Search Results by tag: Writers' Trust of Canada

Awards: Brendan Bowles wins 2016 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced on June 8 that Toronto writer Brendan Bowles has won this year's $5,000 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, presented to authors under the age of 35 who ... Read More »

June 9, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Leah Horlick wins Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize

By Becky Robertson

Vancouver-based poet Leah Horlick has won this year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBT writers, the Writers' Trust of Canada announced. Horlick was recognized for her two poetry collections, Riot Lung (Thistledown Press) – shortlisted ... Read More »

June 8, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction

By Sue Carter

On Nov. 12, Toronto's Koerner Hall was the place to be as the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction was presented to Candace Savage for her personal narrative on the history of Saskatchewan's ... Read More »

November 15, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: Writers’ Trust Awards gala

By Sue Carter

The literary-prize circuit continued Tuesday night with a gala ceremony at Toronto's Isabel Bader Theatre, honouring ... Read More »

November 9, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Writers’ Trust shortlist trumpets unsung Canadian talent

By Stuart Woods

Emphasizing accessibility and innovation over past literary laurels, the jury for this year's Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize has put the spotlight on a mostly younger generation of authors who aren't quite household names “ ... Read More »

September 28, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Ezra Levant wins Best Political Book contest

By Natalie Samson

The Writers' Trust of Canada, in collaboration with Samara, has named Ezra Levant's Shakedown: How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights (McClelland & Stewart, 2009) the Best Canadian Political Book ... Read More »

August 3, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: booksellers charging for events, nasty author-on-author insults, and more

By Sue Carter

You can meet your favourite author, but you'll have to buy a ticket Ouch, that hurts: 30 of the nastiest author-on-author insults Contrary to media reports, Lady Gaga and philosopher Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek are not caught ... Read More »

June 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Writers’ Trust turns spotlight on political books

By Natalie Samson

Spurred by the recent federal election, The Writers' Trust of Canada has partnered with Samara, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen citizen engagement in Canada's democratic system, to launch a project called The Best ... Read More »

June 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Anna Porter, Tim Cook among Shaughnessy Cohen nominees

By Stuart Woods

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the finalists for the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, awarded annually to a non-fiction book that has the "potential to shape or influence Canadian political life." ... Read More »

January 5, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Both Winters make Writers’ Trust shortlist

By Scott MacDonald

The Writers' Trust shortlists were announced at Toronto's Ben McNally Books this morning, and journalists everywhere have a great hook in that brother and sister team Michael and Kathleen Winter were both among the nominees ... Read More »

September 29, 2010 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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Search Results by tag: Writers' Trust of Canada

Awards: Brendan Bowles wins 2016 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

Awards: Leah Horlick wins Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize

Photos: Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction

Photos: Writers’ Trust Awards gala

Writers’ Trust shortlist trumpets unsung Canadian talent

Ezra Levant wins Best Political Book contest

Book links round-up: booksellers charging for events, nasty author-on-author insults, and more

Writers’ Trust turns spotlight on political books

Anna Porter, Tim Cook among Shaughnessy Cohen nominees

Both Winters make Writers’ Trust shortlist

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