Awards

GG Award winners include Cherie Dimaline, Joel Thomas Hynes

The winners of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards, the annual set of prizes recognizing the best Canadian books in English and French, have been announced. Newfoundland author and filmmaker Joel Thomas Hynes won the ... Read More »

November 1, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Rowda Mohamud and Brandon Trotter win inaugural Ross and Davis Mitchell Prizes

By Becky Robertson

Two authors have been honoured with the first-ever Ross and Davis Mitchell Prize for Faith in Literature, administered by think-tank Cardus for its Faith in Canada 150 initiative. Judges this year included Parliamentary poet laureate ... Read More »

October 30, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Canadian historian Christopher Goscha among $75,000 Cundill Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

McGill University has revealed the finalists of its newly rebranded Cundill History Prize. In its 10th year, the international $75,000 prize honours the best English-language history writing. A jury chaired by Margaret MacMillan has selected ... Read More »

October 26, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Andrée Christensen, Charlotte Gray, John Metcalf win Ottawa Book Awards

By Becky Robertson

The City of Ottawa has honoured three of its authors with its annual literary awards, offering $7,500 in each of three categories for titles that are most evocative of the nation's capital. The prolific John ... Read More »

October 25, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Women writers dominate bpNichol Chapbook Award shortlist

By Becky Robertson

The Meet the Presses collective has revealed the finalists for this year's bpNichol Chapbook Award, which presents $4,000 annually to the author – and $500 to the publisher – of an exceptional poetry chapbook released ... Read More »

October 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Andrea Lynn Beck’s Good Morning, Canada selected for TD Grade One Book Giveaway

By Becky Robertson

Good Morning, Canada, the latest picture book by Toronto-based children's author and illustrator Andrea Lynn Beck, has been selected by TD for its annual Grade One Book Giveaway, the largest free-book distribution program to kids in ... Read More »

October 19, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Heather O’Neill, Kathleen Winter among 2017 QWF Literary Award finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Quebec Writers' Federation has named the finalists and juries for its annual literary awards, recognizing excellent English-language literature from the province's authors and publishers in six categories: Children's/YA (judged by Catherine Austen, Lisa Doucet, and ... Read More »

October 18, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Claire Humphrey, Jonathan Auxier, A.C. Wise win 2017 Sunburst Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Sunburst Awards Society has announced the winners of its annual awards recognizing Canadian literature of the fantastic in three categories. Author (and Indigo national buyer) Claire Humphrey won a $1,000 prize in the adult ... Read More »

October 16, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

OLA announces 2018 Forest of Reading nominees

By Becky Robertson

The Ontario Library Association has announced the nominees for the 2018 edition of its Forest of Reading initiative, which aims to promote recreational reading and raise the profile of Canadian authors and publishing houses. Each ... Read More »

October 16, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing, Libraries

Yasuko Thanh and Margriet Ruurs named Victoria Book Prize recipients

By Becky Robertson

Yasuko Thanh and Margriet Ruurs are the winners of this year's Victoria Book Awards, which aim to increase visibility and opportunity for local authors. Thanh received the $5,000 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize ... Read More »

October 12, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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GG Award winners include Cherie Dimaline, Joel Thomas Hynes

Rowda Mohamud and Brandon Trotter win inaugural Ross and Davis Mitchell Prizes

Canadian historian Christopher Goscha among $75,000 Cundill Prize finalists

Andrée Christensen, Charlotte Gray, John Metcalf win Ottawa Book Awards

Women writers dominate bpNichol Chapbook Award shortlist

Andrea Lynn Beck’s Good Morning, Canada selected for TD Grade One Book Giveaway

Heather O’Neill, Kathleen Winter among 2017 QWF Literary Award finalists

Claire Humphrey, Jonathan Auxier, A.C. Wise win 2017 Sunburst Awards

OLA announces 2018 Forest of Reading nominees

Yasuko Thanh and Margriet Ruurs named Victoria Book Prize recipients

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