Awards

Iva Cheung wins Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence

Iva Cheung has won the 2011 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence for her work on Cow: A Bovine Biography (Greystone Books). Written by Florian Werner, and translated from German by Doris Ecker, the book ... Read More »

June 19, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Yi-Mei Tsiang, Sue Goyette win Lampert, Lowther awards

By Sue Carter

The League of Canadian Poets has announced the winners of the Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial Awards, which were presented June 16 at the LCP Poetry Festival and Conference in Saskatoon. Halifax poet Sue ... Read More »

June 19, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

ECW, Theytus, Breakwater take home IPPY Awards

By Natalie Samson

ECW Press, Theytus Books, and Breakwater Books are just some of the Canadian independent publishers honoured at the 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards last week. Gold, silver, and bronze IPPY medals were handed out across ... Read More »

June 15, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Jon McGregor wins International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

By Katie Gowrie

British author Jon McGregor was awarded the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award today for his novel Even the Dogs. The novel beat out Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad, Canadian David ... Read More »

June 13, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Lynn Coady, U of Calgary Press among winners at 2012 Alberta Book Awards Gala

By Katie Gowrie

The winners of the 30th annual Alberta Literary Awards, the Alberta Book Publishing Awards, and the Alberta Readers' Choice Award were revealed June 9 in Calgary at the 2012 Alberta Book Awards Gala. Fred Stenson ... Read More »

June 12, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Anansi poet Ken Babstock wins Griffin

By Stuart Woods

An emotional Ken Babstock won the Canadian portion of this year's Griffin Poetry Prize at a gala in Toronto Thursday night. Babstock won the $65,000 prize for his fourth collection, Methodist Hatchet (House of Anansi ... Read More »

June 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Ian Williams wins Danuta Gleed Award for debut collection

By Stuart Woods

Ian Williams has won this year's Danuta Gleed Award, which recognizes the best first collection of short fiction published in Canada. Williams won the $10,000 prize, presented by The Writers' Union of Canada, for 2011's ... Read More »

June 7, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Farzana Doctor wins Lambda Literary Award

By Katie Gowrie

Farzana Doctor has won a Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Fiction for her novel Six Metres of Pavement (Dundurn Press). The honour was granted Monday night at the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards gala in ... Read More »

June 6, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Peter Robinson, Ian Hamilton among winners of Arthur Ellis Awards

By Katie Gowrie

The winners of the Arthur Ellis Awards have been announced. The awards, presented by Crime Writers of Canada at a banquet in Toronto last week, recognize excellence in Canadian crime writing across six categories. And ... Read More »

June 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

The Walrus launches $5,000 poetry prize

By Sue Carter

A single poem could fill your pockets with $5,000, thanks to The Walrus's new poetry award. The shortlist for the Walrus Poetry Prize will be blind judged by the magazine's poetry editor, Michael Lista, with ... Read More »

June 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

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