Photos: Writers’ Trust Awards 2016

The Writers’ Trust of Canada honoured the country’s top authors and the year’s best books at a ceremony for its annual literary awards‚ held at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio on Nov. 2. Seven prizes were presented: the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction‚ the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize‚ the Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize‚ the Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award‚ the Matt Cohen Award‚ the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People‚ and the Writers’ Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Photos of the evening’s celebrations follow.

Eden Robinson, Deborah Campbell, and Louise Dennys (Photo: Tom Sandler)

Engel/Findley Award winner Eden Robinson, Weston Prize winner Deborah Campbell, and Knopf Canada executive publisher Louise Dennys (Photo: Tom Sandler)

Steve Maich and Yasuko Thanh (Photo: Tom Sandler)

Rogers Publishing senior vice-president Steve Maich and Fiction Prize winner Yasuko Thanh (Photo: Tom Sandler)

Vicky Metcalf Award winner Alan Cumyn (Photo: Tom Sandler)

Eirini Moschaki, Catherine Coreno, Cailin Cooper, Nic Boshart, and Grace O'Connell (Photo: Tom Sandler)

IFOA communications and marketing staff Eirini Moschaki and Catherine Coreno, The Walrus media and events co-ordinator Cailin Cooper, iBooks Canada editor Nic Boshart, and author Grace O’Connell (Photo: Tom Sandler)

Brad Martin and Anosh Irani(Photo: Tom Sandler)

PRH Canada CEO Brad Martin and Fiction Prize finalist Anosh Irani (Photo: Tom Sandler)

jennifer Lambert, Alan Cumyn, and Kerry Lee Powell (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

HarperCollins editorial director Jennifer Lambert, Alan Cumyn, and Fiction Prize finalist Kerry Lee Powell (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Poetry Prize winner Gregory Scofield (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

This year’s prize winners: Eden Robinson, Brian Brett, Yasuko Thahn, Alan Cumyn, Deborah Campbell, Gregory Scofield, and Colette Langlois (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Gregory Scofield and Mark Ottewell (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Matt Cohen Award winner Brian Brett and Patsy Aldana (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Host Tom Power (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

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WT chair Doug Knight and Walrus publisher and executive director Shelley Ambrose (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Dayne Ogilvie Prize winner Gwen Benaway and Fiction Prize finalist Katherena Vermette (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Grace O'Connell, Trena White, and Jesse Finkelstein (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Grace O’Connell with literary agents Trena White and Jesse Finkelstein (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Zoe Di Novi and Ashleigh Gardner (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Wattpad product growth lead Zoe Di Novi and head of partnerships Ashleigh Gardner (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Sarah Tutty and Sarah Smith-Eivemark (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Kobo content sales manager Sarah Tutty and merchandiser Sarah Smith-Eivemark (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

WT chair Doug Knight interviewed by CityTV (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

WT chair Doug Knight interviewed by City television (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Jolise Beaton, Neil Wadhwa, and Gillian Fizet (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

House of Anansi Press international sales associate Jolise Beaton, digital marketing manager Neil Wadhwa, and rights director Gillian Fizet (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Alison Motluk, Christen Thomas, and Ann Jansen (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Journalist Alison Motluk, Literary Press Group executive director Christen Thomas, and CBC Books senior producer Ann Jansen (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Signal publisher Doug Pepper and Jennifer Lambert (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Don Oravec, Brian Brett, and Sandy Crawley (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)

Former Writers’ Trust executive director Don Oravec, former Writers’ Union chair Brian Brett, and National Reading Campaign director Sandy Crawley (Photo: George Pimentel Photography)