Links.
Booksellers
Listed below are some Canadian booksellers with web sites.
After Stonewall
www.afterstonewallbooks.com
Amazon.ca
www.amazon.ca
Black Bond Books
www.blackbondbooks.com
The Book Room Ltd.
www.bookroom.ca
Bryan Prince Bookseller
www.princebooks.net
Double Hook Book Shop
www.doublehook.com
Glad Day Bookshop, Inc.
www.gladdaybookshop.com
Laurie Greenwood's Volume II
www.volume2.ca
Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore
www.paragraphbooks.com
Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium
www.littlesistersbookstore.com
McNally Robinson
www.mcnallyrobinson.com
Newfoundland Books
www.newfoundlandbooks.ca
Northwest Passages
www.nwpassages.com
Octopus Books
www.octopusbooks.com
Orlando Books
www.orlandobooks.com
Pages on Kensington
www.pages.ab.ca
Wordplay
www.wordplay.com
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Industry Contacts
Printers
Printers are the unsung heroes of the publishing industry. Each of the printers below has, in addition to helping us produce amazing books, demonstrated great patience and committment to both Cormorant and the Canadian publishing industry:
Friesens Corporation: www.friesens.com
Transcontinental Printing: www.transcontinental-gtc.com
Sunville Printco.: site is under construction
Diane Hargrave Public Relations
A dynamic and professional public relations agency which focuses on the Book Industry.
dhprbks@interlog.com
Playwrights Canada Press
Publisher of Canadian plays in trade paperback.
www.playwrightscanada.com
The University of Toronto Press
Provides order fulfillment and inventory warehousing for Cormorant Books Inc. among other publishers.
www.utpress.utoronto.ca
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Associations and Government Agencies
Access Copyright
Licenses educational institutions, libraries, governments and other organizations wishing to copy copyright material and distributes the royalties to the rights holders.
www.accesscopyright.ca
Association for the Export of Canadian Books (AECB)
A non-profit organization with a mandate to foster and facilitate the continued growth of export sales by Canadian publishers.
www.aecb.org
The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP)
Represents 145 Canadian-owned publishing firms in support of a strong, independent and vibrant Canadian publishing industry.
www.publishers.ca
The Canada Council For the Arts
An arms-length agency of the Canadian Government, reporting to Parliament through the Department of Canadian Heritage, which provides essential support to writers and publishers to help produce, develop and promote works of literary merit.
www.canadacouncil.ca
The Canadian Booksellers Association
Provides service and support to Canadian book retailers. Assists in strengthening the relationship between bookseller and publisher.
www.cbabook.org
The Department of Canadian Heritage
Works to ensure choice of and access to Canadian books that reflect Canada's cultural and linguistic diversity. Administers the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP).
www.pch.gc.ca
Open Book: Toronto
www.openbooktoronto.com
The Ontario Arts Council
Provides financial assistance to publishers based in Ontario.
www.arts.on.ca
The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)
An agency that works to support innovation, invention and excellence in Ontario's cultural media industries and to assist in the promotion and marketing of Ontario cultural media. Administers the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit.
www.omdc.on.ca
Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario
The OBPO website is a resource for book publishers and anyone interested in book publishing in Ontario.
www.ontariobooks.ca
PEN Canada
Canadian chapter of an international association of poets, playwrights, essayists, editors, novelists, translators and journalists that works to free writers who are persecuted for the peaceful expression of their views.
www.pencanada.ca
Public Lending Right Commission (PLR)
Makes payments to Canadian authors for their eligible books catalogued in libraries across Canada.
www.plr-dpp.ca
The Writer's Trust of Canada
Coordinates Canada Book Week and rewards excellence through a variety of programs and awards.
www.writerstrust.com
The Writers' Union of Canada
Provides support and advice for authors on topics such as: contracts, manuscript evaluation, publisher submissions.
www.writersunion.ca
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Awards
There are many awards available to Canadian writers and publishers. This is not intended to be a complete listing, but rather a sample of several awards won by Cormorant Authors.
The Governor General's Literary Awards
www.canadacouncil.ca
Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award
olga.stein@rogers.com
Arthur Ellis Awards
www.crimewriterscanada.com
BC Book Prizes
www.harbour.sfu.ca/bcbook
CBC Literary Awards
www.cbc.ca/literaryawards
Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Awards
www.cbabook.org
The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction
www.thecharlestaylorprize.ca
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
www.writersunion.ca
The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
www.leacock.ca
Quebec Writers Federation/Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
www.qwf.org
Trillium Book Award
www.omdc.on.ca
The Winterset Award
www.nlac.nf.ca
The Writers' Trust of Canada Awards
www.writerstrust.com
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