Alice Munro

The Trillium Book Awards were handed out on Tuesday at a dinner in Toronto. Michael Chan, the Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport presented the awards which honour literary excellence in works published in Ontario in both official languages.

Alice Munro won her third Trillium Book Award for her collection Dear Life: Stories (McClelland & Stewart). She previously won the prize in 1991 for Friend of my Youth, and in 1999 for The Love of a Good Woman.

The other winners are:

Trillium Book Award for English-language Poetry
Matthew Tierney, Probably Inevitable (Coach House Books)

Trillium Book Award in French-language
Paul Savoie, Bleu bémol (Éditions David)

Trillium Book Award for French-language Children’s Literature
Claude Forand, Un moine trop bavard (Éditions David)