Awards

Esi Edugyan, Emma Donoghue make Orange Prize longlist

Esi Edugyan In honour of International Women's Day, the Orange Prize for Fiction, celebrating "excellence, originality, and accessibility in women's writing," has announced its 2012 longlist, which includes two celebrated Canadian authors. Emma Donoghue, whose ... Read More »

March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

CLA announces 2012 book awards shortlists

By Natalie Samson

The Canadian Library Association has revealed the shortlists for this year's children's, YA, and illustrated book awards. The lists feature the best English-language books by Canadian authors published in Canada in 2011, as decided by ... Read More »

March 7, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Andrew Westoll wins the Charles Taylor Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

The $25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction was awarded to Andrew Westoll for his book The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery at a ceremony in Toronto this afternoon. ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Scotiabank Giller Prize announces 2012 jury: Gary Shteyngart, Anna Porter, and Roddy Doyle

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Jack Rabinovitch, founder of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, has announced the jury for 2012 is Gary Shteyngart, Anna Porter, and Roddy Doyle. Shteyngart is an American writer whose most recent novel, Super Sad True Love ... Read More »

March 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Shandi Mitchell wins $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award

By Sue Carter

Shandi Mitchell holding the Kobzar Literary Award statue (Photo: James Di Donato) Nova Scotian filmmaker Shandi Mitchell has won the Kobzar Literary Award for her 2009 debut novel, Under This Broken Sky (Penguin Canada). The ... Read More »

March 2, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Lionel Gelber Prize goes to Ezra F. Vogel

By Natalie Samson

The 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize has been awarded to Ezra F. Vogel's Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, published by Belknap Press, an imprint of Harvard University Press. Vogel's book about the history and ... Read More »

February 29, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Lawrence Hill awarded Freedom to Read prize for his grace under fire

By Stuart Woods

Lawrence Hill has been named the recipient of this year's Freedom to Read Award for his "reasoned and eloquent response to the threat to burn his novel The Book of Negroes, according to a statement ... Read More »

February 22, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Bezmozgis, Zentner shortlisted for Amazon.ca First Novel Award

By Sue Carter

Governor General's Literary Award nominees David Bezmozgis and Alexi Zentner can now add the Amazon.ca First Novel Award shortlist, announced this morning, to their list of accolades. Bezmozgis was also shortlisted for last year's Scotiabank ... Read More »

February 21, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Saskatchewan Book Awards announces nominees

By Sue Carter

The shortlists for the 2011 Saskatchewan Book Awards were announced this morning at a press conference held at the University of Regina. According to organizers, this year's 61 nominees, selected from 233 submissions, represent a ... Read More »

February 17, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Charlotte Gill wins B.C. prize for non-fiction

By Stuart Woods

Charlotte Gill's memoir about tree-planting in the Pacific Northwest is the winner of the 2012 British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-fiction. Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe, published ... Read More »

February 14, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

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Esi Edugyan, Emma Donoghue make Orange Prize longlist

CLA announces 2012 book awards shortlists

Andrew Westoll wins the Charles Taylor Prize

Scotiabank Giller Prize announces 2012 jury: Gary Shteyngart, Anna Porter, and Roddy Doyle

Shandi Mitchell wins $25,000 Kobzar Literary Award

Lionel Gelber Prize goes to Ezra F. Vogel

Lawrence Hill awarded Freedom to Read prize for his grace under fire

Bezmozgis, Zentner shortlisted for Amazon.ca First Novel Award

Saskatchewan Book Awards announces nominees

Charlotte Gill wins B.C. prize for non-fiction

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