Hambrock won the $25,000 prize for her novel She’s a Lamb.
Melissa Powless Day and reuben quinn named 2026 IVA recipients
The prizes, now in their ninth year, honour the sovereignty of Indigenous creative voices and support the work of Indigenous writers. The recipients were announced on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Winners of the 2026 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards announced
Each of the winners receives $6,000 for “artistic excellence in writing and illustration in English-language Canadian children’s literature.”
British Columbia Historical Federation names book award winners
George M. Abbott won the book award for Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now. Greg Nesteroff won the community history prize for The King of Sandon: Murder, Myth, & the Man Behind B.C.s Greatest Ghost Town.
Hanif Abdurraqib wins 2026 Weston International Award
The American essayist, poet, and cultural critic will be featured at an event in Toronto in September.
Canada Prize awarded to five scholarly books
Seven Canadian academics were awarded the Canada Book Prize for five books during the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Big Thinking Summit 2026: Inflection Point in Edmonton on June 10.
Shortlists announced for SWCC Book Awards
The prizes recognize outstanding contributions to science writing by Canadians in general and youth categories.
Lyse Doucet wins U.K. Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction
The Canadian journalist won the 2026 prize for her social history The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan.
Shortlist announced for new Al and Eurithe Purdy BC Award for Excellence
The $5,000 award, administered by the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, recognizes “an outstanding book of fiction or non-fiction written by a British Columbia author and traditionally published by a BC-based publisher.”
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