- Canongate Books
Canongate Books (often simply Canongate) is a Scottish independent
publishing firm based inEdinburgh ; it is named for theCanongate area of the city.It was originally a speciality press focusing on Scottish-interest books, generally with small print runs; its most major author was
Alasdair Gray . In 1994 it was bought out by employeeJamie Byng , using funds provided by his stepfatherChristopher Bland , and began to publish more general works, including the highly successful "Pocket Canons " editions of books of theBible , as well as the "Payback Press " and "Rebel Inc. " imprints. [ [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=873&id=2119532005 Canongate Books - The mane man] , Catherine Deveney, "The Scotsman", 24th October 2005] [ [http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3726352a4501,00.html Bada Byng, bada boom] , Iain Sharp, stuff.co.nz, 9th July 2006]Among its most notable recent publications is "
Life of Pi ", the first Scottish-published book to win theBooker Prize or to sell a million copies in its first year, [ [http://www.sundayherald.com/print35926 Life Of Pi hits one million sales as Spielberg eyes movie chance] , Liam McDougall, "Sunday Herald", 10th August 2003] and theCanongate Myth Series ofnovella s, in which contemporary authors reimagine ancient myths from a variety of cultures.References
ee also
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Scottish Publishers Association External links
* [http://www.canongate.net/ Canongate Books website]
* [http://www.branching-out.net/independent/page.asp?idno=131 The "Branching-Out Guide to Independent Presses]
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