Awards

Carleigh Baker wins 2017 Vancouver Book Award

Carleigh Baker has been named winner of this year's Vancouver Book Award, which annually recognizes a title that best evokes the city's people and places. Selected from a shortlist of four finalists, Baker received her $3,000 ... Read More »

October 12, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Author removed from 2017 Journey Prize shortlist

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada and McClelland & Stewart have announced that Richard Kelly Kemick, one of three finalists for this year's Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize, has been taken out of ... Read More »

October 5, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in Literature

By Steven W. Beattie

The Swedish Academy returned to form this year, at least somewhat. After taking some heat last year for its unconventional choice of Bob Dylan as the Nobel laureate in literature, this year the academy named Japanese-born ... Read More »

October 5, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Kathleen Winter, Joel Thomas Hynes included in stylistically diverse Governor General’s fiction list

By Steven W. Beattie

It's official. There is no one title that has emerged as a favourite for English-language literary award juries in Canada. This morning, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the nominees for the Governor General's ... Read More »

October 4, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Peter Behrens, Matti Friedman among 2017 Vine Award recipients

By Becky Robertson

The winners of this year's Vine Awards for the best in Canadian Jewish literature, administered by the Koffler Centre of the Arts, were announced at a ceremony at Toronto's Park Hyatt Hotel on Oct. 3. ... Read More »

October 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

2018 RBC Taylor Prize Jury announced

By Becky Robertson

The three-member jury for next year's RBC Taylor Prize, honouring the country's best non-fiction titles, has been named. Judging the award will be Christine Elliott, an Ontario patient ombudsman, lawyer, and former Progressive Conservative MPP; ... Read More »

October 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Catherine Leroux wins 2017 John Glassco prize

By Becky Robertson

The Literary Translators’ Association of Canada has named Catherine Leroux the winner of this year's John Glassco Literary Translation Prize, given for the best translation into English or French. The Montreal author was recognized for Corps ... Read More »

October 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Cusk, Redhill, and Robinson make Giller’s shortlist; Chariandy shut out

By Steven W. Beattie

Two left-field contenders and one notable omission characterize this year's shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. David Chariandy, longlisted for his sophomore novel, Brother, and considered by some to be a favourite to win the ... Read More »

October 2, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Robert J. Sawyer wins big at 2017 Aurora Awards

By Becky Robertson

The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association named the winners of its annual Aurora Awards for the country's best science-fiction, horror, and fantasy titles at a ceremony in Halifax on Sept. 22, in conjunction with ... Read More »

September 27, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

David Chariandy, Leanne Simpson among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has released the shortlist for this year's Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, recognizing excellent Canadian fiction with a newly doubled prize purse of $70,000, with the winner receiving $50,000, and ... Read More »

September 27, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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Carleigh Baker wins 2017 Vancouver Book Award

Author removed from 2017 Journey Prize shortlist

Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Kathleen Winter, Joel Thomas Hynes included in stylistically diverse Governor General’s fiction list

Peter Behrens, Matti Friedman among 2017 Vine Award recipients

2018 RBC Taylor Prize Jury announced

Catherine Leroux wins 2017 John Glassco prize

Cusk, Redhill, and Robinson make Giller’s shortlist; Chariandy shut out

Robert J. Sawyer wins big at 2017 Aurora Awards

David Chariandy, Leanne Simpson among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize finalists

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