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Canada Counts: A Charles Pachter Counting Book
Charles Pachter In this follow-up to 2008's award-winning hit M is for Moose, children can learn their numbers with new artwork illustrating numbers 1 to 20, as well as other important Canadian numbers such as 1867 and 1982. More Info


The Honey Locust
Jeffrey Round

War may scar the globe, but home will break your heart.

Globe-trotting photojournalist is sent to cover the civil war in Bosnia. While there, she makes unexpected attachments that
open her eyes and cast her old life and old problems in a
completely different light.

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Valentine's Fall
Cary Fagan

After his time in Europe goes sour, bluegrass musician
Huddie Rosen returns to Toronto to reconnect with his high
school friends. Once again entangled in their lives, he begins
to wonder if his old life was really any better than the new,
or if it - like the legacy of high school legend Valentine Schwartz
- was nothing more than a quick leap off a roof.

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Because I Have Loved and Hidden It
Elise Moser

Thirsting for love, for sex, for connection, Julia grasps at
threads of those who have left her behind. She grapples with
mystery of a family secret, as well as the absence of her
lover and a passionate affair with his wife. Because I Have
Loved and Hidden It
asks where we fit in others' lives,
and where we fall through the cracks.

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Perfect Red
Jane Lind

Artist. Activist. Canadian. There is only one Paraskeva Clark.
The daughter of Russian peasants, hers is a classic immigrant
tale, of someone who has had to adjust to unfamiliar customs
and rules. Perfect Red is the story of her indelible mark
on Canadian art and society.

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City of Words: Toronto Through Her Writers' Eyes
Sarah Elton
photographs by Kevin Robbins

A collection of excerpts about Toronto from writers such
as Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, and Earle Birney,
accompanied by stunning original photogaphs. Together,
these words and images reveal the vibrant, vital soul of
the city as it has seldom been seen before.

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Still Life With June
Darren Greer

Winner of the 2003 Relit Award and named 2003 Best Book of
the Year by NOW Magazine, this is the story of a troubled
writer and his relationship with June, a young woman with
Down's Syndrome. Witty, caustic, raw, sad, profound, and
always brilliant, Still Life With June is a must read.

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Translations

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Such a Good Education
France Théoret
translated by Luise von Flotow

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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High-wire Summer
Louise Dupré
translated by Liedewy Hawke

Twenty-six stories celebrating women who have reached the
summer of their lives, with plenty to look back upon and
even more to look forward to. These women are tight-rope
walkers, alone and courageous; having crossed so many
thresholds, they must now find te strength to defy convention,
and take one more leap in order to start over.

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From This Distance
Karen McLaughlin

Robyn Gallagher inherits a car from the mother-in-law she
believes misjudged her, and decides to drive home in it.
Thus begins the furious, funny, deeply compassionate, and
life-affirming story of one woman's liberation from limited expectations.

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The Third Day Book
Linda Rogers

In this sequel to 2007’s The Empress Letters, Linda Rogers’s
lyrical grace captures the essence of a soul divided between
the four corners of the world.

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Hot Off the Press

Watch the official release trailer for June Hutton's novel Underground, now available in a bookstore near you!


Recent News
Cormorant Books is proud to announce that it has been awarded Small Press of the Year and Editor of the Year (Marc Côté) at the 2009 CBA Libris Awards. We would like to extend our thanks to all members of the Cormorant family, including authors, sales reps, freelancers, UTP, booksellers, and of course our wonderful readers.
M is for Moose by Charles Pachter has
been shortlisted for a Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award in the children's picture book category. Congratulations, Charles!

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Events
June

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Ann Charney reading with Writers Out Loud series in Montreal

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Kathlyn Bradshaw at Bloody Words Festival in Ottawa.

19

Jancis M. Andrews launches Walking on Water in Sechelt, BC.

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Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Awards ceremony.

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Jeffrey Round launches Death in Key West in Toronto at the Moose Factory (Charles Pachter's studio)

25

Claire Holden Rothman reading at Gallery on the Bay in Hamilton at 7 PM with Lisa Moore, Giles Blunt, and Sherri Vanderveen.

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Claire Holden Rothman and Ann Charney read at Nicholas Hoare in Toronto.


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