Awards

Awards: 2016 Aurora science-fiction awards shortlists announced

The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has announced the shortlists for its annual Aurora Awards, recognizing English-language Canadian titles of the genre in a number of both professionally published and fan categories. CSFFA members ... Read More »

April 4, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Awards: Trent Lewin, Don McLellan make Commonwealth Short Story Prize list

By Becky Robertson

Two Canadian authors have been named finalists for the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for unpublished English-language works of short fiction. Trent Lewin and Don McLellan are among 26 shortlisted writers from 11 Commonwealth countries, ... Read More »

April 4, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: John W. Dafoe Book Prize finalists revealed

By Becky Robertson

The list of finalists for the 2015 John W. Dafoe Book Prize have been announced. The $10,000 prize is given each year to a non-fiction book focused on Canada or its place in the world. ... Read More »

April 4, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Marq de Villiers among $50,000 Donner Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for the Donner Canadian Foundation's annual Donner Prize for the best public policy book by a Canadian author, have been announced. Selected this year from 86 submissions, the shortlisted titles are: Marq de ... Read More »

April 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Olive Senior wins OCM Bocas Prize for fiction

By Becky Robertson

Jamaican-born, Toronto-based poet and novelist Olive Senior has been named winner of the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature in the fiction category for her novel The Pain Tree (Cormorant Books). The win pits ... Read More »

March 31, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Allan Stratton, Frieda Wishinsky make 2016 IODE Violet Downey Book Award shortlist

By Becky Robertson

National women's charitable organization IODE has released the shortlist for its annual Violet Downey Book Award, honouring English-language children's books of 500 words or more published in Canada over the past year: Karen Bass; Uncertain ... Read More »

March 31, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing

Chris Chambers wins IFOA’s Battle of the Bards

By Becky Robertson

Chris Chambers was chosen from among a group of 20 emerging and established poets as winner of the 8th annual Battle of the Bards, an event sponsored by the International Festival of Authors and alternate ... Read More »

March 31, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

York professor Craig Heron recognized by International Labor History Association

By Becky Robertson

York University history professor Craig Heron's 2015 title, Lunch-Basket Lives: Remaking the Workers' City (Between the Lines Books), has been named Book of the Year by the International Labor History Association. The book, which focuses on the ... Read More »

March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Dean Jobb, Sarah Mian among Atlantic Book Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Atlantic Book Awards Society has released it 2016 shortlists. Following the Atlantic Book Awards and Festival April 20–27 – with literary events in all four Atlantic provinces – prizewinners will be announced in New ... Read More »

March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Sara Tilley wins BMO Winterset Award

By Becky Robertson

The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council has announced that St. John's author and theatre artist Sara Tilley is the recipient of this year's BMO Winterset Award for her 2015 novel Duke (Pedlar Press). The award ... Read More »

March 28, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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Awards: 2016 Aurora science-fiction awards shortlists announced

Awards: Trent Lewin, Don McLellan make Commonwealth Short Story Prize list

Awards: John W. Dafoe Book Prize finalists revealed

Marq de Villiers among $50,000 Donner Prize finalists

Olive Senior wins OCM Bocas Prize for fiction

Allan Stratton, Frieda Wishinsky make 2016 IODE Violet Downey Book Award shortlist

Chris Chambers wins IFOA’s Battle of the Bards

York professor Craig Heron recognized by International Labor History Association

Dean Jobb, Sarah Mian among Atlantic Book Awards finalists

Sara Tilley wins BMO Winterset Award

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