Kate Pullinger is the recipient of this year’s Anne Green Award, presented annually by Calgary’s Wordfest to artists “whose work explores and challenges the traditional form of story and narrative.” Pullinger receives the award for Landing ... Read More »
The Sunburst Award Society has announced the winners of this year's Copper Cylinder Awards, which recognize works of speculative fiction published in the previous year. Cory Doctorow is the winner of the Young Adult Award for Homeland (Tom ... Read More »
September 22, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
Last night, the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia revealed the winners of the annual East Coast Literary Awards. The awards, hosted this year at the Institute of Applied Creativity at NSCAD University, recognize and celebrate ... Read More »
September 21, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
The shortlist for this year's City of Vancouver Book Award was announced last week. The $3,000 award aims to recognize excellent works of any genre that commemorate the city's unique history, culture, and residents. The ... Read More »
September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
Aboriginal talent was honoured at the eighth annual Ontario Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, which were handed out last night at a gala ceremony held at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall. Poet, author, and ... Read More »
The five finalists for the 2014 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for non-fiction were announced this morning at a press conference in Toronto. The $60,000 award, the richest prize for Canadian non-fiction, garnered 92 submissions ... Read More »
September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
Margaret Atwood. David Adams Richards. Ann-Marie MacDonald. Caroline Adderson. Michael Crummey. Johanna Skibsrud. David Bergen. Kate Pullinger. Fred Stenson. Rudy Wiebe. Emma Donoghue. Thomas King. These are among the heavy hitters of CanLit who failed ... Read More »
September 16, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
Twelve authors vying for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize will be competing for the largest purse in the literary award's 21-year history. At today's longlist announcement at Montreal's McGill University, Giller founder Jack Rabinovitch announced ... Read More »
September 16, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
The Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association has established a hall of fame for writers and supporters of the genres. The 2014 inductees are Neuromancer author William Gibson, and husband-wife authors (and frequent collaborators) Spider Robinson ... Read More »
September 15, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
Toronto writer and anthropologist Jo Roberts is among 12 finalists for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, an international award for fiction and non-fiction books that promote intercultural understanding. A winner in each category will be ... Read More »
September 8, 2014 | Filed under: Awards