Awards

Sigmund Brouwer wins Alberta Readers’ Choice Award

The Edmonton Public Library has named author and Rock & Roll Literacy Show host Signmund Brouwer winner of this year's Alberta Reader's Choice Award for Thief of Glory (WaterBrook Press), about a young boy trying ... Read More »

September 29, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2015 Lane Anderson Award winners announced

By Becky Robertson

The Fitzhenry Family Foundation has revealed the winners of its Lane Anderson Awards for the best Canadian science books published the year prior. Selections are made based on a title's pertinence to science in today's ... Read More »

September 29, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Andre Alexis, John Vaillant among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

The shortlists for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize were announced this morning at Toronto's Ben McNally Books. The former recognizes the year's best English-language novel or ... Read More »

September 29, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Thomas King and Caitlin Sweet win Sunburst Society’s Copper Cylinder Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Sunburst Award Society has named authors Thomas King and Caitlin Sweet the winners of its fourth annual Copper Cylinder Award. King, a First Nations activist, novelist, and University of Guelph professor, was presented the ... Read More »

September 28, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

HarperCollins/UBC fiction prize shortlist announced

By Becky Robertson

HarperCollins Canada, the Cooke Agency, and the University of British Columbia have announced the shortlist of the annual HarperCollins Publishers/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction: Between the Wind and Us by Iranian-Canadian writer Nazanine Hozar, ... Read More »

September 28, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Avie Bennett named Harbourfront Festival Prize winner

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors has named businessman, publisher, and philanthropist Avie Bennett the recipient of this year’s $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize for his contribution to Canadian publishing. Bennett purchased Toronto press McClelland & Stewart ... Read More »

September 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2016 RBC Taylor Prize jurors announced

By Becky Robertson

The three jurors for next year’s RBC Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction have been revealed. Toronto TV broadcaster Susanne Boyce, University of British Columbia creative writing chair Steven Galloway, and University of Toronto Munk School ... Read More »

September 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Journalists Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff shortlisted for 2015 Financial Times Business Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry (Flatiron Books/Macmillan) by Globe and Mail journalists Jacquie McNish Sean Silcoff, is one of six non-fiction books shortlisted for this ... Read More »

September 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2015 Alberta Book Publishing Awards winners announced

By Becky Robertson

The Alberta Book Publishing Awards, honouring the best titles produced by the province’s presses over the past year, were celebrated at a gala on Sept. 18 at Fort Edmonton Park. The 30th anniversary of the ... Read More »

September 23, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Lynn Thomson wins 2015 Edna Staebler Award

By Becky Robertson

Toronto bookseller and author Lynn Thomson has been named winner of the 2015 Edna Staebler Award for creative non-fiction for her debut title, Birding With Yeats. (House of Anansi Press). The memoir chronicles Thomson’s blooming ... Read More »

September 23, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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Sigmund Brouwer wins Alberta Readers’ Choice Award

2015 Lane Anderson Award winners announced

Andre Alexis, John Vaillant among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize finalists

Thomas King and Caitlin Sweet win Sunburst Society’s Copper Cylinder Awards

HarperCollins/UBC fiction prize shortlist announced

Avie Bennett named Harbourfront Festival Prize winner

2016 RBC Taylor Prize jurors announced

Journalists Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff shortlisted for 2015 Financial Times Business Book Award

2015 Alberta Book Publishing Awards winners announced

Lynn Thomson wins 2015 Edna Staebler Award

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