Awards

Dryden, Off, Saunders, and Talaga make B.C. award for non-fiction shortlist

Four titles have made the shortlist for the $40,000 B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. The finalists are: Ken Dryden, Game Change: the Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey (Signal/Random ... Read More »

December 4, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Edmonton Public Library discontinues its Alberta Readers’ Choice Award program

By Sue Carter

The Edmonton Public Library is no longer supporting its annual Alberta Readers’ Choice Award, which honours the province's most popular fiction and narrative non-fiction titles. Established in 2010, the $10,000 annual prize pits Albertan-authored titles ... Read More »

November 29, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Libraries

Di Brandt named Winnipeg’s first poet laureate

By Sue Carter

Winnipeg has named Di Brandt the city's first poet laureate. Brandt was selected by the Winnipeg Arts Council and members of the local poetry community for her "artistry, experience and commitment to the community." In ... Read More »

November 29, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Tessa McWatt among 2018 Eccles British Library Writer’s Award winners

By Conan Tobias

Canadian author and screenwriter Tessa McWatt is one of two winners of this year's Eccles British Library Writer's Award. The award, now in its seventh year, promotes awareness of the British Library collections relating to the U.S., Canada, and ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

2017 Speaker’s Book Award shortlist announced

By Conan Tobias

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has released its shortlist for this year's Speaker’s Book Award. Among this year's nominees are Shawn Micallef, for this book Frontier City: Toronto on the Verge of Greatness (McClelland & Stewart); Toronto Star reporter ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

O’Neill wins Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for The Lonely Hearts Hotel

By Conan Tobias

Heather O'Neill's novel The Lonely Hearts Hotel (HarperCollins) took home the $2,000 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction at the 2017 Quebec Writers' Federation's literary awards on Nov. 21. The annual prize honours fiction by English-language ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Katherena Vermette wins CODE’s 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature

By Sue Carter

Katherena Vermette's debut novel The Break (House of Anansi Press) has won CODE's 2017 Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature. A jury of Indigenous writers and educators selected the winning ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Michael Redhill wins the Giller Prize

By Sue Carter

In 2001, Michael Redhill walked onto the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize stage as a finalist, for his debut novel Martin Sloane. Sixteen years later, on Nov. 20, he was declared winner of the $100,000 prize, for his ... Read More »

November 21, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Sonnet L’Abbé wins 2017 bpNichol Chapbook Award

By Q&Q Staff

Poet Sonnet L'Abbé was awarded the 2017 bpNichol Chapbook Award on Nov. 18 during the annual Indie Literary Market in Toronto. L'Abbé, who resides on Vancouver Island, won the prize for Anima Canadensis, a collection of poems published earlier this ... Read More »

November 20, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Westwood’s Linda McKnight, storyteller Jan Andrews receive Order of Canada

By Sue Carter

Westwood Creative Artists director and vice-president Linda McKnight was named a Member of the Order of Canada at a ceremony held at Rideau Hall on Oct. 17. McKnight is commended in the official government citation for ... Read More »

November 17, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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