Awards

Jonathan Auxier wins big at CCBC Book Awards

The Canadian Children's Book Centre handed out its awards on Nov. 18 at the Carlu in Toronto at a gala event hosted by the CBC's Shelagh Rogers. Two of the night's honours went to Jonathan ... Read More »

November 18, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing

Wayde Compton honoured with City of Vancouver Book Award

By Becky Robertson

B.C. poet Wayde Compton has been named the winner of this year’s City of Vancouver Book Award for his debut short-story collection, The Outer Harbour (Arsenal Pulp Press). The award, part of the Mayor’s Arts ... Read More »

November 18, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize gala

By Becky Robertson

On Nov. 10, authors, celebrities, socialites, and members of the Canadian publishing community gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize gala. This year’s winner was André Alexis, for his ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Lissa Wolsak wins 2015 bpNichol Chapbook Award

By Becky Robertson

Lissa Wolsak, of Vancouver, was named the winner of this year’s bpNichol Chapbook Award for her poetry chapbook Of Beings Alone: The Eigenface (Nomados Press). The winning book was selected by judges Alice Burdick and ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Ottawa author Jennifer Kingsley receives 2015 National Outdoor Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Jennifer Kingsley, an Ottawa-based naturalist and writer, is the recipient of a National Outdoor Book Award in the category of outdoor literature (non-fiction) for her debut title, Paddlenorth: Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic ... Read More »

November 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Coach House Books author Andre Alexis takes home the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs

By Steven W. Beattie

If the old saw is true that every dog has its day, it took storied Toronto small press Coach House Books 22 years to see one of its authors ascend the podium to claim the ... Read More »

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Helen Marshall and ChiZine Publications co-publishers win 2015 World Fantasy Awards

By Becky Robertson

Canadians took home two of this year's World Fantasy Awards, held at the World Fantasy Convention, which ran from Nov. 5–8 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Sandra Kasturi and Brett Savory, partners and co-publishers of ... Read More »

November 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: 2015 Writers’ Trust Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada honoured the winners of its annual literary awards – including Andre Alexis, recipient of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize – at a ceremony at CBC's Glenn Gould Studio in ... Read More »

November 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Andre Alexis wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Fifteen Dogs

By Sue Carter

André Alexis has won the $25,000 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs. The award was presented at an event held last night at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio. Published by Coach House ... Read More »

November 4, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Susan Pedersen wins 2015 Cundill Prize

By Becky Robertson

Historian and Columbia University history professor Susan Pedersen was named winner of the 2015 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature at McGill on Nov. 3 for her fifth book, The Guardians: The League of Nations and ... Read More »

November 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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Jonathan Auxier wins big at CCBC Book Awards

Wayde Compton honoured with City of Vancouver Book Award

Photos: 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize gala

Lissa Wolsak wins 2015 bpNichol Chapbook Award

Ottawa author Jennifer Kingsley receives 2015 National Outdoor Book Award

Coach House Books author Andre Alexis takes home the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs

Helen Marshall and ChiZine Publications co-publishers win 2015 World Fantasy Awards

Photos: 2015 Writers’ Trust Awards

Andre Alexis wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Fifteen Dogs

Susan Pedersen wins 2015 Cundill Prize

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