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Random House of Canada Limited has become the sole owner of McClelland & Stewart. Established in 1906, McClelland & Stewart is one of Canada’s most revered trade book publishing houses, whose internationally acclaimed authors include such notable Canadians as Margaret Atwood, Leonard Cohen, Rohinton Mistry, Farley Mowat and Michael Ondaatje. Brad Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Random House of Canada, remarked “McClelland & Stewart is one of the world’s great publishers, and we are committed to making it even greater.”

Please see the press release for further details.



Tim Wynne-Jones
James Bartleman

Congratulations to Tim Wynne-Jones and James Bartleman for being appointed to the Order of Canada. The Order of Canada, one of our country's highest civilian honours, was established in 1967, during Canada's centennial year, to recognize a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation.



Into the Silence

The shortlisted titles for The 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction were announced on Jan. 10 - congratulations to Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis!

The winner will be revealed on March 15.



CBC Canada Reads: True Stories The Canada Reads: True Stories books and celebrity panelists were revealed by Jian Ghomeshi on Q on CBC Radio on Wednesday, November 23.

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant will be defended by celebrity panelist Anne-France Goldwater who has been called "Quebec's Judge Judy" thanks to her starring role in the reality-TV courtroom series L'Arbitre.

The debates will air from February 6th to 9th on CBC Radio, and the winning title will be named on February 10th.


Congratulations to Charles Foran, winner of the 75th Governor General's Literary Award for Nonfiction for his book:

Mordecai: The Life & Times!

Foran is also the winner of The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction and the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.

The winners were announced on November 15 in Toronto - visit the Canada Council website for more information.


Wayne Johnston
David Adams Richards
Congratulations to our three authors who received awards for their excellence in literature:

• Newfoundland-born novelist Wayne Johnston received the $25,000 Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award
• Fredericton novelist David Adams Richards received the $20,000 Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life
• Gulf Islands novelist Iain Lawrence received the $20,000 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature.


Congratulations to the winner of the inaugural Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize, the richest prize for Non-Fiction in Canada:

Charles Foran for Mordecai: The Life & Times

The winner of the $60,000 prize was announced October 25 - for more information visit the Writers' Trust website.

Also among the finalists was Richard Gwyn for Nation Maker:
Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times


Congratulations to Julian Barnes, winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his novel, The Sense of an Ending!

Dame Stella Rimington, Chair of the 2011 judges, commented, "Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending has the markings of a classic of English Literature. It is exquisitely written, subtly plotted and reveals new depths with each reading."

The winner of the £50,000 prize was announced on October 18 - visit themanbookerprize.com for more information.








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