Awards

Kim Fu and Raziel Reid finalists for U.S. Triangle Awards

The Publishing Triangle announced B.C. authors Kim Fu and Raziel Reid as finalists for the 27th annual Triangle Awards, which celebrate the best LGBT fiction, non-fiction, and poetry titles published the year prior. Fu is ... Read More »

March 10, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Emily St. John Mandel and Heather O’Neill nominated for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

By Becky Robertson

B.C.-born novelist Emily St. John Mandel and Montreal author Heather O'Neill are among the 20 international writers longlisted for the U.K.'s Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction). St. ... Read More »

March 10, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Miriam Toews nominated for Wellcome Book Prize

By Sue Carter

Miriam Toews' novel All My Puny Sorrows (Knopf Canada) is one of six titles shortlisted for the U.K.'s Wellcome Book Prize. The £30,000 award highlights fiction and non-fiction titles that "engages with some aspect of medicine, ... Read More »

March 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Canadian Library Association announces two award shortlists

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Library Association/Association canadienne des bibliothèques has announced the 2015 finalists for both the Young Adult Book Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, sponsored by the Library Services Centre. The shortlist for ... Read More »

March 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Seventeen Canadian authors nominated for Lambda Literary Awards

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for the 27th annual Lambda Literary Awards, which recognize excellence in LGBT literature published the year prior, have been announced. Seventeen* Canadian authors were shortlisted in 12 of 27 categories. A record number ... Read More »

March 4, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Madeleine Thien a finalist for U.K.’s 2015 EFG Short Story Award

By Becky Robertson

B.C. author Madeleine Thien has been named one of six finalists for The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the world's richest prize for a work of short fiction, for her story "The Wedding Cake." ... Read More »

March 3, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Plum Johnson becomes first woman to win Taylor Prize in more than a decade

By Sue Carter

Plum Johnson is the first woman in 11 years to take home the $25,000 RBC Taylor Prize, which celebrates excellence in Canadian non-fiction. The award was presented at a ceremony this afternoon in Toronto. “I ... Read More »

March 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

UBC announces 2015 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Book Prize shortlist

By Becky Robertson

The University of British Columbia Library and the Pacific BookWorld News Society have revealed the shortlist for the third annual Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding scholarly book on British Columbia. The finalists are as follows: ... Read More »

February 25, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Ayelet Tsabari wins $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

By Becky Robertson

The U.S. Jewish Book Council has announced Ayelet Tsabari as the recipient of the 2015 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature (Fiction) for her collection The Best Place on Earth: Stories (HarperCollins Canada). Established in ... Read More »

February 23, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Finalists for inaugural Young Authors Award announced

By Becky Robertson

Ontario Legislative Assembly Speaker Dave Levac has announced the shortlist for the 2014 Young Authors Award, a new addition to the Speaker's Book Award, which recognizes titles by Ontario authors that are evocative of the ... Read More »

February 19, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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Kim Fu and Raziel Reid finalists for U.S. Triangle Awards

Emily St. John Mandel and Heather O’Neill nominated for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

Miriam Toews nominated for Wellcome Book Prize

Canadian Library Association announces two award shortlists

Seventeen Canadian authors nominated for Lambda Literary Awards

Madeleine Thien a finalist for U.K.’s 2015 EFG Short Story Award

Plum Johnson becomes first woman to win Taylor Prize in more than a decade

UBC announces 2015 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Book Prize shortlist

Ayelet Tsabari wins $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature

Finalists for inaugural Young Authors Award announced

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