The winner of the inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize of $10,000 for the best new book of poetry in Canada will be announced on April 21 — the 24th anniversary of the poet’s death.
2024 Griffin Poetry Prize longlist announced
A five-book shortlist will be announced on April 17, with the winner to be announced on June 5.
John Vaillant, Astra Taylor among writers shortlisted for 2024 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize
The winner will be announced on May 7 at the Politics and the Pen gala in Ottawa.
Neil Longley wins Axiom Business Book award
Wayne McCrory wins Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize
Drawn & Quarterly and Greystone Kids among finalists for 2024 Bologna Prize
The annual prize is awarded to a publisher “at the forefront of innovation in their activity for the creative nature of the editorial choices they have made during the previous year.”
Longlist announced for $150K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Six Canadian writers are among the longlisted authors for the prize’s second year.
Catherine Leroux’s The Future wins 2024 Canada Reads
The novel, published last fall, is only the second book in translation that has won the contest in 23 years.
Timothy Garton Ash wins 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize
The $50,000 award, presented annually by the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, is given to the top book on international affairs published in English.
Alicia Elliott longlisted for 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
The shortlist for this year’s prize will be announced next month.