The $25,000 prize will be presented September 23 during a virtual version of the annual Politics and the Pen gala.
Mariko Tamaki’s graphic novel Laura Dean wins three Eisner Awards
Mariko Tamaki won Best Writer based on her 2019 work on the graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me with Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (Groundwood Books), Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (DC), and an Archie (Archie) comics arc.
Richard Van Camp gets double nod on Sunburst Award shortlist
Nominees announced for the inaugural Sheila Barry picture book award
Sydney Smith and Julie Flett are two of the 10 picture-book creators on the award shortlist
Conundrum Press offering mini-comic bursary for Black and Indigenous creators
Ami McKay, Gemma Hickey double winners at Atlantic Book Awards
Zalika Reid-Benta wins $10,000 Danuta Gleed Literary Award
The Toronto writer won the $10,000 prize for her collection Frying Plantain (Astoria), a series of linked stories about a teenage girl’s coming-of-age in Toronto’s Little Jamaica neighbourhood.
Jesse Thistle, Zalika Reid-Benta, J.R. McConvey win Kobo’s Emerging Writer Prizes
Stéphane Larue’s The Dishwasher wins $60,000 Amazon First Novel Award
The winning novel was chosen by a jury consisting of novelists Liz Harmer, Shani Mootoo, and Anakana Schofield.
Jesse Thistle, Michelle Sylliboy win at third annual Indigenous Voices Awards
The winners were announced on June 21 –National Indigenous Day – in a virtual gala of readings and stories streamed via the IVAs website.
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