Awards

Playwright Hannah Moscovitch wins 2014 Trillium Book Award

The winners of the Ontario Trillium Book Awards were announced at a dinner hosted by the Ontario Media Development Corporation last night in Toronto. The announcement followed readings by the shortlisted authors on June 16. ... Read More »

June 18, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

2014 Arthur Ellis Award winners announced

By Emily Holmes

Crime Writers of Canada has announced the 2014 Arthur Ellis Award winners. The awards, which were handed out June 5 at a banquet in Toronto, recognize the best writing in the crime genre, including detective, ... Read More »

June 12, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

2014 East Coast Literary Awards finalists announced

By Dory Cerny

The shortlists for the 2014 East Coast Literary Awards have been announced by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. Executive director Jonathan Meakin and president Sylvia Gunnery revealed the nine finalists in three categories, selected ... Read More »

June 11, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Alberta Literary Awards announced

By Julie Baldassi

The 10 winners of the 2014 Alberta Literary Awards were revealed at a gala in Calgary on June 6, with former Edmonton poet laureate Alice Major being honoured with a lifetime achievement award. The Writers’ Guild ... Read More »

June 10, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Poet Karen Solie, newcomer Jess Taylor win National Magazine Awards

By Sue Carter

On June 6, the National Magazine Awards Foundation presented 47 prizes at its annual gala, held in Toronto. While established magazines such as The Walrus and Maclean's dominated the evening, in the fiction category newcomer ... Read More »

June 9, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Anne Compton, Alexandra Oliver, Murray Reiss win League of Canadian Poets awards

By Sue Carter

The League of Canadian Poets has announced the winners of its annual awards, which were presented June 7 at the LCP Poetry Festival and Conference in Toronto. The inaugural Raymond Souster Award, which recognizes the best ... Read More »

June 9, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Anne Carson becomes two-time Griffin winner

By Julie Baldassi

Anne Carson has been awarded the $65,000 Griffin Prize for Poetry for Red Doc>, a follow-up to her acclaimed poetry bestseller Autobiography of Red, making her the first two-time winner of the prestigious and lucrative ... Read More »

June 6, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

2014 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award winners announced

By Dory Cerny

The winners of the 2014 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Awards were announced at a ceremony in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on May 30. The award presentation capped off a week of author appearances in Nova Scotia, New ... Read More »

June 5, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Canadians Trish Salah, Michel Marc Bouchard win Lambda Awards

By Sue Carter

Two Canadian writers were honoured last night at the 26th annual Lambda Literary Awards in New York City. The awards recognize the best LGBT books of the previous year. Trish Salah's poetry collection Wanting in ... Read More »

June 3, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Joseph Boyden double winner at Libris Awards

By Sue Carter

Joseph Boyden was a double winner last night at the Retail Council of Canada's 2014 Libris Awards gala in Toronto. Boyden took home best author and best fiction prizes for his novel The Orenda. The ... Read More »

June 3, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Bookselling

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