Awards

Pierre Pratt wins 2015 IBBY Canada Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award

Prolific Montreal author-illustrator Pierre Pratt has been named the winner of IBBY Canada's Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for his art in Stop, Thief! (Kids Can Press), written by Heather Tekavec. The $1,000 prize ... Read More »

April 20, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Alfred Hermida wins National Business Book Award

By Sarah Kester

Alfred Hermida, an associate professor at UBC's Graduate School of Journalism, is the 2015 winner of the National Business Book Award for Tell Everyone: Why we Share and Why it Matters (Doubleday Canada). Tell Everyone explores how our ... Read More »

April 16, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award shortlist announced

By Sarah Kester

The Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards shortlist has been announced. During even years the awards honour fiction and children's/young adult fiction; during odd years, poetry and non-fiction. Only residents of Newfoundland and Labrador are eligible ... Read More »

April 15, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Jean-Francois Blanchette wins 2015 Prix Champlain

By Becky Robertson

Former Canadian Museum of History historic furniture and decorative arts curator Jean-François Blanchette* has received the 2015 Non-fiction Prix Champlain for his book about the museum's Quebec folk art collections, Du coq à l’âme : L’art ... Read More »

April 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Alberta Literary Awards shortlist announced

By Sarah Kester

The Writers' Guild of Alberta has announced the shortlist for their 2015 Alberta Literary Awards. The awards recognize and celebrate authors from the province. The jury read more than 150 submissions and chose 24 finalists ... Read More »

April 10, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Marie Annharte Baker wins Blue Metropolis’s inaugural First Peoples Prize

By Becky Robertson

Indigenous Canadian poet Marie "Annharte" Baker and American graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang will each receive one of two new awards at this year's Blue Metropolis Literary Festival in Montreal, taking place April 20–26. Annharte ... Read More »

April 9, 2015 | Filed under: Awards, Events

Nina Bunjevac, Michael DeForge, Tamakis among 2015 Doug Wright Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The nominees for the 11th annual Doug Wright Awards, recognizing the best Canadian comic books and cartooning from the previous year, have been revealed. A jury comprising cartoonist and teacher Fiona Smyth, Taddle Creek publisher ... Read More »

April 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2015 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlists announced

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize, the world's richest prize for a collection of poetry in English, have been revealed. This year's judging panel, which chose the shortlists from 560 submissions from 42 ... Read More »

April 7, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2015 Manitoba Book Awards shortlists annnounced

By Becky Robertson

The Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers have revealed the finalists for the annual Manitoba Book Awards, recognizing the best titles by Manitoba authors. The shortlists are: Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award ... Read More »

April 2, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

2015 Leacock Medal for Humour shortlist revealed

By Becky Robertson

The Leacock Associates have announced the finalists for the annual Leacock Medal for Humour, which recognizes the best book of humour by a Canadian from the year prior. On the list are memoirs by Great ... Read More »

April 1, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

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