Search Results by tag: Karen Solie

Anne Carson becomes two-time Griffin winner

Anne Carson has been awarded the $65,000 Griffin Prize for Poetry for Red Doc>, a follow-up to her acclaimed poetry bestseller Autobiography of Red, making her the first two-time winner of the prestigious and lucrative ... Read More »

June 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Fall preview 2012: Canadian non-fiction, part II

By Steven W. Beattie

The season of high-profile literary awards and author festivals is on its way, and there's no shortage of new releases from marquee names. In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the fall's ... Read More »

August 9, 2012 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

The Walrus launches $5,000 poetry prize

By Sue Carter

A single poem could fill your pockets with $5,000, thanks to The Walrus's new poetry award. The shortlist for the Walrus Poetry Prize will be blind judged by the magazine's poetry editor, Michael Lista, with ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Brown, Solie among Trillium winners

By Scott MacDonald

The 23rd annual Trillium Book Awards have just been handed out at a luncheon in Toronto. We'll have more coverage later, but for now, here are the winners: English-language book award: Ian Brown, The Boy ... Read More »

June 24, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Podcasts for poets

By Stuart Woods

Julie Wilson, recently in the headlines for her Indigo dust up, is launching a new project in conjunction with National Poetry Month in April. Wilson has invited 30 poets to submit recordings of themselves reading ... Read More »

March 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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