It's not quite the biggest reward that can be given to a writer (that would be inclusion in Oprah's Book Club, or maybe Richard and Judy's), but the Nobel Prize for Literature is nothing to ... Read More »
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Although it apparently comes as a surprise to some sensitive souls in this country, British literary types tend to be fairly plain-spoken; no less so when they are sitting on an award jury. Almost two ... Read More »
October 5, 2009 | Filed under: Awards
The shortlists for the 2009 Writers' Trust prizes were announced at Ben McNally Books in Toronto this morning. The nominees are: The Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize ($25,000): Nicole Brossard, Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood, trans., Fences ... Read More »
September 30, 2009 | Filed under: Awards
Margaret Atwood and Anne Michaels were no-brainers for inclusion, but Martha Baillie? Jeanette Lynes? Anyone trying to predict which titles would be blessed by Giller's touch in 2009 could be forgiven for being a tad ... Read More »
September 21, 2009 | Filed under: Awards
The 2009 ReLit Award winners have been announced. From the press release: Short fiction: Lisa Foad, The Night Is a Mouth (Exile Editions) Poetry: Maurice Mierau, Fear Not (Turnstone Press) Novel: Michael Blouin, Chase & ... Read More »
September 21, 2009 | Filed under: Awards
The 13 longlisted titles for this year's Man Booker Prize were announced today: The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt Summertime by J.M. Coetzee The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds How to Paint a Dead Man ... Read More »
Alberta writer and environmentalist Andrew Nikiforuk has been awarded the 8th annual Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the U.S.-based Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Nikiforuk, who was honoured for his book Tar Sands: Dirty ... Read More »
Youth and inexperience won the day in the English-language categories of the 22nd annual Trillium Book Awards luncheon, which took place earlier this afternoon in Toronto. The $20,000 English Book Award went to The Withdrawal ... Read More »
June 16, 2009 | Filed under: Awards
The 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize gala was held at the Stone Distillery in Toronto last night, and the literary community was out in full force, ready to eat fancy food, drink good wine, dance the ... Read More »
Among the many reactions to Alice Munro's well-deserved winning of the Man Booker International Prize, one of the more interesting is that of The New Yorker, the magazine that has published the lion's share of ... Read More »
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