Awards

Basil Papademos detained by Canadian border patrol after winning Bisexual Erotic Fiction award

Basil Papademos won the Bisexual Erotic Fiction award for his novel Mount Royal (Tightrope Books) at the Bisexual Book Awards in New York City on June 2. According to the website examiner.com, while on his ... Read More »

June 11, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

WFNS Literary Awards shortlists revealed

By Maria Siassina

The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia has announced the shortlists for the WFNS Literary Awards. The awards celebrate and promote excellence in writing from Canada's Atlantic region. Jurors picked the nine finalists from 68 submissions ... Read More »

June 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Jeffrey Round wins Lamdba Literary Award

By Sue Carter

Jeffrey Round's Lake on the Mountain (Dundurn Press), the first novel in his Dan Sharp Mystery series, has won a Lambda Literary Award in the gay-mystery category. The awards, which celebrate achievement in lesbian, gay, ... Read More »

June 5, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

CBA Libris Awards announced

By Maria Siassina

Yesterday at the Toronto Congress Centre, Terry Fallis was awarded the Libris Author award, beating out Will Ferguson, Alice Munro, and Nancy Richler. Ferguson had his own victory when he took home the fiction prize ... Read More »

June 4, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Arthur Ellis Awards announced

By Julie Baldassi

At a gala dinner last evening, Giles Blunt was presented with the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis award for best novel for Until the Night (Random House Canada), beating out fellow crime fiction heavyweight ... Read More »

May 31, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Tamas Dobozy lands on Frank O’Connor Prize shortlist

By Steven W. Beattie

The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award announced its 2013 shortlist today, and one of the six spots goes to Ontario author Tamas Dobozy for his 2012 collection Siege 13 (Thomas Allen Publishers). Ten Canadian ... Read More »

May 31, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Trillium Book Award finalists announced

By Julie Baldassi

The Trillium Book Award shortlists have been released for English- and French-language books, English-language poetry and French-language children's literature. English finalists: Tamara Faith Berger, Maidenhead (Coach House Books) Steven Heighton, The Dead Are More Visible ... Read More »

May 30, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Biblioasis author Mia Couto wins â‚¬100,000 CamÃµes Prize for Literature

By Julie Baldassi

The â‚¬100,000 CamÃµes Prize for Literature was awarded to the former Mozambican revolutionary and prolific Lusophone writer Mia Couto in Rio de Janeiro Monday night. The prize, awarded annually by the Portuguese FundaÃ§Ã£o Biblioteca Nacional ... Read More »

May 29, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Chrystia Freeland’s Plutocrats named National Business Book Award winner

By Steven W. Beattie

Alberta-born, New York City“based journalist Chrystia Freeland has won the 2013 National Business Book Award for her book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Doubleday Canada). The ... Read More »

May 28, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Alberta Book Publishing Award and Alberta Literary Award winners revealed

By Maria Siassina

The Writers' Guild of Alberta and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta announced the winners of the Alberta Book Publishing Awards and the Alberta Literary Awards at a gala Sunday night. Alberta Book Publishing Award ... Read More »

May 28, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

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