Spring 2012 Online Catalogue
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Mary Rose Donnelly’s ‘Great Village’ wins the Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award!May 18, 2012 – Cormorant Books is thrilled to announce that Great Village by Mary Rose Donnelly has won the [Read More]
Giraffe and Bird wins the 2012 OLA Blue Spruce Award!
Dancing Cat Books is thrilled to announce that Giraffe and Bird by Rebecca Bender has won the 2012 Ontario Library [Read More]
The City of Toronto Celebrates Kindness
On May 16, 2012, the CN Tower will be specially lit to commemorate “It’s All About Kindness Day,” a day [Read More]
Previews for Shelley Peterson’s Saddle Creek series!
Previews for four of Shelley Peterson‘s brilliant Saddle Creek young adult novels – the upcoming Dark Days at Saddle Creek, [Read More]
Olive Senior’s ‘Dancing Lessons’ is a finalist for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Congratulations to Olive Senior, whose first novel Dancing Lessons has been named a finalist for this year’s Amazon.ca First Novel [Read More]
‘The Tiffin’ (Mahtab Narsimhan) is reviewed by 13-year old in the National Post
A review of The Tiffin (Mahtab Narsimhan) written by 13-year-old Brie Martin, appears in the National Post here
Toronto Star reviews ‘The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca’ by Carol Bishop-Gwyn
An article about The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca by Carl Bishop-Gwyn has appeared in the Toronto Star here
‘Progress’ by Michael V. Smith is reviewed in Broken Pencil (Issue 53)
A review of Progress appears in the current print issue of Broken Pencil (issue [Read More]
Open Book Toronto interviews Mahtab Narsiman for her book ‘The Tiffin’
An interview with Mahtab Narsiman for The Tiffin appears in Open Book Toronto here.
Libris Notes reviews ‘The Tiffin’ (Mahtab Narsimhan)
A review of The Tiffin appears in the Libris Notes book blog here. “A beautifully crafted story… Mahtab Narsimhan’s descriptions of India and the people [Read More]
Author Mary Rose Donnelly recommends ‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf
Mary Rose Donnelly recommends To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf, in an “Old Book, New Author” piece in the National Post here
Review of Dancing Lessons (Olive Senior)
A review of Dancing Lessons has appeared in the Winnipeg Review here. “The early narrative is full, flowing through images, settings, and times, evoking [Read More]
Review of Carol Bishop-Gwyn’s, The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca
The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca is called “a juicy read” in a dance review of Ratmansky’s Romeo [Read More]
Reviews and Interviews! The Jonas Variations: A Literary Seance by George Jonas
A review of The Jonas Variations: A Literary Seance has appeared in the Ottawa Citizen here! “I wish to recommend [The Jonas Variations], earnestly, [Read More]
Upcoming Readings by Olive Senior (Dancing Lessons)
Coming up, the lovely Olive Senior will be reading from her new book Dancing Lessons in multiple Toronto locations! This Saturday December [Read More]
The Gazette reviews ‘Some Frames,’ poetry by Jack Hannan!
A review of Some Frames appears in The Gazette (third on the list) here! “[Hannan allows] the reader to discover a narrative, or to accept that [Read More]
Praise for ‘The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca’ (Carol Bishop-Gwyn)
A review of The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca has appeared in the Ottawa Citizen! “Bishop-Gwyn certainly reveals the dark side [Read More]
Cormorant poetry reading at Bar Italia
On Monday, November 21st, a group of poets from our anthology Undercurrents: New Voices in Canadian Poetry at Bar Italia [Read More]
The ‘Circle Game’ (Joni Mitchell & Brian Deines) in the National Post!
The Circle Game is mentioned in the National Post here!: The print version (from Saturday, November 19), includes two illustrations from the book!
Sun-Times Reviews Come From Afar (Gayla Reid) and Passing Through (David Penhale)
A review of Gayla Reid‘s Come from Afar has appeared in the November 19th issue of the Owen Sound Sun-Times! “Come From [Read More]
Spring 2012 Titles
Dark Days at Saddle Creek
Shelley Peterson
Age: 10-13 | TPB | ISBN 9781770860896 | 320 pp
Bird has always had the ability to communicate telepathically with animals, but until now, she’s never received a mental transmission from a human. When she intercepts a message from a farmhand at a horse show, she realizes there is someone else in the world who understands her special bond with horses, and who can give her answers to questions she’s been asking her entire life.
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Under the Moon
Deborah Kerbel
Age: 12-15 | TPB | ISBN 9781770860902 | 320 pp
Lily MacArthur has never been much of a sleeper, but since the death of her Aunt Su, she’s lost the ability to sleep completely. Looking for a way to spend her sleepless nights, she slips out of the house. She meets Ben, who works the night shift at the local drive-thru. A newcomer to town, Ben has a troubled past — and future — that he keeps from Lily.
More Info | Read Preview | Download ExcerptFall 2011 Titles
The Tiffin
Mahtab Narsimhan
Age: 9-12 | TPB | ISBN 9781770860391 | 176 pp
The dabbawallas of Mumbai deliver box lunches — called tiffins — to whitecollar workers all over the vast city. They are legendary for their near-perfect service: for every six million lunches sent, only one will fail to reach its intended destination. The Tiffin is about that one time in millions when a box goes astray, changing lives forever.
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The Circle Game
Joni Mitchell
Illustrated by Brian Deines
Age: 3-6 | HC | ISBN 9781770860421 | 32 pp
More than forty years ago, Joni Mitchell’s music helped define a generation of young people. Now, one of her classic songs is introduced to a new generation through the remarkable art of Brian Deines.
More Info | Online Media ReleaseFall 2010 Titles
Burn
Alma Fullerton
Age: 9-12 | TPB | ISBN 9781897151952 | 264 pp
Finalist for the 2011 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
Shortlisted for the 2011 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award
A powerful free verse novel by Alma Fullerton, author of the Governor General's Literary Award-nominated Libertad, exploring a girl’s desperate attempt to keep her family together, even as
her growing obsession threatens to destroy them all.
Home Truths
Jill MacLean
Age: 12+ | TPB | ISBN 9781897151969 | 288 pp
Finalist for the 2012 OLA Red Maple Award
Finalist for the 2011 SYRCA Snow Willow Award
The revealing portrait of a bully-in-the-making and his journey
to redemption. From Jill MacLean, two-time winner of the Ann
Connor Brimer Award.
Giraffe and Bird
Rebecca Bender
Age: 3-6 | HC w/ dust jacket | Full colour illustrations
ISBN 9781897151846 | 32 pp
Winner of the 2012 OLA Blue Spruce Award
Shortlisted for the 2011 CBA Libris Award for Children's Picture Book of the Year
Finalist for the 2011 SYRCA Shining Willow Award
A giraffe and bird pester and annoy each other so much that they
decide to go their separate ways, only to discover that they miss
each other and, despite all the bickering, might have been good
friends after all.
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