by Attila Berki

Cheuk Kwan, Naomi Duguid among winners of 2023 Taste Canada Awards

Taste Canada announced its national, bilingual food writing awards on October 30 in Toronto at an event hosted by Ali Hassan. Gold and silver winners were named in five English-language and four French-language categories: culinary ... Read More »

November 1, 2023

Six titles shortlisted for 2024 Kobzar Book Award

By Attila Berki

The shortlist for the biennial Kobzar Book Award was announced by the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko on Oct. 31. The $25,000 prize recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who write ... Read More »

November 1, 2023

Cynthia Flood on writing: Excerpt from Off the Record

By Attila Berki

The following is an excerpt from Off the Record edited by John Metcalf (Biblioasis, December 2023) In 2017, a story I wrote in the 1980s, “Twoscore and Five,” reappeared in an anthology (Making Room: Forty ... Read More »

October 25, 2023

Caroline Adderson on kidlit: Excerpt from Off the Record

By Attila Berki

The following is an excerpt from Off the Record edited by John Metcalf (Biblioasis, December 2023) I’d like to say a few words about my writing for children, which I began around the time I ... Read More »

October 25, 2023

2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition winners announced

By Attila Berki

Tsering Yangzom Lama, Maria Coffey, Lyn Baldwin, and David Chaundy-Smart are the Canadian winners of the 2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition. The winners were announced on Oct. 19, and in turn are eligible for the ... Read More »

October 23, 2023

Shortlists for Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary Awards announced

By Attila Berki

The Quebec Writers’ Federation released the shortlists for 25th QWF Literary Awards on Oct. 17. The winners of the six prizes will be announced at the QWF Literary Awards Gala on Nov. 13, in Montreal. ... Read More »

October 18, 2023

Indie authors and presses the focus of new &nd Festival

By Attila Berki

A new two-day literary festival, the &nd Festival, is being launched by The Ampersand Review and the Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing at Sheridan College (which also publishes the literary magazine) this November. ... Read More »

October 17, 2023

John Glassco Translation Prize shortlist announced

By Attila Berki

The Literary Translators’ Association of Canada (LTAC) announced the finalists for the 2023 John Glassco Translation Prize on Oct. 9. Translations were selected from first book-length translations into French or English published between July 1, ... Read More »

October 13, 2023

Tim Cook and Jean Van Loon among winners of 2023 Ottawa Book Awards

By Attila Berki

The 2023 Ottawa Book Awards, in both English and French categories, were announced on October 11. The English-language winners are Jean Van Loon, Nuclear Family (McGill-Queen’s University Press) for English fiction/poetry and Tim Cook, Lifesavers ... Read More »

October 13, 2023

Pauline Holdstock and Julie McLaughlin win City of Victoria 2023 book prizes

By Attila Berki

The Victoria Book Prize Society announced the winners of the 2023 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize and City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize at an event October 11. Two-time winner Pauline Holdstock won the ... Read More »

October 12, 2023

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Cheuk Kwan, Naomi Duguid among winners of 2023 Taste Canada Awards

Six titles shortlisted for 2024 Kobzar Book Award

Cynthia Flood on writing: Excerpt from Off the Record

Caroline Adderson on kidlit: Excerpt from Off the Record

2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition winners announced

Shortlists for Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary Awards announced

Indie authors and presses the focus of new &nd Festival

John Glassco Translation Prize shortlist announced

Tim Cook and Jean Van Loon among winners of 2023 Ottawa Book Awards

Pauline Holdstock and Julie McLaughlin win City of Victoria 2023 book prizes

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