by Steven W. Beattie

Tanya Talaga named winner of the Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

At a gala event in Ottawa on Wednesday evening, Toronto Star reporter Tanya Talaga added another laurel to those already bestowed upon her debut work of non-fiction. Talaga's book, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths ... Read More »

May 10, 2018

Dawn Dumont and Camilla Grudova included on the shortlist for the 2018 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

By Steven W. Beattie

The shortlist for the 21st annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, given for the best debut collection of short fiction in English, was announced today. The five-title list is composed entirely of books from regional presses ... Read More »

May 9, 2018

David Chariandy and Arthur Manuel among winners of the 2018 B.C. Book Prizes

By Steven W. Beattie

David Chariandy has been named the winner of the 2018 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for his novel, Brother (McClelland & Stewart). Chariandy, who also won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, was named the winner ... Read More »

May 7, 2018

Tanya Talaga chooses Alicia Elliott as the winner of the 2018 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award

By Steven W. Beattie

Tuscarora writer Alicia Elliott has been named the recipient of the $10,000 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. The prize is intended to assist a writer with demonstrated promise in the completion of a work-in-progress "preferably ... Read More »

May 3, 2018

How poet Jeff Latosik uses juxtaposition and ambiguity to mine truths about the human condition

By Steven W. Beattie

"With a poem, you’re trying to say the unsayable.” As poetic manifestoes go, this one is fairly typical of Toronto’s Jeff Latosik: the language is straightforward, but the statement contains layers of meaning and ambiguity, ... Read More »

April 30, 2018

Herménégilde Chiasson’s debut poetry collection – one of the core texts of Acadian literature – is finally appearing in English translation

By Steven W. Beattie

“I’ve always felt that in society there are three main fields: culture, politics, and economy,” says Herménégilde Chiasson, the unofficial poet laureate of the region in eastern Canada known as Acadia. “Culture is at the ... Read More »

April 23, 2018

Former Maclean’s editor Kenneth Whyte launches new publishing venture, acquires The Porcupine’s Quill

By Steven W. Beattie

"I wanted to be a book publisher. It wasn't much more complicated than that." That's how Kenneth Whyte explains his newest venture: a non-fiction publishing company called The Sutherland House. "I've spent my whole career ... Read More »

April 12, 2018

Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aisha Sasha John, and Donato Mancini shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

One day after being shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize, Billy-Ray Belcourt has been nominated for the $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize, the country's richest prize for poetry. Belcourt, an Indigenous poet ... Read More »

April 10, 2018

Tim Cook’s First World War volume named winner of the 2018 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

Ottawa-based historian Tim Cook has won the $10,000 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize for his latest volume of military history, Vimy: The Battle and the Legend (Allen Lane Canada). The book takes a revisionist approach to ... Read More »

April 9, 2018

Billy-Ray Belcourt among nominees for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize

By Steven W. Beattie

Billy-Ray Belcourt, whose 2017 collection This Wound Is a World (Frontenac House) was one of last year's most acclaimed works of poetry, is one of three authors shortlisted for the 2018 Robert Kroetsch City of ... Read More »

April 9, 2018

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Quill and Quire

Tanya Talaga named winner of the Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

Dawn Dumont and Camilla Grudova included on the shortlist for the 2018 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

David Chariandy and Arthur Manuel among winners of the 2018 B.C. Book Prizes

Tanya Talaga chooses Alicia Elliott as the winner of the 2018 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award

How poet Jeff Latosik uses juxtaposition and ambiguity to mine truths about the human condition

Herménégilde Chiasson’s debut poetry collection – one of the core texts of Acadian literature – is finally appearing in English translation

Former Maclean’s editor Kenneth Whyte launches new publishing venture, acquires The Porcupine’s Quill

Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aisha Sasha John, and Donato Mancini shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize

Tim Cook’s First World War volume named winner of the 2018 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize

Billy-Ray Belcourt among nominees for the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize

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