Awards

Rosemary Sullivan wins 2016 B.C. National Non-fiction Award

Rosemary Sullivan has received yet another accolade for her 2015 biography, Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Sveltana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada). The Quebec-born author was presented with this year's British Columbia National ... Read More »

February 5, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Rosemary Sullivan sole Canadian on 2016 PEN Literary Awards shortlists

By Becky Robertson

Stalin’s Daughter, Rosemary Sullivan's biography of Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of the Soviet dictator, has been shortlisted for the PEN Literary Awards' Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. The book, published by HarperCollins Canada, previously won ... Read More »

February 4, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Michael J. McCann nominated for North American Hammett Prize

By Becky Robertson

Ontario supernatural and crime-fiction author Michael J. McCann is one of five nominees for the 2015 North American Hammet Prize, initiated by the International Association of Crime Writers, for his novel Sorrow Lake: A March ... Read More »

February 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Megan Gail Coles, Andrew Kaufman, Sina Queyras win ReLit Awards

By Becky Robertson

This year's winners of the ReLit Awards, which recognize annually the best independently published novel, book of poetry, and short story collection in Canada, were announced on Feb. 1. Andrew Kaufman's The Tiny Wife (Cormorant ... Read More »

February 1, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Kevin Sands nominated for a 2016 Edgar Award

By Becky Robertson

The Mystery Writers of America has nominated Toronto author Kevin Sands for a 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award in the juvenile category for his debut novel The Blackthorn Key (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster Canada). Sands is ... Read More »

January 21, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Writers’ Trust announces latest Berton House residents

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named its Berton House Writers' Retreat residents for the coming year. Toronto-based poet Claire Caldwell will begin her residency in July, followed by P.E.I. author Debra Komar, Vancouver children's ... Read More »

January 19, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Lawrence Hill, Kathleen Winter among 2016 Giller Prize jury members

By Becky Robertson

Lawrence Hill will chair of the jury panel for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Along with the Book of Negroes author, the jury will include: Samantha Harvey, U.K. author and creative writing professor; Jeet Heer, ... Read More »

January 19, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Emma Donoghue nominated for best adapted screenplay Oscar

By Becky Robertson

Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue has been nominated for an Academy Award for her screenplay adaptation of her 2010 novel, Room. The film's star, Brie Larson, won a Golden Globe earlier this week for her performance. ... Read More »

January 14, 2016 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Rosemary Sullivan, Ian Brown among 2016 RBC Taylor Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

The shortlist for the annual RBC Taylor Prize, recognizing the best in Canadian literary non-fiction, was announced this morning at a press conference in Toronto. The finalists include several high-profile authors, including journalist Ian Brown, ... Read More »

January 13, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Sunburst Award Society adds short-fiction category

By Becky Robertson

The Sunburst Awards, the juried annual prizes recognizing the best Canadian literature of the fantastic, will see the addition of a short-story category this year. Fiction up to 7,500 words published in an anthology, magazine, ... Read More »

January 12, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

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Rosemary Sullivan wins 2016 B.C. National Non-fiction Award

Awards: Rosemary Sullivan sole Canadian on 2016 PEN Literary Awards shortlists

Awards: Michael J. McCann nominated for North American Hammett Prize

Awards: Megan Gail Coles, Andrew Kaufman, Sina Queyras win ReLit Awards

Kevin Sands nominated for a 2016 Edgar Award

Writers’ Trust announces latest Berton House residents

Lawrence Hill, Kathleen Winter among 2016 Giller Prize jury members

Emma Donoghue nominated for best adapted screenplay Oscar

Rosemary Sullivan, Ian Brown among 2016 RBC Taylor Prize finalists

Sunburst Award Society adds short-fiction category

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