Coyote was selected for the honour, which celebrates a writer whose work celebrates the freedom to read, because of their gifted storytelling and social-justice work.
Susin Nielsen, Kenneth Oppel, and Isabelle Arsenault nominated for 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals
The winners of the prize for the best children’s writing and illustration, presented by the U.K. librarian association CILIP, will be announced on June 17.
M. NourbeSe Philip to receive award from PEN America
The $50,000 (U.S.) prize will be presented as part of the PEN America Literary Awards in New York City on March 2.
Q&A: Jamaican-Canadian poet Lorna Goodison reflects on her career as she prepares to receive prestigious medal from the Queen
Lorna Goodison will accept the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in recognition of her 40-year body of work.
House of Anansi nominated for London Book Fair’s accessible books publishing award
Anansi Press is shortlisted in the “Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award: Publisher” category.
Tim & Elke Inkster of The Porcupine’s Quill receive Robert R. Reid Award and Medal
The co-founders of The Porcupine’s Quill were recognized for their lifetime achievements in the book arts in Canada.
Stuart Ross to launch Nelson Ball Prize for Canadian poetry
The inaugural $1,000 prize will recognize Canadian poetry publications released in 2018 or 2019.
Yukon literary talent to be celebrated with inaugural Borealis Prize
The first literary prize dedicated to talent from the Yukon will be presented this May.
Montreal illustrator Isabelle Arsenault included on shortlist for prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award
The Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award recognizes artists who have made an “important, lasting contribution to children’s literature.”
How the Aurora Awards help foster Canada’s sci-fi community and fan culture
In his 2005 book The History of Science Fiction, science-fiction scholar Adam Roberts states that “Most SF authors working today… Read More »
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