Awards

2016 National Business Book Award longlist revealed

The longlist for this year's National Business Book Award, a $30,000 prize for the best Canadian business-related title published the previous year, has been announced, and features two former and two current national newspaper ... Read More »

March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Hannah Moscovitch wins $150,000 Donald Windham–Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize

By Becky Robertson

Toronto-based playwright Hannah Moscovitch has been named one of nine winners of this year's Donald Windham–Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes, a series of $150,000 (U.S.) awards Yale University presents to international writers of fiction, non-fiction, ... Read More »

March 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Joseph Boyden endorses new Indigenous Art Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Hnatyshyn Foundation, a private charity supporting and promoting the arts, has announced a new series of awards for First Nations artists in Canada in six categories, including literature. The REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards will ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Brie Larson wins Oscar for film adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s Room

By Becky Robertson

Emma Donoghue's Room received more acclaim on Feb. 28 when Brie Larson, star of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning novel's film adaptation – for which Donoghue wrote the screenplay – ... Read More »

February 29, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Sydney Smith, Marion Arbona make IBBY Canada’s Cleaver Award shortlist

By Dory Cerny

IBBY Canada has announced the shortlist for the 2015 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. The annual award honours a Canadian illustrator for outstanding artistic talent in a book published (in English or French) the ... Read More »

February 25, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Koffler Centre’s awards for Canadian Jewish literature return

By Becky Robertson

The Koffler Centre for the Arts, the Toronto-based Jewish cultural organization, has re-launched its annual awards for Canadian Jewish literature, which took a hiatus last year for "re-framing" after the jury's hesitation to accept proposed ... Read More »

February 23, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Two Canadian titles honoured with American Indian Youth Literature Awards

By Becky Robertson

Two Canadian children's books have been honoured by the American Indian Library Association as recipients of its 2016 American Indian Youth Literature Awards. Richard Van Camp and Julie Flett's Little You, a 2013 board book ... Read More »

February 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Awards: Connie Gault, Guy Vanderhaeghe among finalists for Saskatchewan Book Awards

By Becky Robertson

Shortlists for the 2016 Saskatchewan Book Awards, recognizing works of excellence produced the province's writers and publishers, were announced on Feb. 12, and include Connie Gault's Giller Prize–longlisted novel, A Beauty, and multiple nominations for ... Read More »

February 16, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Guardians author Susan Pedersen among finalists for Gelber Prize

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for this year's Lionel Gelber Prize were announced on Feb. 2. The shortlist includes books by Canadian historian and professor Susan Pedersen, and New York Times national security reporter Scott Shane. Founded in ... Read More »

February 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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2016 National Business Book Award longlist revealed

Hannah Moscovitch wins $150,000 Donald Windham–Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize

Joseph Boyden endorses new Indigenous Art Awards

Brie Larson wins Oscar for film adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s Room

Sydney Smith, Marion Arbona make IBBY Canada’s Cleaver Award shortlist

Koffler Centre’s awards for Canadian Jewish literature return

Awards: Two Canadian titles honoured with American Indian Youth Literature Awards

Awards: Connie Gault, Guy Vanderhaeghe among finalists for Saskatchewan Book Awards

Guardians author Susan Pedersen among finalists for Gelber Prize

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