Bloody Words, Canada's largest convention of mystery fiction, has revealed the shortlist for its first annual Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award, a prize recognizing mystery novels that soften the gore, violence, and sex typical of ... Read More »
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Last week, Don McKay's The Shell of the Tortoise (Gaspereau Press) became the first ever essay collection to win the $10,000 BMO Winterset Award. On March 22, the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council presented the ... Read More »
The City of Calgary, the Writers Guild of Alberta, and Uptown 17th Avenue Business Revitalization Zone revealed the shortlist for the 2011 City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize. The finalists are: Betty Jane Hegerat, ... Read More »
March 29, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Montreal comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly has secured five out of six nominations for the 2012 Doug Wright Award for Best Book, with veteran D&Q artists Joe Ollman, Chester Brown, and Seth competing against popular ... Read More »
March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Prolific U.S. author Joyce Carol Oates will be among the high-profile authors attending this year's Blue Metropolis literary festival in Montreal. Oates will be in town to accept the Blue Met Literary Grand Prix, a ... Read More »
The Atlantic Book Awards Society announced the nominees for this year's Atlantic Book Awards at a fundraising event in Halifax Wednesday evening. Twenty-six books have been singled out across nine categories that represent a range ... Read More »
March 22, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The U.S.-based James Beard Foundation has announced the shortlist for its 2012 book awards, and two popular Canadian cookbooks have made the cut. The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts ... Read More »
March 21, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the finalists for the 24th annual Lambda Literary Awards, celebrating "achievement in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender writing for books published in 2011." This year, 119 titles are nominated ... Read More »
March 20, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Three Canadian authors were recognized by the American Indian Youth Literature Awards, a biannual prize that honours culture and identity storytelling by aboriginal Northern American authors. Alberta writer Jacqueline Guest won for her two YA ... Read More »
March 19, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers have revealed the shortlists for this year's Manitoba Book Awards. The winners will be announced at a free public gala in Winnipeg on April ... Read More »
March 19, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
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