[3] Cormorant Books was started in 1986 by a Canadian couple, Jan and Gary Geddes, on their farm outside of Dunvegan, Ontario.

Authors who have been published by Cormorant include: In 1990, Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.

In 2005, The Unyielding Clamour of the Night by Neil Bissoondath won the Hugh MacLennan Award of the Quebec Writers' Federation.

The Perfect Circle by Pascale Quiviger and Home Schooling by Carol Windley were shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2006.

Two Cormorant publications, Still Life with June by Darren Greer, and An English Gentleman by Sky Gilbert have received ReLit Awards.