verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message cormorant books inc. industry books publishing founded 1986 founder jan and gary geddes headquarters toronto canada key people j. marc c t publisher products books number of employees 4 as of january 31 2010 website www.cormorantbooks.com cormorant books inc is a canadian book publishing company . 1 the company s current publisher is marc c t . 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 . in 2010 the company also launched dancing cat books a separate imprint for works of young adult literature . 2 contents 1 history 2 published writers 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit cormorant books is an award winning small press started in 1986 by a canadian couple jan and gary geddes on their farm outside of dunvegan ontario . 3 they focused on introducing new canadian writers to the literary scene focusing principally on poetry . 4 in 1990 the company published nino ricci s novel lives of the saints which went on to become one of the year s bestselling canadian novels and to win the 1990 governor general s award for english language fiction . 4 the company was sold to new owners in 2000 . now based in toronto publisher marc c t continues the tradition of publishing canadian authors including translations of quebec writers . published writers edit authors who have been published by cormorant include douglas arrowsmith margaret atwood carol bishop gwyn neil bissoondath pan bouyoucas george bowering joseph boyden carol bruneau aaron bushkowsky elspeth cameron joan clark patricia claxton carole corbeil h l ne dorion cary fagan brian fawcett sheila fischman tess fragoulis sally gibson sky gilbert jacques godbout gwethalyn graham darren greer elizabeth hay claire holden rothman pauline holdstock dave hugelschaffer george jonas m. travis lane tim lilburn kevin major tessa mcwatt david miller goldie morgentaler peter oliva charles pachter edward o. phillips jacques poulin pascale quiviger gayla reid nino ricci ray robertson linda rogers chava rosenfarb jeffrey round elizabeth ruth olive senior michael v. smith mary soderstrom susan swan lola lemire tostevin thomas trofimuk lise turcotte peter unwin betsy warland william whitehead zoe whittall carol windley eric wright awards edit in 1990 lives of the saints by nino ricci won the governor general s award for english language fiction . in 2003 doing the heart good by neil bissoondath won the hugh maclennan award of the quebec writers federation awards . 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 were shortlisted for the scotiabank giller prize in 2006 . 5 home schooling won the ethel wilson fiction prize of the bc book prizes in 2007 . in 2008 cormorant published its first children s book m is for moose an alphabet book by internationally acclaimed artist charles pachter . in 2009 the heart specialist by claire holden rothman was longlisted for the scotiabank giller prize . in 2011 my life among the apes by cary fagan was longlisted for the scotiabank giller prize . two cormorant publications still life with june by darren greer and an english gentleman by sky gilbert have received relit awards . cormorant books has won five canadian booksellers association libris awards including the 2008 2009 and 2013 awards for small press of the year and the 2009 and 2010 libris to marc cote for editor of the year . 4 references edit two houses under one roof . national post march 23 2012 . cormorant launches ya imprint dancing cat books . national post march 23 2010 . gary geddes at abcbookworld 2011 . a b c profile cormorant books . the robertson pipeline may 2009 . the great unknowns cbc arts online analyzes the literary dash for the giller cash . cbc news october 3 2006 . external links edit cormorant books retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cormorant books & oldid 660279096 categories book publishing companies of canadahidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2012all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction 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