Fiction & Poetry
- The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths
- Before the Poison by Peter Robinson
- I'll See You in My Dreams
by William Deverell - The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
- Genesis by Bernard Beckett
Non-Fiction
- Beyong Religion by the Dalai Lama
- Records Forever by NHL
- 2012 Guide and Record Book by IIHF
- Why the West Rules - For Now
by Ian Morris - The Untamed Garden by Sonia Day
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.
Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011
We are deeply saddened by today's news announcing the death of Christopher Hitchens. McClelland & Stewart has had the great fortune of working with Christopher as his Canadian publisher for his most recent books, including the #1 international bestseller god is Not Great; Hitch-22: A Memoir; Arguably: Essays, named one of the 10 Best Books of 2011 by the New York Times, and a #1 Canadian bestseller; and a forthcoming memoir to be published in 2012, Mortality, based on a series of award-winning essays published in Vanity Fair about his ordeal with cancer. Christopher dealt with his illness as he did his life leading up to it: with wit, insight, incredible intellectual productivity, and extreme courage. We are all terribly saddened by his passing—his was an incredible life cut short and we send his family our heart-felt regrets and sympathy. We are honoured to be his publishers, and in that role to have brought and continue to bring his work to Canadian readers. He will be missed but his great and inspiring legacy will live on.
Congratulations to JJ Lee
, whose memoir, The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit, has made the shortlist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. The winner will be announced on March 15, 2012. The jurors are Allan M. Brandt, Stevie Cameron, and Susan Renouf.
His poetry collection, Folk, was shortlisted for the 2011 Dylan Thomas Prize."Throughout the book, short terse poems full of memorable phrases capture a sense of place and the lives of people coming to terms with their identity and communal realities," the prize jury said of Folk.
Canada Reads: True Stories finalists have been announced, and we're proud to say that Dave Bidini's On a Cold Road is one of them! Canadian fashion icon, Stacey McKenzie, will defend the book in the on-air debates in February 2012. Get the scoop on the rest of the finalist at the Canada Reads portal.
McClelland & Stewart would like to congratulate
Rohinton Mistry, who has won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
"I am delighted with the news. It is, needless to say, an honour to join the list of Neustadt laureates. But it is equally so to be among the many nominees for the prize--a quick glance will reveal as much, whether one looks at the 2012 authors or the lists for previous years."
Click here for more information on this award.
The votes are in for the Writers’ Trust of Canada and Samara’s Best Canadian Political Books of the Last 25 Years project and the winner by popular choice is Ezra Levant’s Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights, published in 2009. Congratulations, Ezra!
Shakedown edged out the three other popular choices: Stevie Cameron’s On the Take: Crime, Corruption and Greed in the Mulroney Years, published in 1994; Lawrence Martin’s Harperland: The Politics of Control, published in 2010; and John Duffy’s Fights of Our Lives: Elections, Leadership, and the Making of Canada, published in 2002.
Click here to read more about the Best Canadian Political Books of the Last 25 Years project.
! Ossuaries is the winner of this year's Griffin Poetry Prize! The Griffin Poetry Prize was founded in 2000 to serve and encourage excellence in poetry. "Brand's luscious and ferocious lines go beyond a critique of dystopian realities to construct, in themselves, in their keen, lyric intelligence, an oasis of truth, compassion, and sensuality."
— Jury Citation, Griffin Poetry Prize
Click here to read more about this year's Griffin Poetry Prize.
McClelland & Stewart would like to congratulate John Thebergeand Mary Theberge.The Ptarmigan's Dilemma: An Ecological Exploration into the Mysteries of Life is the winner of the Lane Anderson Award for Canadian Science writing.
"The writing is superb, and the authors' command of the material is very impressive - this is a genuinely original and impressive effort at public education." - The Jury
, winner of the 2011 Atlantic Poetry Prize for Lookout, the fifth poetry collection from Canada's former Parliamentary Poet Laureate (2006-2008).Congratulations also go to Laura Penny
. The Evelyn Richardson Non-fiction Prize, the longest-running writing award in Atlantic Canada, was awarded to the bestselling Halifax author and professor for More Money than Brains.
McClelland & Stewart would like to congratulate Michael Ondaatje!
On Tuesday, in New York at a gala evening as part of PEN America Open Voices Festival, Michael Ondaatje was presented with the Literary Service Award. The award is given "to a writer whose critically acclaimed work helps us to understand the human condition in original and powerful ways."
The award has been won previously by E.L. Doctorow, Cormac McCarthy, and Toni Morrison.
winner of the 2011 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour!Practical Jean is a darkly humourous and revelatory tale of an ordinary, small-town woman with the usual challenges of middle age - a do-nothing husband, a family that refuses to understand her - who realizes her fondest wish is to protect her dearest friends from the indignities of aging and illness. And that's when she decides to kill them . . .
"Mr. Cole continues an outstanding society of Canadian writers that get humour just right," said Frank McKenna, Deputy Chair, TD Bank Group. "We are thrilled to congratulate and recognize him for his exceptional and award winning work."
Visit the Stephen Leacock Association's website for more details.
The Jew Is Not My Enemy has won a Canadian Jewish Book Award, in the Politics and History category. The award will be presented by the Koffler Centre for the Arts in Toronto on May 30.Read from the Book
Ethical Oil is the winner of the 2011 National Business Book Award. Visit the NBBA website to learn more about this award.
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