Awards

Catherine Hernandez, Omar El Akkad, Eden Robinson nominated for OLA’s Evergreen Award

A diverse list of titles have been nominated for this year's Ontario Library Association’s Evergreen Award. A committee of library professionals selected the finalists for the adult-reading program, with the winner to be selected by ... Read More »

January 31, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Anne, Alias Grace, Giller Prize receive Canadian Screen Awards nods

By Sue Carter

Anne, the CBC/Netflix television series based on the Anne of Green Gables books by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is up for 13 Canadian Screen Awards, the most nominations received by any program or film this year. ... Read More »

January 16, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Daniel Coleman, James Maskalyk, Tanya Talaga shortlisted for 2018 RBC Taylor Prize

By Dory Cerny

The three-member jury of the RBC Taylor Prize have announced the five books shortlisted for the award, which celebrates excellence in literary non-fiction in English. Jurors Anne Giardini, James Polk, and Christine Elliott whittled the ... Read More »

January 10, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Janice Gross Stein leads 2018 Lionel Gelber jury

By Dory Cerny

The jury for the 2018 Lionel Gelber Prize, which recognizes the world's best English-language non-fiction book on foreign affairs, has been announced. Janice Gross Stein, Belzberg professor of conflict and global affairs at the University ... Read More »

January 8, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Canada Reads picks 15 titles that will “open your eyes”

By Sue Carter

This year's Canada Reads longlist is dominated by recent award honorees and bestsellers, including Omar El Akkad's American War and Tanya Talaga's Seven Fallen Feathers. Fifteen titles were selected that speak to the theme "One ... Read More »

January 8, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Lee Maracle, Alberto Manguel, Sally Armstrong among Order of Canada appointees

By Sue Carter

Métis-Salish author Lee Maracle has been appointed an officer of the Order of Canada for her "contributions to Canada’s literary landscape and for her influential voice in cultural relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in ... Read More »

January 4, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Lisa Robertson named recipient of inaugural $40,000 C.D. Wright Award for Poetry

By Sue Carter

Canadian-born experimental poet Lisa Robertson has won the first C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, a $40,000 U.S. prize administered by the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Poets Tonya Foster and Peter Gizzi, who acted as advisors ... Read More »

January 4, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

Emily Urquhart named Wilfrid Laurier University’s new Edna Staebler writer-in-residence

By Sue Carter

Creative non-fiction author Emily Urquhart has been named Wilfrid Laurier University’s Edna Staebler writer-in-residence for winter 2018. Urquhart, who is based in Kitchener, Ontario, is the author of Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family, and the ... Read More »

December 7, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Rupi Kahr, Lilly Singh top GoodReads Choice Awards list

By Sue Carter

Poet Rupi Kaur and YouTube star Lilly Singh have been named GoodRead Choice Award winners. More than 3.8 million votes were cast in 20 categories by members of the book-reviewing platform. Kaur's sophomore collection, the ... Read More »

December 6, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Tanya Talaga, James Maskalyk, Jan Wong longlisted for RBC Taylor Prize

By Sue Carter

Ten titles have been nominated for the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize, which acknowledges excellence in Canadian literary non-fiction. James Maskaly's shortlisted title, Life on the Ground Floor: Letters From the Edge of Emergency Medicine (Doubleday ... Read More »

December 6, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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Catherine Hernandez, Omar El Akkad, Eden Robinson nominated for OLA’s Evergreen Award

Anne, Alias Grace, Giller Prize receive Canadian Screen Awards nods

Daniel Coleman, James Maskalyk, Tanya Talaga shortlisted for 2018 RBC Taylor Prize

Janice Gross Stein leads 2018 Lionel Gelber jury

Canada Reads picks 15 titles that will “open your eyes”

Lee Maracle, Alberto Manguel, Sally Armstrong among Order of Canada appointees

Lisa Robertson named recipient of inaugural $40,000 C.D. Wright Award for Poetry

Emily Urquhart named Wilfrid Laurier University’s new Edna Staebler writer-in-residence

Rupi Kahr, Lilly Singh top GoodReads Choice Awards list

Tanya Talaga, James Maskalyk, Jan Wong longlisted for RBC Taylor Prize

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