New Beginnings

The book industry has thrown its weight behind an unprecedented publishing venture to help the victims of the Boxing Day tsunami disaster. Some of the biggest names in modern fiction - ranging from Stephen King to Ian McEwan - have contributed to a single volume called New Beginnings.

It will be published in paperback on March 3 (World Book Day) in Canada and March 23 in the US. The proceeds will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee Fund and it is hoped millions of dollars will be raised worldwide.

The array of international writers donating unpublished first chapters includes Margaret Atwood, Maeve Binchy, Mark Haddon, Nick Hornby, Scott Turow, Alexander McCall Smith, Paulo Coelho, Tracy Chevalier, Nicholas Evans and Vikram Seth. It will cost $12.95 in Canada and the US. For booksellers interested in selling the book, contact details are listed below:

CANADA
Published by Raincoast/Bloomsbury - ($12.95 CDN) - ISBN 1-55192-855-8
For Canadian bookstores, all orders are net billing, $12.95 Canadian.
To place an order in Canada, contact Raincoast/BookExpress Customer Service at: (Ph) 604-323-7106 or 1-800-663-5714 (Fax) 1-800-565-3770

USA
Published by Bloomsbury USA - ($12.95 US) - ISBN: 1596910542
For American bookstores, all orders are net billing $12.95 US.
To place an order, contact VHPS Distribution Center at: (Ph) 888-330-8477