Awards

Banff Mountain Book Competition winners revealed

The Banff Centre announced the winners for the Banff Mountain Book Competition today as part of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. The winner in each other category will receive a $2,000 prize, with ... Read More »

October 31, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Scotiabank Giller Prize names three celebrity presenters

By Julie Baldassi

Actors Kim Coates and Jessica Paré will join author and activist Naomi Klein as presenters for the Scotiabank Giller Prize gala, which will be held at the Ritz-Carleton Hotel in Toronto on Nov. 10. With less ... Read More »

October 23, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Taste Canada awards pay tribute to the Cookbook Store

By Sue Carter

Toronto retailer the Cookbook Store, which closed earlier this spring after 31 years in business, received a special tribute at last night's Taste Canada food-writing awards ceremony. Rose Murray, who, in 1983, was the first ... Read More »

October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Cundill Prize in Historical Literature finalists revealed

By Becky Robertson

Christopher Manfredi, dean of McGill University's Faculty of Arts, announced the finalists for the seventh annual Cundill Prize in Historical Literature yesterday. The prize is administered with the help of the McGill Institute for the ... Read More »

October 21, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Charlotte Gray wins 2014 Toronto Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Charlotte Gray is the winner of the 40th annual Toronto Book Awards for her non-fiction work, The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country. Gray received the $10,000 prize ... Read More »

October 16, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Quebec Writers’ Federation releases literary award shortlists

By Dory Cerny

The Quebec Writers' Federation has revealed the shortlists for the 2014 QWF Literary Awards, which will be handed out at a gala in Montreal on Nov. 18. The theme of the event, to be hosted ... Read More »

October 16, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Canada’s Self-Publishing Awards shortlists announced

By Becky Robertson

Finalists for the first self-publishing awards in Canada, the Blurb Inc. Creation of Stories: Canada's Self-Publishing Awards, were revealed today. Six authors in each of three categories− adult, young adult, and books for children− were chosen ... Read More »

October 15, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

OLA announces Forest of Reading nominations

By Dory Cerny

The Ontario Library Association has announced the books selected for this year's Forest of Reading program, which sees more than 250,000 children participate annually via registered school and public libraries. The nine categories include three ... Read More »

October 15, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Book news, Children's publishing, Libraries

Naomi Klein wins Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize

By Sue Carter

Naomi Klein's environmental manifesto This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (Knopf Canada) has won the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction. The award was presented at a gala on Tuesday night held ... Read More »

October 15, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Richard Flanagan wins 2014 Man Booker Prize

By Becky Robertson

Australian writer Richard Flanagan is the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Knopf), announced today at aceremony in London. He was chosen over fellow shortlisted authors ... Read More »

October 14, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

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Banff Mountain Book Competition winners revealed

Scotiabank Giller Prize names three celebrity presenters

Taste Canada awards pay tribute to the Cookbook Store

Cundill Prize in Historical Literature finalists revealed

Charlotte Gray wins 2014 Toronto Book Award

Quebec Writers’ Federation releases literary award shortlists

Canada’s Self-Publishing Awards shortlists announced

OLA announces Forest of Reading nominations

Naomi Klein wins Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize

Richard Flanagan wins 2014 Man Booker Prize

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