Canongate Books (trading as Canongate) is an independent
publishing firm
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based in
Edinburgh
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, Scotland.
It is named after
the Canongate
The Canongate is a street and associated district in central Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. The street forms the main eastern length of the Royal Mile while the district is the main eastern section of Edinburgh's Old Town. It began w ...
area of the city. It is most recognised for publishing the Booker Prizewinner ''
Life of Pi
''Life of Pi'' is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, India who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age. He s ...
''. Canongate was named the
British Book Awards
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Publisher of the Year in 2003 and 2009.
Origins
Canongate was founded in 1973 by Stephanie Wolfe Murray and her husband Angus Wolfe Murray. Originally a speciality press focusing on Scottish-interest books, generally with small print runs, its most major author was
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, ''Lanark'' (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and ...
. In 1994 it was purchased from the receiver in a management buyout led by
Jamie Byng
James Edmund Byng (born 27 June 1969) is a British publisher. He works for the independent publishing firm Canongate Books, where he is the CEO and publisher.
Early life
Byng grew up in the village of Abbots Worthy in Hampshire, England.
, using funds provided by his stepfather
Christopher Bland
Sir Francis Christopher Buchan Bland (29 May 1938 – 28 January 2017) was a British businessman and politician. He was deputy chairman of the Independent Television Authority (1972), which was renamed the Independent Broadcasting Authority in th ...
and his father-in-law Charlie McVeigh, and began to publish more general works, including the '' Pocket Canons'' editions of books of the
Bible
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, as well as the ''
Payback Press
The Payback Press was a specialist imprint of Canongate Books devoted to (initially) reprints of classic black crime novels, which later branched out into contemporary black fiction. Notable authors included Chester Himes and Clarence Cooper Jr ...
'' and '' Rebel Inc.'' imprints. Byng is now the Publisher and Managing Director of the company.
In June 2010 it was announced that a "living archive" of Canongate Books was to be established at the
University of Dundee
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in collaboration with the University's Archive Services, which will be used for teaching and research.
Partners and joint ventures
Canongate once had a sister company in Australia, Text Publishing; Canongate's majority interest was sold in 2011. It also has joint venture operations with the children's publisher
Walker
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Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California ...
who will publish selected titles for their
young adult fiction
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The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...
list. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. publishes under the Canongate U.S. imprint, also under a joint venture arrangement. In March 2010, Canongate and Dirtee Stank announced a joint venture agreement to publish
Dizzee Rascal
Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a British MC and rapper. A pioneer of grime music, his work has also incorporated elements of UK garage, bassline, British hip hop, and R&B.
D ...
's memoir, although this agreement later fell through.
Canongate is part of the Independent Alliance, a global alliance of 10 UK publishers and their international publishing partners. In 2009, the Alliance was the UK's fifth largest publisher.
Enhanced Editions and Canongate also work in partnership in the production of selected books enhanced for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The titles that have been released are: '' Dreams From My Father'', ''
The Audacity of Hope
''The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream'' is the second book written by Barack Obama. It became number one on both the ''New York Times'' and Amazon.com bestsellers lists in the fall of 2006, after Obama had been endo ...
'', ''
The Death of Bunny Munro
''The Death of Bunny Munro'' is a 2009 novel written by Nick Cave, best known as the lead singer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It is his second and most recent novel, the first being '' And the Ass Saw the Angel'', published in 1989.
Syno ...
'' and ''
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
''The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ'' is a novel by Philip Pullman.
Published in 2010 by Canongate Books, as part of the Canongate Myth Series, it retells the story of Jesus as if he were two people, brothers, "Jesus" and "Christ," w ...
''.
Notable authors and works
Before 1994
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair James Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, ''Lanark'' (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and ...
Charles Palliser
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* ''
The Quincunx
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'' (1989)
Irvine Welsh
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* ''
Trainspotting (novel)
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'' (1993), the original print run was published by Canongate.
Later
Julian Assange
* ''Julian Assange – the Unauthorised Autobiography'' (2011). Assange's autobiography was published without his consent, and Canongate and Assange gave differing accounts of the events surrounding publication.
The Mighty Boosh
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* ''
The Mighty Book of Boosh
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'' (2008) and '' The Pocket Book of Boosh'' (2009), a coffee-table style hardback and "pocket" edition of a tie-in to the
TV series
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.
Noel Fielding
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(with
Mighty Boosh
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The Death of Bunny Munro
''The Death of Bunny Munro'' is a 2009 novel written by Nick Cave, best known as the lead singer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It is his second and most recent novel, the first being '' And the Ass Saw the Angel'', published in 1989.
Syno ...
'' (2009), the second novel by musician Nick Cave, was announced in 2008. It was published in hardback, audiobook, ebook and iPhone application formats in September 2009.
David Eagleman
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Stephen Fry
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and the subject of a live show by
Brian Eno
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.
Michel Faber
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* ''
The Crimson Petal and the White
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The title is from an 1847 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson entitled " Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal", the opening line of which is "Now sleeps the cri ...
'' (2002), a historical novel set in Victorian England. Faber followed this with a collection of stories, ''The Apple'' (2006).
Matt Haig
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Early life
Haig was born on 3 July 1975 in Sheffield. He went ...
The Raw Shark Texts
''The Raw Shark Texts'' is the debut novel by British author Steven Hall, released in 2007. The book was released by Canongate Books in the US and the UK and published by HarperCollins in Canada. The title is a play on " Rorschach Tests", whi ...
'' (2007)
Miranda July
Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger; February 15, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, singer, actress and author. Her body of work includes film, fiction, monologue, digital presentations and live performance art.
She w ...
Ismail Kadare
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The Siege
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'' (2008)
Yann Martel
Yann Martel, (born 25 June 1963) is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize–winning novel '' Life of Pi'', an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spen ...
* ''
Life of Pi
''Life of Pi'' is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, India who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age. He s ...
'' (2001, Canongate edition 2002), the first Scottish-published book to win the
Booker Prize
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or to sell a million copies in its first year. An illustrated hardback edition was published in 2007.
* '' Beatrice and Virgil'' (2010), an allegory of the Holocaust using a donkey named Beatrice and a howler monkey named Virgil.
James Meek (author)
James Meek (born 1962) is a British novelist and journalist, author of ''The People's Act of Love''. He was born in London, England, and grew up in Dundee, Scotland.
Biography
Meek attended school at Grove Academy in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, a ...
* ''The People's Act of Love'' (2005), winner of the
Scottish Arts Council
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Book of the Year and the
Ondaatje Prize
The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize is an annual literary award given by the Royal Society of Literature. The £10,000 award is for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that evokes the "spirit of a place", and is written by someon ...
.
Barack Obama
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The Audacity of Hope
''The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream'' is the second book written by Barack Obama. It became number one on both the ''New York Times'' and Amazon.com bestsellers lists in the fall of 2006, after Obama had been endo ...
'' (2006, Canongate edition 2007) was acquired after a series of emails between Byng and then-Senator Obama and his team.
* ''
Change We Can Believe In
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* Menopause, also referred to as "the change", the permanent cessation of the menstrual period
* Metamorphosis, or change ...
'' (2008, Canongate edition 2009)
Dizzee Rascal
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D ...
* ''The Dizzee Rascal Story'' (2010)
David Shrigley
David John Shrigley (born 17 September 1968) is a British visual artist. He lived and worked in Glasgow, Scotland for 27 years before moving to Brighton, England in 2015.
Early life and education
Shrigley was born 17 September 1968 in Maccles ...
* ''What The Hell Are You Doing?'' (2010)
David Simon
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He worked for '' The Baltimore Sun'' City Desk for twelve years (1982–95), wrote '' H ...
* '' Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets'' (1991, Canongate edition 2008)
* '' The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood'' (1997, Canongate edition 2009)
Martin C. Strong
* ''The Great Rock Discography, 1st ed.'' (1994)
* ''The Great Rock Discography, 2nd ed.'' (1995)
* ''The Great Rock Discography, 3rd ed.'' (1996)
* ''The Great Rock Discography, 4th ed.'' (1998)
* ''The Great Rock Discography, 5th ed.'' (2000)
* ''The Great Rock Discography, 6th ed.'' (2002)
* ''The Great Rock Discography, 7th ed.'' (2004)
* ''The Great Metal Discography, 1st ed.'' (1998)
* ''The Great Metal Discography, 2nd ed.'' (2002)
* ''The Wee Rock Discography'' (1996)
* ''The Great Alternative & Indie Discography'' (1999)
* ''The Great Indie Discography, 2nd ed.'' (2003)
* ''The Essential Rock Discography'' (2006)
* ''Lights, Camera, Soundtracks'' (2008)
Scarlett Thomas
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Simon's Cat
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In January 2009, it was announced that ''Simon's Cat'' would be publis ...
'' (2009), the award-winning animation was published in book format in October 2009.
myths
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from a variety of cultures
*
Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator of Irish Catholic descent known for her books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and ...
, ''
A Short History of Myth
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'' (2005)
*
Margaret Atwood
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, ''
The Penelopiad
''The Penelopiad'' is a novella by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was published in 2005 as part of the first set of books in the ''Canongate Myth Series'' where contemporary authors rewrite ancient myths. In ''The Penelopiad'', Penelope remi ...
'' (2005)
*
Jeanette Winterson
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, ''
Weight
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Some standard textbooks define weight as a Euclidean vector, vector quantity, the gravitational force acting on the object. Others define weigh ...
'' (2005)
*
Michel Faber
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, ''
The Fire Gospel
''The Fire Gospel'' is a 2008 novel by Michel Faber published by Canongate Books in its Myth Series.
Summary
''The Fire Gospel'' is a reinterpretation of the myth of Prometheus that broadly satirises the publishing industry. The plot centre ...
(2008)
*
David Grossman
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In 2018, he was awarded the Israel Prize for literature.
Biography
David Grossman was born i ...
Alexander McCall Smith
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, ''
Dream Angus
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'' (2006)
*
Victor Pelevin
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, ''
The Helmet of Horror
''The Helmet of Horror '' (russian: «Шлем ужаса: Креатифф о Тесее и Минотавре») is a novel by Victor Pelevin first published in 2005. The novel consists of 6 chapters, and was commissioned by the British publish ...
'' (2006)
*
Ali Smith
Ali Smith CBE FRSL (born 24 August 1962) is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting".
Early life and education
Smith was born in Inverness on 24 Au ...
, ''
Girl Meets Boy
''Girl Meets Boy'' is a 2007 novel by Scottish author Ali Smith and published by Canongate in the Canongate Myth Series. It was one of the "best books of 2007" according to critics at ''The Independent''.
Plot
A modern-day reinterpretation of O ...
'' (2007)
*
Su Tong
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He entered the Department of Chinese at Beijing Normal University in 1980, and started to publish nove ...
Where Three Roads Meet
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Milton Hatoum
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Philip Pullman
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy ''His Dark Materials'' and ''The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ'', a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, ''The ...
, ''
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
''The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ'' is a novel by Philip Pullman.
Published in 2010 by Canongate Books, as part of the Canongate Myth Series, it retells the story of Jesus as if he were two people, brothers, "Jesus" and "Christ," w ...
'' (2010)
Prizes
* 2002: ''
Life of Pi
''Life of Pi'' is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, India who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age. He s ...
'' won the Booker Prize.
* 2003: Canongate won Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards.
* 2007: '' No One Belongs Here More Than You'' by
Miranda July
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She w ...
won the
Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
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.
* 2007: The illustrated edition of ''
Life of Pi
''Life of Pi'' is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, India who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age. He s ...
'' won a British Book Design and Production award in the Limited Edition and Fine Binding category.
* 2008: '' The Boat'' by Nam Le won the
Dylan Thomas Prize The Dylan Thomas Prize is a leading prize for young writers presented annually. The prize, named in honour of the Welsh writer and poet Dylan Thomas, brings international prestige and a remuneration of £30,000 (~$46,000). It is open to published ...
Barack Obama
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'' won Biography of the Year at the British Book Awards.
* 2009: Canongate won Publisher of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards.
* 2009:
Geoff Dyer
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Personal background
Dyer was born and raised in Cheltenham, England, as the only child of a ...
's ''
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
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Music
...
'' won the
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is the United Kingdom's first literary award for comic literature. Established in 2000 and named in honour of P. G. Wodehouse, past winners include Paul Torday in 2007 with ''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' an ...
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
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Kevin Barry
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won the
Goldsmiths Prize
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.
* 2016: ''
Solar Bones
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The novel's plot revolves around Marcus Conway, a deceased middle-aged engineer who has returned on All Souls' Day, and is reminiscing about his past life's events while si ...
Goldsmiths Prize
The Goldsmiths Prize is a British literary award, founded in 2013 by Goldsmiths, University of London, in association with the ''New Statesman.'' It is awarded annually to a piece of fiction that "breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of ...
Amy Liptrot
Amy Liptrot is a Scottish journalist and author. She won the PEN Ackerley Prize 2017 and the Wainwright Prize 2016 for her memoir ''The Outrun''.
Biography
''The Outrun'' describes her experience of returning to live in Orkney, where she grew u ...
won the
Wainwright Prize
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List of largest UK book publishers
This is a list of largest UK trade book publishers, with some of their principal imprints, ranked by sales value.
List
According to Nielsen BookScan as of 2010 the largest book publishers of the United Kingdom were:
# Penguin Random House ' ...