Canongate Books
It is most recognised for publishing the Booker Prize winning novel Life of Pi (2001).[4] 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 purchased from the receiver in a management buyout led by Jamie Byng, using funds provided by his stepfather Christopher Bland and his father-in-law Charlie McVeigh, and began to publish more general works, including the Pocket Canons editions of books of the Bible, as well as the Payback Press and Rebel Inc.[15] The titles that have been released are: Dreams From My Father, The Audacity of Hope, The Death of Bunny Munro and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ.Alasdair Gray Charles Palliser Julian Assange The Mighty Boosh Noel Fielding (with Mighty Boosh member Dave Brown) Nick Cave David Eagleman Michel Faber Matt Haig Steven Hall Miranda July Ismail Kadare Yann Martel James Meek Barack Obama Dizzee Rascal David Shrigley David Simon Martin C. Strong[25] Scarlett Thomas Simon Tofield In which contemporary authors re-imagine ancient myths from a variety of cultures