Awards

League of Canadian Poets 2015 awards finalists revealed

The League of Canadian Poets has announced the shortlists for its annual Raymond Souster Award for a book of poetry by a league member, Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for a first book of poetry by ... Read More »

April 1, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlist announced

By Becky Robertson

Amazon.ca has announced the shortlist for its First Novel Award, which recognizes an exceptional English-language title by a Canadian first-time novelist. The finalists, as selected by The Walrus fiction editor Nick Mount, include Sean Michaels ... Read More »

April 1, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

National Business Book Award shortlist announced

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for the 30th annual National Business Book Award have been announced. The $20,000 prize aims to recognize the best Canadian business-related book published the previous year. Relevance, research, originality, quality of writing, and ... Read More »

March 25, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Betty Keller wins 2015 B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

By Becky Robertson

The West Coast Book Prize Society has named Betty Keller the recipient of the 12th annual Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence. The $5,000 prize aims to recognize exceptional B.C. writers who have "contributed to ... Read More »

March 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Kim Fu named finalist for PEN/Hemingway Award

By Becky Robertson

B.C. author Kim Fu is one of two finalists for the 2015 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for debut fiction for her novel For Today I Am a Boy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). The title has also been ... Read More »

March 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

The Bologna Cookbook, Julia, Child among Gourmand Awards winners

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian winners of this year's Gourmand Cookbook Awards, which aim to honour the best titles of the genre in each country, have been announced. All winning authors will qualify for the Gourmand Best in ... Read More »

March 23, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Naomi Klein longlisted for 2015 PEN Literary Award

By Becky Robertson

Naomi Klein has been longlisted for the biennial PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Non-fiction for her 2014 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize–winning title, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (Knopf Canada). The $10,000 award aims ... Read More »

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

Steve Paikin wins Speaker’s Book Award

By Becky Robertson

TVO host and journalist Steve Paikin was announced the winner of the 2014 Speaker's Book Award for Paikin and the Premiers: Personal Reflections on a Half Century of Ontario Leaders (Dundurn Press) at a ceremony ... Read More »

March 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Joseph Heath’s Enlightenment 2.0 wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

By Sue Carter

University of Toronto philosophy professor Joseph Heath's “Slow Politics Manifesto,” Enlightenment 2.0: Restoring Sanity to Our Politics, Our Economy, and Our Lives (HarperCollins Canada), has won the Writers' Trust of Canada's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for ... Read More »

March 12, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Finalists for 31st annual B.C. Book Prizes announced

By Becky Robertson

The West Coast Book Prize Society has revealed the shortlists for its seven B.C. Book Prizes. The cash prizes, which collectively amount to $19,000, aim to recognize excellent literary achievement by B.C. authors and publishers. ... Read More »

March 11, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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League of Canadian Poets 2015 awards finalists revealed

Amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlist announced

National Business Book Award shortlist announced

Betty Keller wins 2015 B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

Kim Fu named finalist for PEN/Hemingway Award

The Bologna Cookbook, Julia, Child among Gourmand Awards winners

Naomi Klein longlisted for 2015 PEN Literary Award

Steve Paikin wins Speaker’s Book Award

Joseph Heath’s Enlightenment 2.0 wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

Finalists for 31st annual B.C. Book Prizes announced

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