Fresh off a major sponsorship announcement last week, the Writers’ Trust of Canada revealed today that it has secured a grant from Amazon.ca to support the charitable organization’s work in promoting Canadian writing.

The one-time, $15,000 donation from Amazon will go toward two key initiatives administered by the Writers’ Trust: the Berton House Writers’ Retreat, which offers residencies to four Canadian authors each year in Dawson City, Yukon, and the Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award, which celebrates mid-career authors for their bodies of work. Last year’s winner of the $25,000 prize, created in 2008 by merging two prior awards, was Miriam Toews.

In a press release, Amazon.ca director John Nemeth said: “The Writers’ Trust of Canada has been a bulwark of support for the Canadian author and publishing community for many years. We are proud to be able to help the organization support the creation of great new works.

Amazon.ca is also a supporter of the Writers’ Trust’s annual fundraising gala, Politics and the Pen.