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Awards

Casey Plett wins Lambda Literary Award for transgender fiction

Winnipeg author and columnist Casey Plett has been named winner of the 2015 Lambda Literary Award in the transgender fiction category. The awards aim to recognize the best English-language LGBT titles published the previous year. ... Read More »

June 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Slideshow: 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize

By Becky Robertson

Hundreds of guests filled Toronto's Koerner Hall on June 3 and 4 for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize readings ... Read More »

June 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2015 East Coast Literary Awards winners announced

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia has revealed the winners of this year's East Coast Literary Awards. The $25,000 Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award went to Darren Greer for his third novel Just Beneath My ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named Vancouver author Alex Leslie winner of this year's $4,000 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers. Leslie was chosen by a jury comprising fellow writers Nancy Jo Cullen, ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Wayson Choy receives 2015 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award

By Becky Robertson

Chinese-Canadian author Wayson Choy has been named winner of this year's George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding long-time contributions to B.C. literature. The author was raised in Vancouver's Chinatown during the 1940s, and was ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Ann-Marie MacDonald shortlisted for 2016 Neustadt Prize

By Becky Robertson

Montreal author Ann-Marie MacDonald has been named a finalist for "America's Nobel Prize," the biennial Neustadt International Prize for Literature. MacDonald is the sole Canadian among nine authors shortlisted for their ongoing literary achievements. The ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Munro and Longley take home 2015 Griffins

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Jane Munro is the winner of the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize for her most recent collection, Blue Sonoma. Munro, who has been publishing poetry in Canada since the 1980s, says the win “gives me a ... Read More »

June 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Type Books named retailer of the year

By Conan Tobias

Toronto independent bookseller Type Books has been named Magazines Canada’s 2014 Retailer of the Year. The award is presented to a client of the organization’s distribution service that cultivates a connection between consumers and magazines. ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Bookselling

Charis Cotter wins IODE Canada Violet Downey Book Award

By Dory Cerny

Newfoundland author (and Q&Q reviewer) Charis Cotter has received the 2015 IODE Canada Violet Downey Book Award for Children's Literature for her middle-grade novel The Swallow: A Ghost Story (Tundra Books). Established in 1984 by ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

League of Canadian Poets announces annual award winners

By Conan Tobias

The League of Canadian Poets announced the winners of its annual Poets Prizes on May 30 at its LCP Poetry Conference and Festival in Winnipeg. Patrick Lane was presented the Raymond Souster Award, for best ... Read More »

June 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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