Awards

Dundurn author E.R. Brown nominated for an Edgar Award

Vancouver author E.R. Brown is nominated for an Edgar Award for Almost Criminal, about a high school graduate who becomes involved in a B.C. grow-op (which itself has become involved with a local biker gang). ... Read More »

March 27, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Toronto’s Children’s Book Bank wins IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award

By Julie Baldassi

A Toronto literacy organization has been named co-winner of the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award at this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair. The Children's Book Bank, a storefront literacy organization located in the high-density, low-income Toronto ... Read More »

March 25, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

La Pasteque named publisher of the year in Bologna

By Sue Carter

It's only day two of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, but Montreal publisher Éditions de la Pastèque already has plenty to celebrate. At an awards ceremony Monday night, the French-Canadian comics publisher, which launched its children's ... Read More »

March 25, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize shortlist announced

By Emma Renda

Lynn Coady's Scotiabank Giller Prize winning story collection, Hellgoing (House of Anansi Press), is among the finalists for the 2014 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize. Coady's collection made the list alongside poet and novelist ... Read More »

March 20, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Thomas King names Leanne Simpson inaugural Taylor Prize Emerging Writer

By Emma Renda

Indigenous author and traditional storyteller Leanne Simpson has been named the inaugural recipient of the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award. Simpson will receive $10,000 and mentoring from RBC Taylor Prize winner Thomas King, who nominated ... Read More »

March 19, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Kids Can, Groundwood, La Pasteque nominated for Bologna Prize

By Sue Carter

Canadian publishing houses dominate the North American category of this year's Bologna Prize, which honours the best international publishers of the year. Kids Can Press, Groundwood Books, and La PastÃ¨que will compete against U.S. firms ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

B.C. Book Prizes nominees announced

By Julie Baldassi

The nominees have been announced for the 30th annual B.C. Book Prizes, which recognize authors from the province in seven categories. This year's Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize features an all female shortlist. The winners will ... Read More »

March 12, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: RBC Taylor Prize

By Sue Carter

Yesterday at a ceremony in Toronto, Thomas King was presented with the $25,000 RBC Taylor Prize for his non-fiction title The ... Read More »

March 11, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Basil Stuart-Stubbs book prize shortlist announced

By Julie Baldassi

The shortlisted titles for the 2014 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia were announced today. Now in its second year, the annual award for Canadian authors is presented by the UBC ... Read More »

March 11, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Thomas King gets second big win for The Inconvenient Indian with RBC Taylor Prize

By Emma Renda

After winning two major literary prizes in less than a month and seeing Joseph Boyden's The Orenda win CBC's Canada Reads, author Thomas King is calling 2014 "the year of the native." The Inconvenient Indian: ... Read More »

March 10, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

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