Awards

Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers shortlist revealed

The Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union, in partnership with the province’s Literary Arts Foundation and Writers’ Alliance, has announced the shortlist for its biennial Fresh Fish Award, presented to an emerging Newfoundland writer not yet ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Helen Humphreys, Susin Nielsen among Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the finalists in seven categories for this year's Governor General’s Literary Awards. The winner in each category will be awarded $25,000, with the winning publishers each receiving ... Read More »

October 7, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Rosemary Sullivan wins Weston Prize for Stalin’s Daughter

By Sue Carter

Accomplished Toronto poet, author, and biographer Rosemary Sullivan has won the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction for Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada). The $60,000 award was ... Read More »

October 6, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

James Fenton awarded PEN Pinter Prize, shares with imprisoned Saudi author Raif Badawi

By Conan Tobias

James Fenton, the British poet, journalist and literary critic, has been named the 2015 recipient of the PEN Pinter Prize. The prize is awarded each year to a British author, and shared with an international ... Read More »

October 6, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Alexis, Archibald, and Schofield highlight a strong Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

By Steven W. Beattie

At an announcement this morning in Toronto, four of the five jury members for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize unveiled what must by any measure qualify as one of the strongest shortlists in the 22-year ... Read More »

October 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Thomas King and Cecil Castellucci win 2015 Sunburst Awards

By Becky Robertson

Novelist and University of Guelph writing professor Thomas King and L.A.-based author, graphic novelist, and musician Cecil Castellucci have been named winners of this year's Sunburst Awards for excellence in Canadian literature of the fantastic. ... Read More »

October 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Andre Alexis, Anakana Schofield, Heather O’Neill among finalists for 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize

By Becky Robertson

Indie presses dominate this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist, with Biblioasis taking two of the five nominations for Anakana Schofield’s novel Martin John and Samuel Archibald's story collection Arvida (trans. Donald Winkler). Coach House Books ... Read More »

October 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Marietta Morry and Lynda Muir win John Glassco Translation Prize

By Becky Robertson

Budapest-born translator Marietta Morry and Ottawa editor-translator Lynda Muir have been named winners of this year's John Glassco Prize, administered by the Literary Translators' Association of Canada. The prize honours a Canadian's first book-length work ... Read More »

October 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

McGill reveals finalists for 2015 Cundill Prize

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for this year's Cundill Prize in Historical Literature – the world's richest award for an English-language work of historical non-fiction, offering a $75,000 U.S. purse – have been announced. The three finalists, culled ... Read More »

October 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Alison Pick, Suri Rosen among 2015 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards winners

By Becky Robertson

The winners of this year's Canadian Jewish Literary Awards, celebrating Jewish literature and culture in Canada, have been announced: Novel: Nora Gold, Fields of Exile (Dundurn Press) Scholarship: James A. Diamond, Maimonides and the Shaping ... Read More »

October 1, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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Fresh Fish Award for Emerging Writers shortlist revealed

Helen Humphreys, Susin Nielsen among Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists

Rosemary Sullivan wins Weston Prize for Stalin’s Daughter

James Fenton awarded PEN Pinter Prize, shares with imprisoned Saudi author Raif Badawi

Alexis, Archibald, and Schofield highlight a strong Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

Thomas King and Cecil Castellucci win 2015 Sunburst Awards

Andre Alexis, Anakana Schofield, Heather O’Neill among finalists for 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize

Marietta Morry and Lynda Muir win John Glassco Translation Prize

McGill reveals finalists for 2015 Cundill Prize

Alison Pick, Suri Rosen among 2015 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards winners

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