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Awards

Daniel Beer wins 2017 Cundill History Prize

British historian and University of London lecturer Daniel Beer has been named winner of this year's Cundill History Prize, administered by McGill University in recognition of the world's best historical non-fiction title in English. Beer ... Read More »

November 16, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: 2017 Writers’ Trust Awards ceremony

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada awarded $260,000 to seven Canadian authors at its annual awards gala at Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio on ... Read More »

November 16, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Writers’ Trust increases purses for Matt Cohen and Vicky Metcalf awards

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced increased prize amounts for three of its annual literary awards. Starting this year, the Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life and the Vicky Metcalf Award ... Read More »

November 10, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: 2017 Writers’ Trust Gala

By Becky Robertson

The annual Writers' Trust Gala took place at Toronto's Ritz-Carlton hotel on Nov. 7, fundraising more than $250,000 in support of its author programs and prizes. As part of the black-tie event, B.C. author Eden ... Read More »

November 9, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Eden Robinson receives $50,000 Writers’ Trust fellowship

By Sue Carter

B.C. novelist Eden Robinson is the recipient of the 2017 Writers' Trust fellowship, a $50,000 award intended to free authors from financial concerns so they may pursue their creative work. The fellowship was presented at ... Read More »

November 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Canadian picture books make New York Times’s Best of 2017 list

By Becky Robertson

Toronto illustrator Sydney Smith makes an appearance on the New York Times’s list of best illustrated children's books of the year for the third year in a row. His 2017 picture book Town Is by the Sea (Groundwood Books), ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Cherie Dimaline wins the $50,000 Kirkus Prize for YA lit

By Sue Carter

It's been quite the celebratory week for Métis author and editor Cherie Dimaline, who has won the prestigious Kirkus Prize for her dystopian YA novel The Marrow Thieves (Dancing Cat Books). She is the first Indigenous ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Margaret Atwood to be recognized at Canadian Screen Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has named Margaret Atwood as the recipient of one of its special prizes, to be administered at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards. The Handmaid's Tale author will receive the Academy ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Carol Off, Tanya Talaga longlisted for 2018 B.C. National Non-fiction Award

By Becky Robertson

The longlist for the 2018 B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction, one of the country's top prizes for books of the genre, has been named. Of the more than 150 titles submitted by 45 publishers, ... Read More »

November 2, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Oh She Glows food blogger Angela Liddon wins big at 2017 Taste Canada Awards

By Becky Robertson

The 20th annual Taste Canada Awards, honouring the best food writing in the country in seven English- and five French-language categories, were presented at an event in Toronto on Oct. 30. This year's winners in ... Read More »

November 1, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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