Awards

Chrystia Freeland’s Plutocrats wins 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize

Chrystia Freeland has won the $15,000 Lionel Gelber Prize for Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Doubleday Canada). In a press release, jury chair William Thorsell says, ... Read More »

March 25, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Atlantic Book Awards reveal shortlists

By Sue Carter

The Atlantic Book Awards Society has announced the shortlists for its 10 annual prizes, which celebrate the best literary works produced in Atlantic Canada. For the first time, the society is offering an award for ... Read More »

March 21, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Doug Wright Awards finalists announced

By Natalie Sequeira

A mix of comic book stalwarts, past winners, and first-time nominees have made their way onto the shortlist for the 2013 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning. Celebrating the best in English-language comics, the annual ... Read More »

March 21, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Heather Robertson wins inaugural Speaker’s Book Award

By Stuart Woods

Journalist and author Heather Robertson has won the inaugural Speaker's Book Award, which recognizes books by Ontario authors that reflect "the diverse culture and rich history of the province and of its residents." Both fiction ... Read More »

March 21, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Robert Kroetsch Award recognizes rookie poet Claire Lacey

By Julie Baldassi

Calgary poet Claire Lacey is this year's recipient of the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Her manuscript, Twin Tongues, incorporates English and Tok Pisin, the two most widely used lingua franca in Papua New ... Read More »

March 14, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

B.C. Book Prize finalists announced

By Natalie Sequeira

The best of the West Coast's writers and publishers have made their way onto this year's B.C. Book Prize shortlist, spanning seven categories ranging from children's literature to poetry to original non-fiction. The winners, each ... Read More »

March 14, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

New B.C. scholarly book prize shortlist announced

By Julie Baldassi

Sandra Djwa didn't win the Charles Taylor Prize for non-fiction, but a week later her book, Journey With No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page (McGill-Queen's University Press), is up for another award, alongside Derek ... Read More »

March 13, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Sheila Heti makes Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist

By Natalie Sequeira

Toronto-based author Sheila Heti has made the longlist for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction for her 2010 novel, How Should a Person Be? (House of Anansi Press). Formerly known as the Orange Prize, the annual ... Read More »

March 13, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Groundwood, Annick nominated for inaugural children’s publishers award

By Natalie Sequeira

Groundwood Books and Annick Press have been shortlisted for the Bologna Prize for Best Children's Publisher of the Year, a new award created in celebration of Bologna Children's Book Fair's 50th anniversary. The Toronto-based publishers ... Read More »

March 8, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Marcello Di Cintio’s Walls wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize

By Natalie Sequeira

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named Marcello Di Cintio's Walls: Travels Along the Barricades (Goose Lane Editions) the winner of this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Di Cintio received the $25,000 prize at ... Read More »

March 7, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

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