Awards

Kim Fu, Plum Johnson among those shortlisted for inaugural Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

Kobo has announced the shortlists for its $10,000 Emerging Writer Prize, launched earlier this year, which recognizes excellent debut titles published the year prior and available on the digital platform. A team of Kobo booksellers ... Read More »

May 20, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Melanie Florence and Susan Currie win inaugural Aboriginal Writing Contest

By Dory Cerny

Second Story Press has announced the winners of its inaugural Aboriginal Writing Contest, launched in celebration of the publisher's 25th anniversary. Toronto journalist and author Melanie Florence, who is of Cree–Scottish heritage, and Brampton, Ontario, ... Read More »

May 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing

2015 Atlantic Book Awards winners revealed

By Monika Lemke

The winners of the 2015 Atlantic Book Awards were announced at the Atlantic Book Festival on May 14. At the ceremony, the Atlantic Books Pioneer Award was presented to 35-year publishing veteran Paul Robinson, who helped ... Read More »

May 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Kathy Kacer, Gillian Newland, Kenneth Oppel win 2015 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards

By Dory Cerny

The winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards were announced on May 15 at Alexander Muir/Gladstone Avenue Junior and Senior Public School in Toronto. Students of the school in Grades 3–4 and Grades 7–8 ... Read More »

May 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

OLA hands out 2015 Forest of Reading awards at Festival of Trees

By Dory Cerny

Despite some tumultuous weather, thousands of kids and authors gathered at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre May 12–13 to celebrate the Ontario Library Association's Festival of Trees, in association with IFOA. Along with author signings, workshops, and ... Read More »

May 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing, Libraries

Nina Bunjevac, Meags Fizgerald, Connor Willumsen win 2015 Doug Wright Awards

By Becky Robertson

The 11th annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning were presented at a ceremony as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival on Sunday. Toronto artist Nina Bunjevac won the award for best book for Fatherland ... Read More »

May 11, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Emily St. John Mandel wins Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science-fiction

By Becky Robertson

Canadian novelist Emily St. John Mandel has been named winner of the U.K.'s Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science-fiction for her dystopian novel Station Eleven (HarperCollins Canada). The PEN–Faulkner Award–shortlisted and Baileys Women's Prize–longlisted (and ... Read More »

May 7, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2015-2016 First Nation Communities Read shortlist announced

By Monika Lemke

Five books are contending to become this year's First Nation Communities Read community reading selection. The winner will receive the $5,000 Periodical Marketers of Canada Aboriginal Literature Award, which aims to "increase awareness of the ... Read More »

May 6, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Writers’ Trust of Canada names RBC Bronwen Wallace Award finalists

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for the Writers' Trust of Canada's RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers have been announced. A part of the RBC Emerging Artists Project, the $5,000 prize, which alternates annually between poetry and ... Read More »

May 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

League of Canadian Poets announces Jessamy Stursberg contest winners

By Becky Robertson

In honour of National Youth Arts Week, the winners of the League of Canadian Poets' Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian youth have been revealed. The winners are as follows: Senior category, judged by poets Tanya ... Read More »

May 4, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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Kim Fu, Plum Johnson among those shortlisted for inaugural Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

Melanie Florence and Susan Currie win inaugural Aboriginal Writing Contest

2015 Atlantic Book Awards winners revealed

Kathy Kacer, Gillian Newland, Kenneth Oppel win 2015 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Awards

OLA hands out 2015 Forest of Reading awards at Festival of Trees

Nina Bunjevac, Meags Fizgerald, Connor Willumsen win 2015 Doug Wright Awards

Emily St. John Mandel wins Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science-fiction

2015-2016 First Nation Communities Read shortlist announced

Writers’ Trust of Canada names RBC Bronwen Wallace Award finalists

League of Canadian Poets announces Jessamy Stursberg contest winners

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