Awards

Matthew Hooton wins Not the Booker Prize

Okay, so winning the Not the Booker Prize is not like, well, winning the Booker, but we're sure Victoria, B.C. author Mathew Hooton is pleased as punch anyway. His debut novel, Deloume Road, published by ... Read More »

October 12, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Both Winters make Writers’ Trust shortlist

By Scott MacDonald

The Writers' Trust shortlists were announced at Toronto's Ben McNally Books this morning, and journalists everywhere have a great hook in that brother and sister team Michael and Kathleen Winter were both among the nominees ... Read More »

September 29, 2010 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Sunburst winners revealed

By Scott MacDonald

Author A.M. Dellamonica has beaten out Cory Doctorow, Robert Charles Wilson, and several other name authors to win the 2010 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. The award jurors named Dellamonica's Indigo Springs ... Read More »

September 27, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Peter Robinson wins $10,000 Harbourfront prize

By Scott MacDonald

The International Festival of Authors announced today that mystery author Peter Robinson is this year's recipient of the $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize, "based on the merits of his own published work and the time he ... Read More »

September 22, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Edna Staebler Award shortlist announced

By Scott MacDonald

The shortlist for the 2010 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction has been announced. The $10,000 award, administered by Wilfrid Laurier University, recognizes Canadian writers of first or second works of creative non-fiction with Canadian ... Read More »

September 13, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

2011 Griffin judges announced

By Scott MacDonald

The trustees of the Griffin Poetry Prize have selected the jurors for 2011: Irish author Colm ToÃbÃn, Canadian poet Tim Lilburn, and American poet Chase Twichell. This marks ToÃbÃn's second stint judging a major Canadian ... Read More »

September 1, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

2010 ReLit shortlists unveiled

By Scott MacDonald

The shortlists for the 10th annual ReLit Awards have been announced, and Q&Q's very own Zoe Whittall is among the nominees for best novel. The awards will be handed out in Ottawa on Oct. 20. ... Read More »

August 31, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

2010 ReLit Award longlists unveiled

By Scott MacDonald

Once again, Newfoundland author Kenneth J. Harvey has waded through a year's worth of small-press offerings to come up with the longlists for his annual ReLit Awards. The (oh so many) nominees are as follows: ... Read More »

August 11, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Canadians good at bad romance

By Scott MacDonald

The results are in for the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, which recognizes the year's worst opening lines in various book genres, and the romance category has been all sewn up by Canadians “ the winner, ... Read More »

June 30, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Crummey’s Galore wins CAA award

By Scott MacDonald

The Canadian Authors Association announced the recipients of its annual CAA Literary Awards at a banquet in Victoria on June 26. The winners are as follows: Mosaid Technologies Award for Fiction ($2,500): Michael Crummey, Galore ... Read More »

June 28, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

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