Awards

Vancouver author William New wins Woodcock award

William New is the 20th recipient of the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, a prize that honours an outstanding literary career in B.C. New is a scholar and poet who has written and edited more ... Read More »

July 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Pandora’s Collective winners announced

By Julie Baldassi

Vancouver-based Pandora's Collective has announced the winners of its annual awards, highlighting the achievements of writers, organizers, mentors, and other literati in Vancouver. Joy Kogawa won the Distinctive Body of Work Award. Kogawa is best ... Read More »

July 10, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Barbara Reid appointed to the Order of Canada

By Sue Carter

Children's book author and illustrator Barbara Reid has been appointed a member of the Order of Canada, which "recognizes a lifetime of distinguished service in or to a particular community, group or field of activity." ... Read More »

July 3, 2013 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Caterpillar Multilingual Kid Lit Award winner announced

By Julie Baldassi

Canadian-Hungarian-Japanese writer Csilla Istok has won the 2013 Rainbow Caterpillar Multilingual Kid Lit Award last week for her Hungarian-language short story "When the Sun Dies." The prize is open to unpublished short stories by a ... Read More »

July 2, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

C.E. Gatchalian wins Dayne Ogilive Prize

By Sue Carter

Vancouver playwright C.E. Gatchalian has won this year's Dayne Ogilive Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers. Presented by The Writers' Union of Canada, the $4,000 prize is given annually to an emerging gay, lesbian, bisexual, or ... Read More »

June 27, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Where are the CanLit stars on Canada’s Walk of Fame?

By Sue Carter

Oscar Peterson, Terry Fox, and Alan Thicke were among eight Canadians inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame today. The program celebrates "Canadians who have excelled in music, sport, film, television as well as the literary, ... Read More »

June 25, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Alice Munro among Trillium Book Award winners

By Maria Siassina

The Trillium Book Awards were handed out on Tuesday at a dinner in Toronto. Michael Chan, the Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport presented the awards which honour literary excellence in works published in Ontario in ... Read More »

June 19, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Christopher Meades wins CAA Literary Award

By Sue Carter

On June 15 at a ceremony in Orillia, Ontario, Vancouver's Christopher Meades was presented with the Canadian Authors Association's fiction award for his novel The Last Hiccup (ECW Press). Founded in 1975, the CAA Literary ... Read More »

June 17, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

McFadden wins Griffin Poetry Prize

By Julie Baldassi

Canadian poet David McFadden briefly took to the stage at last night's Griffin Poetry Prize gala to accept the $65,000 award “ the richest in the world for a single book of poetry “ for his latest ... Read More »

June 14, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

League of Canadian Poets announce award winners

By Maria Siassina

The League of Canadian Poets revealed the winners for its three annual awards June 8 at the LCP Poetry Festival and Conference in Toronto. The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of ... Read More »

June 13, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

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