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Munro, Coupland get Writers’ Trust nods

The shortlists for the 2009 Writers' Trust prizes were announced at Ben McNally Books in Toronto this morning. The nominees are: The Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize ($25,000): Nicole Brossard, Susanne de LotbiniÃ¨re-Harwood, trans., Fences ... Read More »

September 30, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Surprise inclusions, omissions on Giller longlist

By Steven W. Beattie

Margaret Atwood and Anne Michaels were no-brainers for inclusion, but Martha Baillie? Jeanette Lynes? Anyone trying to predict which titles would be blessed by Giller's touch in 2009 could be forgiven for being a tad ... Read More »

September 21, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

2009 ReLit Award Winners Announced

By Alison Potstra

The 2009 ReLit Award winners have been announced. From the press release: Short fiction: Lisa Foad, The Night Is a Mouth (Exile Editions) Poetry: Maurice Mierau, Fear Not (Turnstone Press) Novel: Michael Blouin, Chase & ... Read More »

September 21, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

2009 Man Booker Prize longlist announced

By Suzanne Gardner

The 13 longlisted titles for this year's Man Booker Prize were announced today: The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt Summertime by J.M. Coetzee The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds How to Paint a Dead Man ... Read More »

July 28, 2009 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Andrew Nikiforuk becomes first Canadian to win prestigious environment book award

By Suzanne Gardner

Alberta writer and environmentalist Andrew Nikiforuk has been awarded the 8th annual Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the U.S.-based Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Nikiforuk, who was honoured for his book Tar Sands: Dirty ... Read More »

July 22, 2009 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Malla, Dodds take home Trillium Book Awards

By Scott MacDonald

Youth and inexperience won the day in the English-language categories of the 22nd annual Trillium Book Awards luncheon, which took place earlier this afternoon in Toronto. The $20,000 English Book Award went to The Withdrawal ... Read More »

June 16, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Event Photos: The Griffin Poetry Prize gala

By Suzanne Gardner

The 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize gala was held at the Stone Distillery in Toronto last night, and the literary community was out in full force, ready to eat fancy food, drink good wine, dance the ... Read More »

June 4, 2009 | Filed under: Awards, Events

The New Yorker slobbers over Alice Munro

By Nathan Whitlock

Among the many reactions to Alice Munro's well-deserved winning of the Man Booker International Prize, one of the more interesting is that of The New Yorker, the magazine that has published the lion's share of ... Read More »

May 29, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Munro wins Booker

By Scott MacDonald

The third ever Man Booker International Prize was announced late yesterday, and it has gone to Canada's own Alice Munro. She is the first Canadian to win the biennial £60,000 prize (the two previous winners ... Read More »

May 27, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Literary adaptations score big at this year’s Oscars

By Steven W. Beattie

The 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony was held last night, and literary adaptations scored very well in high-ranking categories. The big winner (and, in this Quillblogger's opinion, the year's most overrated movie) was Slumdog Millionaire, ... Read More »

February 23, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

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