Pottersfield Press names winners of its inaugural creative non-fiction prize
Nova Scotia’s Pottersfield Press has named S. Lesley Buxton of Penticton, B.C., as the winner of its first Pottersfield Prize for Creative Non-fiction.
Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aisha Sasha John, and Donato Mancini shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize
One day after being shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize, Billy-Ray Belcourt has been nominated for the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize.
Tim Cook’s First World War volume named winner of the 2018 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize
Ottawa-based historian Tim Cook has won the $10,000 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize.
Billy-Ray Belcourt among nominees for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize
Billy-Ray Belcourt is one of three authors shortlisted for the 2018 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Award.
Beverley Chalmers, Joseph Kertes, and Lee Maracle to jury 2018 Vine Award
The Koffler Centre of the Arts has announced the jury for this year’s Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.
Randy Boyagoda, George Fetherling among Moore Prize jurors
Submissions are now open for the second annual Moore Prize in Human Rights, and the jurors who will be selecting the winning title include Canadians Randy Boyagoda and George Fetherling.
Carol Off, Tanya Talaga on Shaughnessy Cohen Prize shortlist
The shortlist for the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing has been announced.
Atlantic Book Awards and East Coast Literary Awards reunite for 10th anniversary
This year’s Atlantic Book Awards on May 10 will include three prizes presented by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, combining the two regional events into one night.
2018 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize jury announced
Journalist Kady O’Malley, Indigenous governance scholar Taiaiake Alfred, and past prize-winner Joseph Heath have been named by the Writers’ Trust of Canada as the jury for the 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
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