The $1,000 prize is awarded for outstanding poetry that exhibits an observational quality.
Finalists announced for first Nelson Ball Prize, celebrating “poetry of observation”
The winner of the $1,000 prize, as chosen by two volunteer jurors, will be announced on Dec. 14.
Desmond Cole will donate half his Toronto Book Award prize winnings as he calls for TPL, city of Toronto “to do better”
Desmond Cole called for “our institutions to do better” as he accepted the City of Toronto Book Award on Nov. 30.
Writers’ Trust honours four career authors with $25,000 prizes
Interviews with the winners will be posted on the Writers’ Trust’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Thomas King, Linda Leith among literary figures to receive 2020 Order of Canada
Among the 114 new appointees were members of the Canadian literary community, including these five figures familiar to readers of Q&Q.
Jessica J. Lee, Gil Adamson take top prizes at Writers’ Trust Books of the Year edition
Gil Adamson’s Ridgerunner won the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize while Jessica J. Lee’s Two Trees Make a Forest won the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
Andrea Benoit’s book on M·A·C and AIDS wins $30,000 National Business Book Award
The award was presented in a virtual ceremony hosted by Peter Mansbridge.
IBBY Canada nominates Sydney Smith and Angèle Delaunois for Hans Christian Andersen Awards
The Awards will be presented at the IBBY Congress in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in September 2022.
Souvankham Thammavongsa wins $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for debut short-story collection
In her acceptance speech, Thammavongsa noted she was the author of five books, and thanked small presses for their support.
Giller directors answer 5 pressing questions about the 2020 broadcast
Giller executive director Elana Rabinovitch and broadcast producer and director Barry Avrich answered our burning questions about what this year’s gala will look like.
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