Recent News from Dundurn Press

CLA 2010 Young Adult Book Award

Submitted by ashleigh on Wed, 2010-03-03 14:06

Dundurn author Deborah Kerbel has been selected for the short list of the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book Award for her second novel, Girl on the Other Side.

Congratulations Deborah and best of luck this spring!
From the Canadian Library Association's Press Release:

The Young Adult Services Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2010 Young Adult Book Award.

This award recognizes an author of an outstanding English-language Canadian work of fiction (novel, collection of short stories or graphic novel), published in 2009, that appeals to young adults between the ages of 13 and 18.

The winner of the award, and the Honour Books, will be announced prior to the Canadian Library Association National Conference and Trade Show. The award will be presented at the conference in Edmonton, Alberta on June 3, 2010.

Toyota “Throttle-Gate”

Submitted by ashleigh on Tue, 2010-02-23 03:00

Cover for Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks 2009-2010

Denial, Deception, and Deflection

At today’s congressional hearings, Toyota denied early knowledge of the sudden unintended acceleration problem and rejected allegations that the defect was electronic, preferring to limit the problem to ‘sliding’ floor mats and ‘sticky’ accelerators.

Dundurn to Release Titles for Amazon's Kindle Store

Submitted by ashleigh on Thu, 2010-02-18 03:00

TORONTO – Dundurn Press, one of the largest Canadian publishers of adult and children’s literature, announced today the release of its collection of fiction and non-fiction titles in Amazon’s Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). Dundurn is among the first Canadian publishers to provide content for the bestselling Kindle. Kindle is Amazon’s revolutionary portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, magazines and newspapers to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display that looks and reads like real paper.