Photos: the 2014 Writers’ Trust Awards

Prize recipients Joan Thomas, Cary Fagan, Miriam Toews, Ken Babstock, Susan Musgrave, and Tyler Keevil at the Writers’ Trust Awards (photo: Tom Sandler)

On Nov. 4, the literary community gathered at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio as the Writers’ Trust of Canada revealed the winners of its 14th annual Writers’ Trust Awards.

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108785 Globe and Mail arts editor Jared Bland hosting the awards (photo: Tom Sandler) Globe and Mail Arts Editor Jared Bland hosts the awards https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Globe-and-Mail-Arts-Editor-Jared-Bland-hosts-the-awards-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Globe-and-Mail-Arts-Editor-Jared-Bland-hosts-the-awards.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Globe-and-Mail-Arts-Editor-Jared-Bland-hosts-the-awards.jpg 500 334 {"aperture":3.2,"camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1394863475,"focal_length":"70","iso":"4000","shutter_speed":"0.004"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/globe-and-mail-arts-editor-jared-bland-hosts-the-awards/ globe-and-mail-arts-editor-jared-bland-hosts-the-awards 0 0: Globe and Mail arts editor Jared Bland hosting the awards (photo: Tom Sandler)

108782 2014 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize winner Miriam Toews (<a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/review/all-my-puny-sorrows/">All My Puny Sorrows</a>) with 2013 winner Colin McAdam (<a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/review/a-beautiful-truth/">A Beautiful Truth</a>) (photo: Tom Sandler) 2014 RWTFP winner Miriam Toews and 2013 winner Colin McAdam[1] https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-RWTFP-winner-Miriam-Toews-and-2013-winner-Colin-McAdam1-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-RWTFP-winner-Miriam-Toews-and-2013-winner-Colin-McAdam1.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-RWTFP-winner-Miriam-Toews-and-2013-winner-Colin-McAdam1.jpg 500 340 {"aperture":5.6,"camera":"NIKON D4","created_timestamp":1415143336,"focal_length":"32","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.02"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/2014-rwtfp-winner-miriam-toews-and-2013-winner-colin-mcadam1/ 2014-rwtfp-winner-miriam-toews-and-2013-winner-colin-mcadam1 0 0: 2014 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize winner Miriam Toews (All My Puny Sorrows) with 2013 winner Colin McAdam (A Beautiful Truth) (photo: Tom Sandler)

108781 2013 Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People winner Barbara Reid presenting the 2014 award to Cary Fagan (photo: Tom Sandler) 2013 Vicky Metcalf Award winner Barbara Reid presents the 2014 award to Cary Fagan https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2013-Vicky-Metcalf-Award-winner-Barbara-Reid-presents-the-2014-award-to-Cary-Fagan-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2013-Vicky-Metcalf-Award-winner-Barbara-Reid-presents-the-2014-award-to-Cary-Fagan.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2013-Vicky-Metcalf-Award-winner-Barbara-Reid-presents-the-2014-award-to-Cary-Fagan.jpg 500 333 {"aperture":5,"camera":"NIKON D4","created_timestamp":1415145911,"focal_length":"32","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.01"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/2013-vicky-metcalf-award-winner-barbara-reid-presents-the-2014-award-to-cary-fagan/ 2013-vicky-metcalf-award-winner-barbara-reid-presents-the-2014-award-to-cary-fagan 0 0: 2013 Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People winner Barbara Reid presenting the 2014 award to Cary Fagan (photo: Tom Sandler)

108783 McClelland & Stewart publisher Ellen Seligman, Anne McDermid & Associates literary agent Martha Magor Webb, and 2014 Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award winner Joan Thomas (photo: Tom Sandler) Ellen Seligman, Martha Magor and Engel-Findley Award winner Joan Thomas https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ellen-Seligman-Martha-Magor-and-Engel-Findley-Award-winner-Joan-Thomas-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ellen-Seligman-Martha-Magor-and-Engel-Findley-Award-winner-Joan-Thomas.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ellen-Seligman-Martha-Magor-and-Engel-Findley-Award-winner-Joan-Thomas.jpg 500 353 {"aperture":7.1,"camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1394861087,"focal_length":"32","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/ellen-seligman-martha-magor-and-engel-findley-award-winner-joan-thomas/ ellen-seligman-martha-magor-and-engel-findley-award-winner-joan-thomas 0 0: McClelland & Stewart publisher Ellen Seligman, Anne McDermid & Associates literary agent Martha Magor Webb, and 2014 Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award winner Joan Thomas (photo: Tom Sandler)

108787 Writers' Trust/ McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize juror Craig Davidson shakes hands with 2014 winner Tyler Keevil ("Sealskin") while fellow juror and Q&Q review editor Steven W. Beattie looks on (photo: Tom Sandler) Journey Prize juror Craig Davidson shakes the hand of winner Tyler Keevil while fellow juror Steven W. Beattie looks on https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Journey-Prize-juror-Craig-Davidson-shakes-the-hand-of-winner-Tyler-Keevil-while-fellow-juror-Steven-W.-Beattie-looks-on-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Journey-Prize-juror-Craig-Davidson-shakes-the-hand-of-winner-Tyler-Keevil-while-fellow-juror-Steven-W.-Beattie-looks-on.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Journey-Prize-juror-Craig-Davidson-shakes-the-hand-of-winner-Tyler-Keevil-while-fellow-juror-Steven-W.-Beattie-looks-on.jpg 500 323 {"aperture":3.2,"camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1394866365,"focal_length":"82","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.004"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/journey-prize-juror-craig-davidson-shakes-the-hand-of-winner-tyler-keevil-while-fellow-juror-steven-w-beattie-looks-on/ journey-prize-juror-craig-davidson-shakes-the-hand-of-winner-tyler-keevil-while-fellow-juror-steven-w-beattie-looks-on 0 0: Writers’ Trust/ McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize juror Craig Davidson shakes hands with 2014 winner Tyler Keevil (“Sealskin”) while fellow juror and Q&Q review editor Steven W. Beattie looks on (photo: Tom Sandler)

108796 Susan Musgrave accepting the Matt Cohen Award in celebration of a writing life (photo: Tom Sandler) Susan Musgrave accepts the Matt Cohen Award https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Susan-Musgrave-accepts-the-Matt-Cohen-Award-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Susan-Musgrave-accepts-the-Matt-Cohen-Award.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Susan-Musgrave-accepts-the-Matt-Cohen-Award.jpg 500 333 {"aperture":5,"camera":"NIKON D4","created_timestamp":1415146405,"focal_length":"56","iso":"4000","shutter_speed":"0.01"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/susan-musgrave-accepts-the-matt-cohen-award/ susan-musgrave-accepts-the-matt-cohen-award 0 0: Susan Musgrave accepting the Matt Cohen Award in celebration of a writing life (photo: Tom Sandler)

108789 Ken Babstock talks to reporters about his Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize win (photo: Tom Sandler) Ken Babstock talks to reporters about his Latner WT Poretry Prize win https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ken-Babstock-talks-to-reporters-about-his-Latner-WT-Poretry-Prize-win-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ken-Babstock-talks-to-reporters-about-his-Latner-WT-Poretry-Prize-win.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Ken-Babstock-talks-to-reporters-about-his-Latner-WT-Poretry-Prize-win.jpg 500 333 {"aperture":4.5,"camera":"NIKON D4","created_timestamp":1415149522,"focal_length":"29","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.00625"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/ken-babstock-talks-to-reporters-about-his-latner-wt-poretry-prize-win/ ken-babstock-talks-to-reporters-about-his-latner-wt-poretry-prize-win 0 0: Ken Babstock talks to reporters about his Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize win (photo: Tom Sandler)

108791 Poetry Prize sponsors Steven Latner and Lynda Latner with Writers' Trust executive director Mary Osborne (photo: Tom Sandler)(middle). Latner WT Poetry Prize sponsor Steven Latner and Lynda Latner flank WT ED Mary Osborne https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Latner-WT-Poetry-Prize-sponsor-Steven-Latner-and-Lynda-Latner-flank-WT-ED-Mary-Osborne-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Latner-WT-Poetry-Prize-sponsor-Steven-Latner-and-Lynda-Latner-flank-WT-ED-Mary-Osborne.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Latner-WT-Poetry-Prize-sponsor-Steven-Latner-and-Lynda-Latner-flank-WT-ED-Mary-Osborne.jpg 500 333 {"aperture":5.6,"camera":"NIKON D4","created_timestamp":1415142408,"focal_length":"34","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.02"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/latner-wt-poetry-prize-sponsor-steven-latner-and-lynda-latner-flank-wt-ed-mary-osborne/ latner-wt-poetry-prize-sponsor-steven-latner-and-lynda-latner-flank-wt-ed-mary-osborne 0 0: Poetry Prize sponsors Steven Latner and Lynda Latner with Writers’ Trust executive director Mary Osborne (photo: Tom Sandler)(middle).

108784 Ryeberg.com creator and editor Erik Rutherford with Miriam Toews (photo: Tom Sandler) Erik Rutherford and Miriam Toews https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Erik-Rutherford-and-Miriam-Toews-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Erik-Rutherford-and-Miriam-Toews.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Erik-Rutherford-and-Miriam-Toews.jpg 500 751 {"aperture":5.6,"camera":"NIKON D4","created_timestamp":1415143399,"focal_length":"35","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.02"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/erik-rutherford-and-miriam-toews/ erik-rutherford-and-miriam-toews 0 0: Ryeberg.com creator and editor Erik Rutherford with Miriam Toews (photo: Tom Sandler)

108808 Journey Prize nominees Lori McNulty ("Monsoon Season") and Clea Young ("Juvenile") (photo: Tom Sandler) Journey Prize nominees Lori McNulty and Clea Young https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Journey-Prize-nominees-Lori-McNulty-and-Clea-Young1-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Journey-Prize-nominees-Lori-McNulty-and-Clea-Young1.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Journey-Prize-nominees-Lori-McNulty-and-Clea-Young1.jpg 500 338 {"aperture":7.1,"camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1394860888,"focal_length":"35","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/journey-prize-nominees-lori-mcnulty-and-clea-young-2/ journey-prize-nominees-lori-mcnulty-and-clea-young-2 0 0: Journey Prize nominees Lori McNulty (“Monsoon Season”) and Clea Young (“Juvenile”) (photo: Tom Sandler)

108792 Rogers Media vice-president of public affairs Jan Innes congratulates Fiction Prize winner Miriam Toews (photo: Tom Sandler) Rogers' Jan Innes congratulates Rogers WT Fiction Prize winner Miriam Toews https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Rogers-Jan-Innes-congratulates-Rogers-WT-Fiction-Prize-winner-Miriam-Toews-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Rogers-Jan-Innes-congratulates-Rogers-WT-Fiction-Prize-winner-Miriam-Toews.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Rogers-Jan-Innes-congratulates-Rogers-WT-Fiction-Prize-winner-Miriam-Toews.jpg 500 334 {"aperture":3.5,"camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1394867473,"focal_length":"122","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.004"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/rogers-jan-innes-congratulates-rogers-wt-fiction-prize-winner-miriam-toews/ rogers-jan-innes-congratulates-rogers-wt-fiction-prize-winner-miriam-toews 0 0: Rogers Media vice-president of public affairs Jan Innes congratulates Fiction Prize winner Miriam Toews (photo: Tom Sandler)

108793 Fiction Prize nominee <a HREF="http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/carrie-snyder-en-route-to-a-runaway-success/">Carrie Snyder</A> (Girl Runner) (photo: Tom Sandler) RWTFP nominee Carrie Snyder https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RWTFP-nominee-Carrie-Snyder-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RWTFP-nominee-Carrie-Snyder.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RWTFP-nominee-Carrie-Snyder.jpg 500 333 {"aperture":5.6,"camera":"NIKON D4","created_timestamp":1415141347,"focal_length":"36","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.02"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/rwtfp-nominee-carrie-snyder/ rwtfp-nominee-carrie-snyder 0 0: Fiction Prize nominee Carrie Snyder (Girl Runner) (photo: Tom Sandler)

108794 Fiction Prize nominee Steven Galloway (<a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/review/the-confabulist/">The Confabulist</a>) and winner Miriam Toews (photo: Tom Sandler) RWTFP nominee Steven Galloway and winner Miriam Toews https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RWTFP-nominee-Steven-Galloway-and-winner-Miriam-Toews-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RWTFP-nominee-Steven-Galloway-and-winner-Miriam-Toews.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/RWTFP-nominee-Steven-Galloway-and-winner-Miriam-Toews.jpg 500 333 {"aperture":5.6,"camera":"NIKON D4","created_timestamp":1415142012,"focal_length":"34","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.02"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/rwtfp-nominee-steven-galloway-and-winner-miriam-toews/ rwtfp-nominee-steven-galloway-and-winner-miriam-toews 0 0: Fiction Prize nominee Steven Galloway (The Confabulist) and winner Miriam Toews (photo: Tom Sandler)

108797 Poets Gillian Savigny and Moez Surani with Globe and Mail books section editor Mark Medley and National Post books editor Emily M. Keeler (photo: Tom Sandler) x Moez Surani, Mark Medley, Emily M Keeler https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/x-Moez-Surani-Mark-Medley-Emily-M-Keeler-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/x-Moez-Surani-Mark-Medley-Emily-M-Keeler.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/x-Moez-Surani-Mark-Medley-Emily-M-Keeler.jpg 500 342 {"aperture":3.2,"camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1394869140,"focal_length":"28","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.004"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/x-moez-surani-mark-medley-emily-m-keeler/ x-moez-surani-mark-medley-emily-m-keeler 0 0: Poets Gillian Savigny and Moez Surani with Globe and Mail books section editor Mark Medley and National Post books editor Emily M. Keeler (photo: Tom Sandler)

108786 Westwood Creative Artists literary agents Hilary McMahon and Carolyn Forde with Writers' Trust executive director Mary Osborne (photo: Tom Sandler) Hilary McMahon, Carolyn Forde, Mary Osborne https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Hilary-McMahon-Carolyn-Forde-Mary-Osborne-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Hilary-McMahon-Carolyn-Forde-Mary-Osborne.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Hilary-McMahon-Carolyn-Forde-Mary-Osborne.jpg 500 333 {"aperture":5.6,"camera":"NIKON D4","created_timestamp":1415141128,"focal_length":"31","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.02"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/hilary-mcmahon-carolyn-forde-mary-osborne/ hilary-mcmahon-carolyn-forde-mary-osborne 0 0: Westwood Creative Artists literary agents Hilary McMahon and Carolyn Forde with Writers’ Trust executive director Mary Osborne (photo: Tom Sandler)

108795 Writers Sandy Pool, Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall, Grace O'Connell, Greg Hudson, and Vikki Van Sickle (photo: Tom Sandler) Sandy Pool, Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall, Grace O'Connell, Greg Hudson, Vikki Van Sickle https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Sandy-Pool-Shaughnessy-Bishop-Stall-Grace-OConnell-Greg-Hudson-Vikki-Van-Sickle-150x150.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Sandy-Pool-Shaughnessy-Bishop-Stall-Grace-OConnell-Greg-Hudson-Vikki-Van-Sickle.jpg https://quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Sandy-Pool-Shaughnessy-Bishop-Stall-Grace-OConnell-Greg-Hudson-Vikki-Van-Sickle.jpg 500 334 {"aperture":7.1,"camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1394861299,"focal_length":"32","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667"} https://quillandquire.com/events/2014/11/07/photos-the-2014-writers-trust-awards/slide/sandy-pool-shaughnessy-bishop-stall-grace-oconnell-greg-hudson-vikki-van-sickle/ sandy-pool-shaughnessy-bishop-stall-grace-oconnell-greg-hudson-vikki-van-sickle 0 0: Writers Sandy Pool, Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall, Grace O’Connell, Greg Hudson, and Vikki Van Sickle (photo: Tom Sandler)