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Di Brandt named Winnipeg’s first poet laureate

Winnipeg has named Di Brandt the city's first poet laureate. Brandt was selected by the Winnipeg Arts Council and members of the local poetry community for her "artistry, experience and commitment to the community." In ... Read More »

November 29, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Literary event listings: Nov. 27–Dec. 3, 2017

By Conan Tobias

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Hot Damn It’s A Queer Slam: Open mic poetry slam, with Kai Cheng Thom. Hosted by Charlie Petch. Buddies In Bad Times, 12 Alexander St., Toronto. 8 p.m. $7. queerslam.com Kyo Maclear ... Read More »

November 27, 2017 | Filed under: Events

Tessa McWatt among 2018 Eccles British Library Writer’s Award winners

By Conan Tobias

Canadian author and screenwriter Tessa McWatt is one of two winners of this year's Eccles British Library Writer's Award. The award, now in its seventh year, promotes awareness of the British Library collections relating to the U.S., Canada, and ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

2017 Speaker’s Book Award shortlist announced

By Conan Tobias

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has released its shortlist for this year's Speaker’s Book Award. Among this year's nominees are Shawn Micallef, for this book Frontier City: Toronto on the Verge of Greatness (McClelland & Stewart); Toronto Star reporter ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

O’Neill wins Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for The Lonely Hearts Hotel

By Conan Tobias

Heather O'Neill's novel The Lonely Hearts Hotel (HarperCollins) took home the $2,000 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction at the 2017 Quebec Writers' Federation's literary awards on Nov. 21. The annual prize honours fiction by English-language ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Katherena Vermette wins CODE’s 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature

By Sue Carter

Katherena Vermette's debut novel The Break (House of Anansi Press) has won CODE's 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature. A jury of Indigenous writers and educators selected the winning ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Susan Orlean joins Banff Centre as literary journalism chair

By Sue Carter

The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has named U.S. journalist Susan Orlean the new Rogers Communications Chair in Literary Journalism. Orleans, who has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1992, is ... Read More »

November 23, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Jan Thornhill wins TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk

By Shanda Deziel

During her acceptance speech for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award on Nov. 21, Jan Thornhill thanked the jury members for choosing a work of non-fiction for the $30,000 prize, saying, "as much as we ... Read More »

November 22, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Michael Redhill wins the Giller Prize

By Sue Carter

In 2001, Michael Redhill walked onto the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize stage as a finalist, for his debut novel Martin Sloane. Sixteen years later, on Nov. 20, he was declared winner of the $100,000 prize, for his ... Read More »

November 21, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Sonnet L’Abbé wins 2017 bpNichol Chapbook Award

By Q&Q Staff

Poet Sonnet L'Abbé was awarded the 2017 bpNichol Chapbook Award on Nov. 18 during the annual Indie Literary Market in Toronto. L'Abbé, who resides on Vancouver Island, won the prize for Anima Canadensis, a collection of poems published earlier this ... Read More »

November 20, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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Di Brandt named Winnipeg’s first poet laureate

Literary event listings: Nov. 27–Dec. 3, 2017

Tessa McWatt among 2018 Eccles British Library Writer’s Award winners

2017 Speaker’s Book Award shortlist announced

O’Neill wins Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for The Lonely Hearts Hotel

Katherena Vermette wins CODE’s 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature

Susan Orlean joins Banff Centre as literary journalism chair

Jan Thornhill wins TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk

Michael Redhill wins the Giller Prize

Sonnet L’Abbé wins 2017 bpNichol Chapbook Award

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