The final Taylor Prize winner will be announced on March 2.
Vancouver poet Ian Williams takes home the Giller Prize for his debut novel, Reproduction
The Vancouver-based, Brampton-raised writer, poet, and professor was named recipient of the $100,000 prize, the richest accolade in Canadian literature.
Heather O’Neill receives 2019 Writers’ Trust Fellowship
O’Neill was announced as the recipient of the $50,000 prize at the Writers’ Trust Gala in Toronto on Nov. 14.
Julia Lovell’s Maoism: A Global History wins $100,000 2019 Cundill History Prize
The nearly $100,000 Cundill History Prize is awarded to the best English-language history writing.
David Homel, Lindsay Nixon, Tess Liem among winners of Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary Awards
Six prizes of $3,000 each were presented at the QWF Literary Awards gala in Montreal on Nov. 5.
André Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills win 2019 Writers’ Trust awards
André Alexis wins his second Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize while Jenny Heijun Wills wins the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for her debut.
Amanda Parris, Gwen Benaway, and Erin Bow among crop of first-time Governor General’s Literary Award winners
The winners will be celebrated at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Dec. 12 to be hosted by Governor General Julie Payette.
B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes announces purse increases and a new award for “Writing That Provokes”
The seven juried prizes, which cover fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and kidlit categories, will each be worth $3,000.
Finalists announced for $100,000 Cundill History Prize
Three finalists have been announced for the Cundill History Prize.
The 2020 Forest of Reading nominations shine a light on the best in Canadian kidlit
Books by Kenneth Oppel, Jonathan Auxier, Kyo Maclear, Faith Erin Hicks, and more will be read and voted on by students in Ontario.