Awards

André Alexis, Austin Clarke, Olive Senior longlisted for OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Three Toronto authors have been nominated for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning authors André Alexis and Austin Clarke, along with poet and novelist Olive Senior, are among nine Caribbean authors ... Read More »

March 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo win Speaker’s Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo are co-winners of the 2015 Speaker's Book Award for the residential-school memoir Up Ghost River: A Chief's Journey Through the Turbulent Waters of Native History (Knopf Canada). Established by 2012 ... Read More »

March 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Arsenal Pulp Press leads Canadian Lambda Literary Award nominations

By Becky Robertson

Twelve titles by Canadian authors and publishers were named as finalists for the 28th annual Lambda Literary Awards, which recognize the year's best LGBTQ–authored books. Vancouver's Arsenal Pulp Press, which received two nominations last year, ... Read More »

March 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Rosemary Sullivan wins 2016 RBC Taylor Prize

By Becky Robertson

Toronto author Rosemary Sullivan has been recognized with this year's RBC Taylor Prize for Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Sveltana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada). Sullivan was presented with the $25,000 literary non-fiction award ... Read More »

March 7, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: UBC announces finalists for Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

By Becky Robertson

The University of British Columbia and B.C. BookWorld have announced the shortlist for this year's Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for scholarly B.C.-focused books: Lisa Pasolli, Working Mothers and the Child Care Dilemma: A History of British ... Read More »

March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Maurice Mierau wins 2016 Kobzar Literary Award

By Becky Robertson

Winnipeg author Maurice Mierau took home the 2016 Kobzar Literary Award on March 2 for his 2014 non-fiction title Detachment: An Adoption Memoir, about the authors' family's experience adopting two Ukrainian boys in 2005. The ... Read More »

March 3, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Phyllis Bruce celebrates Order of Canada honour

By Becky Robertson

A group of Canadian publishing professionals gathered at Toronto's Ben McNally Books on Feb. 29 to celebrate Simon & Schuster Canada editor Phyllis Bruce, who was recently appointed as a Member of the Order of ... Read More »

March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Awards: Canadian Library Association names 2016 YA Book Award finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Library Association has announced the shortlist for its annual Young Adult Book Award for English-language works of YA fiction. The winner will be announced at an awards reception at the National Canadian Library ... Read More »

March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Sydney Smith wins IBBY’s Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award for Sidewalk Flowers

By Becky Robertson

Illustrator Sydney Smith has been named winner of the International Board on Books for Young People's 2016 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Sidewalk Flowers (Groundwood Books), created in collaboration with author JonArno Lawson. ... Read More »

March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Awards: Andrew Nikiforuk, Sheila Watt-Cloutier among finalists for 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada announced the five finalists for the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing on March 2. The prize, now in its 16th year, is awarded to a book of literary ... Read More »

March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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André Alexis, Austin Clarke, Olive Senior longlisted for OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo win Speaker’s Book Award

Arsenal Pulp Press leads Canadian Lambda Literary Award nominations

Rosemary Sullivan wins 2016 RBC Taylor Prize

Awards: UBC announces finalists for Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

Awards: Maurice Mierau wins 2016 Kobzar Literary Award

Phyllis Bruce celebrates Order of Canada honour

Awards: Canadian Library Association names 2016 YA Book Award finalists

Awards: Sydney Smith wins IBBY’s Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award for Sidewalk Flowers

Awards: Andrew Nikiforuk, Sheila Watt-Cloutier among finalists for 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing

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