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Penguin Group Canada sweeps the 2009 CBA Libris Awards shortlist with a record nine nominations, including Publisher of the Year

Toronto – April 22, 2009
The Canadian Booksellers Association today announced the finalists for the 2009 CBA Libris Awards, recognizing Penguin Group (Canada) in nine major categories including Author of the Year, Children’s Author of the Year, Fiction Book of the Year, Non-Fiction Book of the Year and Publisher of the Year.

The CBA Libris Awards recognize and celebrate the achievements of all of those people who create, promote and deliver great books to Canadian readers. Voted on by members of the book industry, the CBA Libris Awards are announced annually in June. These year’s winners will be announced at CBA’s Summer Conference on June 20, 2009 at the Radisson Admiral Hotel in Toronto.

Nominations for Penguin Group (Canada) in 2009 include:

- Joseph Boyden for Author of the Year
- Budge Wilson for Children’s Author of the Year
- Through Black Spruce for Fiction Book of the Year
- A Fair Country for Non-fiction Book of the Year
- Nicole Winstanley for Editor of the Year
- Adrienne Kerr for Sales Representative of the Year
- The Extraordinary Canadians campaign for
Marketing Achievement of the Year
- Penguin Group (Canada) for Distributor of the Year
- Penguin Group (Canada) for Publisher of the Year

The 2009 Libris Award nominations round out another stellar year for Penguin in Canada, beginning with the company’s award of Publisher of the Year in 2008, and including the launch of Extraordinary Canadians, Joseph Boyden’s win of the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize, and a 2008 Gold Award from the Canadian Marketing Association.

In 2008, Penguin Group (Canada) published over 70 Globe and Mail bestsellers, achieving record market share in March, and acquiring Canadian distribution rights for Bloomsbury and Canongate. In March 2008, Penguin launched Extraordinary Canadians, the most ambitious set of biographies ever to be published in Canada. In March 2009, the company launched Hamish Hamilton (Canada), the first literary imprint to launch in Canada in over 15 years.

Penguin Group (www.penguin.com), one of the world’s largest English-language trade book publishers, has established divisions and key market positions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, China, South Africa, New Zealand and Ireland. The Penguin Group is part of Pearson plc, the international media company.

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