Search Results by tag: Awards

2014 Lionel Gelber Prize awarded to Gary J. Bass

Princeton University politics professor Gary J. Bass is the winner of the 2014 Lionel Gelber Prize for The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide (Alfred A. Knopf). The $15,000 prize is awarded to ... Read More »

April 1, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

League of Canadian Poets reveals award shortlists

By Sue Carter

The League of Canadian Poets kicked off National Poetry Month by announcing the shortlists for its three annual awards. The Raymond Souster Award is given for a book of poetry by an LCP member published ... Read More »

April 1, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Dundurn author E.R. Brown nominated for an Edgar Award

By Julie Baldassi

Vancouver author E.R. Brown is nominated for an Edgar Award for Almost Criminal, about a high school graduate who becomes involved in a B.C. grow-op (which itself has become involved with a local biker gang). ... Read More »

March 27, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Toronto’s Children’s Book Bank wins IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award

By Julie Baldassi

A Toronto literacy organization has been named co-winner of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award at this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair. The Children's Book Bank, a storefront literacy organization located in the high-density, low-income Toronto ... Read More »

March 25, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

La Pasteque named publisher of the year in Bologna

By Sue Carter

It's only day two of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, but Montreal publisher Éditions de la Pastèque already has plenty to celebrate. At an awards ceremony Monday night, the French-Canadian comics publisher, which launched its children's ... Read More »

March 25, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize shortlist announced

By Emma Renda

Lynn Coady's Scotiabank Giller Prize winning story collection, Hellgoing (House of Anansi Press), is among the finalists for the 2014 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize. Coady's collection made the list alongside poet and novelist ... Read More »

March 20, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Thomas King names Leanne Simpson inaugural Taylor Prize Emerging Writer

By Emma Renda

Indigenous author and traditional storyteller Leanne Simpson has been named the inaugural recipient of the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. Simpson will receive $10,000 and mentoring from RBC Taylor Prize winner Thomas King, who nominated ... Read More »

March 19, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Kids Can, Groundwood, La Pasteque nominated for Bologna Prize

By Sue Carter

Canadian publishing houses dominate the North American category of this year's Bologna Prize, which honours the best international publishers of the year. Kids Can Press, Groundwood Books, and La PastÃ¨que will compete against U.S. firms ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

B.C. Book Prizes nominees announced

By Julie Baldassi

The nominees have been announced for the 30th annual B.C. Book Prizes, which recognize authors from the province in seven categories. This year's Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize features an all female shortlist. The winners will ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Awards