ipod touch . 12 the titles that have been released are dreams from my father the audacity of hope the death of bunny munro and the good man jesus and the scoundrel christ . notable authors and works edit julian assange julian assange the unauthorised autobiography 2011 . assange s autobiography was published without his consent and canongate and assange gave differing accounts of the events surrounding publication . 13 14 the mighty boosh the mighty book of boosh 2008 and the pocket book of boosh 2009 a coffee table style hardback and pocket edition of a tie in to the tv series . noel fielding with mighty boosh member dave brown the scribblings of a madcap shambleton 2011 . nick cave the death of bunny munro 2009 the second novel by musician nick cave 15 was announced in 2008 . it was published in hardback audiobook ebook and iphone application formats in september 2009 . david eagleman sum forty tales from the afterlives 2009 made famous by a tweet from stephen fry 16 and the subject of a live show by brian eno . michel faber the crimson petal and the white 2002 a historical novel set in victorian england . faber followed this with a collection of stories the apple 2006 . alasdair gray lanark a life in four books 1981 a life in pictures 2010 matt haig the radleys 2010 steven hall the raw shark texts 2007 miranda july no one belongs here more than you 2007 yann martel life of pi 2001 canongate edition 2002 the first scottish published book to win the booker prize or to sell a million copies in its first year . 17 an illustrated hardback edition was published in 2007 . beatrice and virgil 2010 an allegory of the holocaust using a donkey named beatrice and a howler monkey named virgil . 18 james meek author the people s act of love 2005 winner of the scottish arts council book of the year and the ondaatje prize . irvine welsh trainspotting novel 1993 the original print run was published by canongate . barack obama dreams from my father 1995 canongate edition 2007 the audacity of hope 2006 canongate edition 2007 was acquired after a series of emails between byng and then senator obama and his team . 19 change we can believe in 2008 canongate edition 2009 philip pullman once upon a time in the north dizzee rascal the dizzee rascal story 2010 20 david shrigley what the hell are you doing 2010 21 david simon homicide a year on the killing streets 1991 canongate edition 2008 the corner a year in the life of an inner city neighborhood 1997 canongate edition 2009 martin c. strong 22 the great rock discography 1st ed . 1994 the great rock discography 2nd ed . 1995 the great rock discography 3rd ed . 1996 the great rock discography 4th ed . 1998 the great rock discography 5th ed . 2000 the great rock discography 6th ed . 2002 the great rock discography 7th ed . 2004 the great metal discography 1st ed . 1998 the great metal discography 2nd ed . 2002 the wee rock discography 1996 the great alternative & indie discography 1999 the great indie discography 2nd ed . 2003 the essential rock discography 2006 lights camera soundtracks 2008 scarlett thomas the end of mr. y 2007 popco 2004 canongate edition 2009 our tragic universe 2010 simon tofield simon s cat 2009 the award winning 23 animation was published in book format in october 2009 . 24 canongate myth series in which contemporary authors re imagine ancient myths from a variety of cultures karen armstrong a short history of myth 2005 margaret atwood the penelopiad 2005 jeanette winterson weight 2005 michel faber the fire gospel 2008 david grossman lion s honey 2006 alexander mccall smith dream angus 2006 victor pelevin the helmet of horror 2006 ali smith girl meets boy 2007 su tong binu and the great wall 2007 salley vickers where three roads meet 2007 dubravka ugresic baba yaga laid an egg 2009 klas ostergren the hurricane party 2009 milton hatoum the orphans of eldorado 2010 philip pullman the good man jesus and the scoundrel christ 2010 prizes edit 2002 life of pi won the booker prize . 2003 canongate won publisher of the year at the british book awards . 25 2007 no one belongs here more than you by miranda july won the frank o connor international short story award . 26 2007 the illustrated edition of life of pi won a british book design and production award in the limited edition and fine binding category . 27 2008 the boat by nam le won the dylan thomas prize . 28 2009 dreams from my father by barack obama won biography of the year at the british book awards . 29 2009 canongate won publisher of the year at the british book industry awards . 30 2009 geoff dyer s jeff in venice death in varanasi won the bollinger everyman wodehouse prize . 31 2009 nam le s the boat won the australian prime minister s literary awards . 32 see also edit canongate myth series list of largest uk book publishers publishing scotland ian burgham references edit lucinda byatt jamie byng and canongate solander magazine historical novel society uk vol . 19 may 2006 . catherine deveney canongate books the mane man the scotsman 24 october 2005 . iain sharp bada byng bada boom stuff.co.nz 9 july 2006 . university and canongate link to form living archive . university of dundee . retrieved 7 october 2011 . canongate books . archives records and artefacts at the university of dundee . retrieved 25 january 2016 . jason steger text publishing starts next chapter the age 26 june 2004 . catherine neilan canongate and walker create joint young adult imprint the bookseller 15 december 2009 . paul rogerson modest helping of pi brings slimmer profits at canongate the herald 3 november 2005 . phil miller rascal teams up with scottish publisher the herald 5 march 2010 . independent alliance catherine neilan indie alliance becomes fifth biggest publisher the bookseller 24 january 2010 . enhances editions.com . assange julian 22 september 2011 . julian assange statement on the unauthorised secret publishing of the julian assange autobiography by canongate . wikileaks . retrieved 22 september 2011 . davies nick 22 september 2011 . why we are publishing julian assange s unauthorised autobiography . the guardian . retrieved 22 september 2011 . catherine neilan canongate buys nick cave novel bookseller 12 september 2008 . stephen fry s twitter posts on david eagleman novel sparks 6000 % sales spike the telegraph 11 september 2009 . liam mcdougall life of pi hits one million sales as spielberg eyes movie chance sunday herald 10 august 2003 . pi author plans holocaust novel bbc 31 october 2009 . canongate pulls off obama coup the scotsman 11 march 2007 . dizzee rascal memoir to canongate the bookseller . interview david shrigley artist the scotsman 11 april 2010 . music reference books by martin c. strong folklib index . britishanimationawards.com catherine neilan canongate buys simon s cat bookseller 13 january 2009 . canongate ... i liked it so much i bought the company the scotsman 23 september 2003 . . richard lea award winning film maker scoops short story prize guardian 24 september 2007 . british book design and production awards 2008 winners . former vietnamese refugee claims dylan thomas prize cbc 11 november 2008 . murray wardrop barack obama triumphs at british book awards with dreams from my father the daily telegraph 4 april 2009 . alison flood obama helps canongate become publisher of the year the guardian 2 june 2009 . alison flood geoff dyer wins wodehouse prize for comic fiction guardian.co.uk 29 may 2009 . alison flood vietnamese refugee wins australian prime minister s award for fiction the guardian 3 november 2009 . external links edit official website the branching out guide 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