The HCA Award is the highest international recognition given to authors and illustrators whose entire body of work has made a significant contribution to children’s literature
Vivek Shraya, Joshua Whitehead among Canadian finalists for Lambda Literary Awards
Ten Canadian authors have been announced as finalists for the 31st Lambda Literary Awards.
Daniel Marshall wins Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Claiming the Land
Photos: Taylor Prize winner Kate Harris
Modern-day explorer Kate Harris wins Taylor Prize
Kate Harris has won the $25,000 RBC Taylor Prize for her debut book, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Roads (Knopf Canada).
Writers’ Trust announces 2019–2020 Berton House writers
The Writers’ Trust of Canada has named its Berton House Writers’ Retreat residents for the coming year.
Man Booker Prize names new sponsor
A U.S.–based charitable foundation has been named the new sponsor of the prestigious £50,000 Man Booker Prize.
Jael Richardson and the FOLD receive 2019 Freedom to Read Award
Jael Richardson and the Festival of Literary Diversity are the 2019 recipients of the Freedom to Read Award.
Adam Tooze wins Lionel Gelber Prize for book on financial crash
The Lionel Gelber Prize for foreign-affairs writing has gone to Columbia University history professor Adam Tooze for his book Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World.
Julie Morstad wins Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver award for Bloom illustrations
Julie Morstad has won the $1,000 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for illustrating the picture book Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli.
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