Awards

Maya Munro wins Quebec Writers’ Federation community award

Maya Munro Byers, co-owner of the indie bookstore Livres Babar Books, in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, and the recently shuttered Babar En Ville, has been named winner of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Judy Mappin Community Award. Byers was ... Read More »

November 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Scotiabank Giller Prize to offer Banff Centre writing residency

By Becky Robertson

The Scotiabank Giller Prize – Canada’s most prestigious award for an English-language work of fiction – will now offer its winners, in addition to its $100,000 purse, a writing residency at the Banff Centre in ... Read More »

November 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

BpNichol Chapbook Award shortlist announced

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for the 30th annual bpNichol Chapbook Award for the best poetry chapbook published in Canada have been announced. Nelson Ball, A Gathering (BookThug) Jason Christie, Cursed Objects (Above/Ground Press) Phil Hall, Notes from ... Read More »

November 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

“I’ve arrived at the age of nostalgia”: Guy Vanderhaeghe on aging, masculinity, and his GG–winning story collection

By Steven W. Beattie

"The problem with all large institutions," says Guy Vanderhaeghe, "is that they are essentially absurd." The Saskatchewan-based author of five novels and four collections of short fiction, Vanderhaeghe is almost jovial in the way he ... Read More »

October 30, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Guy Vanderhaeghe, Robyn Sarah, Sydney Smith among 2015 Governor General’s Literary Awards winners

By Becky Robertson

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the winners of this year's Governor General's Literary Awards. The English-language recipients, each taking home a $25,000 award, are as follows: Fiction (Judged by Tammy Armstrong, Robert ... Read More »

October 28, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley win 2015 Burt Award

By Becky Robertson

CODE, the literacy-promoting non-profit agency, has named Nunavut-based authors Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley winners of this year’s $12,000 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literature. The husband-and-wife duo was recognized for their novel ... Read More »

October 26, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

David Kent named 2015 Ivy Award winner

By Becky Robertson

The International Visitors Programme – which offers cultural exchange between Canadian and foreign publishing professionals – has announced David Kent as the winner of its annual Ivy Award for his substantial contribution to the Canadian ... Read More »

October 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

OLA announces 2016 Forest of Reading nominees

By Dory Cerny

The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for their 2016 Forest of Reading Awards: The Blue Spruce (K–Gr.2); Silver Birch fiction (Gr.5–6), non-fiction (Gr.5–6), and express (Gr.3–4); Red Maple (Gr.7–8); White Pine (Gr.9–12); two ... Read More »

October 15, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing, Libraries

CODE names winners of Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literature

By Becky Robertson

CODE, the literary development agency, has revealed the winners of its third annual Burt Award for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Literature in celebration of indigenous authorship. A jury of Canadian authors chosen by the ... Read More »

October 14, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada presented its $60,000 Hilary Weston Prize for Non-fiction to Toronto author Rosemary Sullivan for Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada) at the Art Gallery of ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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Maya Munro wins Quebec Writers’ Federation community award

Scotiabank Giller Prize to offer Banff Centre writing residency

BpNichol Chapbook Award shortlist announced

“I’ve arrived at the age of nostalgia”: Guy Vanderhaeghe on aging, masculinity, and his GG–winning story collection

Guy Vanderhaeghe, Robyn Sarah, Sydney Smith among 2015 Governor General’s Literary Awards winners

Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley win 2015 Burt Award

David Kent named 2015 Ivy Award winner

OLA announces 2016 Forest of Reading nominees

CODE names winners of Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literature

Photos: Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction

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