The Emerging Indigenous Voices campaign launched on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo last week by Toronto lawyer Robin Parker has raised more than $90,000, from more than 1,250 donors, toward a new Indigenous literary prize.
Excerpt: Donner Prize finalists Yves Couturier, Lucie Bonin and Louise Belzile’s L’Intégration des Services en Santé
An excerpt from the introduction of Yves Couturier, Lucie Bonin and Louise Belzile’s shortlisted L’Intégration des Services en Santé: Une Approche Populationnelle.
Kamal Al-Solaylee wins 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
Kamal Al-Solaylee has won the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing
Excerpt: Donner Prize finalist Alex Marland’s Brand Command
An excerpt Alex Marland’s shortlisted Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control.
Excerpt: Donner Prize finalist Daniel Levitin’s A Field Guide To Lies
Five titles are shortlisted for the 2016/2017 Donner Prize, which recognizes excellence in public-policy writing by Canadians.
Excerpt: Donner Prize finalist Sandra Martin’s A Good Death
Five titles are shortlisted for the 2016/2017 Donner Prize, which recognizes excellence in public-policy writing by Canadians.
Excerpt: Donner Prize finalist Juliet Johnson’s Priests of Prosperity
Five titles are shortlisted for the 2016/2017 Donner Prize, which recognizes excellence in public-policy writing by Canadians, on topics of great importance to Canadians.
Coach House plans “substantial reprint” of Canada Reads winner, Fifteen Dogs
There isn’t going to be much room left on the cover of André Alexis’s novel Fifteen Dogs (Coach House Books) now that it has won Canada Reads.
Kids Can Press wins Publisher of the Year prize at Bologna
Kids Can Press has been named North American publisher of the year at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
After 32 years, the National Business Book Award continues to evolve
The National Business Book Award has announced changes to this year’s award ceremony.
Book Clubs for Inmates founder named to Order of Ontario
Anglican minister Carol Finlay was appointed to the Order of Ontario for her work as the founder and director of Book Clubs for Inmates.
Q&A: Curator Meredith Carruthers on the Governor General’s awards’ 80th-anniversary exhibition
The Canada Council for the Arts is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Governor General’s Literary Awards with a new interactive art exhibition.
Yasuko Thanh, Deborah Campbell win Writers’ Trust Awards
More than 300 guests filled CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio on the evening of Nov. 2 for the unveiling of this year’s… Read More »
Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize winners and their editors share memories of working together
As the Rogers’ Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize turns 20, former award recipients and their editors share a behind-the-scenes look at their winning collaborations.
By the covers: Twenty years of Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize winners and editors
As the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize turns 20 this year‚ Q&Q looks back on two decades of prize-winning CanLit.
London Book Fair and Publishers Association introduce Rights Professional of the Year Award
As part of its International Excellence Awards‚ the London Book Fair will be recognizing the literary world’s top rights professionals… Read More »
Linda McKnight wins IV Programme’s Ivy Award
Westwood Creative Artists director and vice-president Linda McKnight has been named recipient of this year’s Ivy Award‚ administered by the… Read More »
Q&A: Lawrence Hill on his role as Giller Prize jury chair and reading 161 titles for the shortlist
This morning, the Scotiabank Giller Prize jury revealed the six titles in competition for this year’s award. Authors Samantha Harvey‚… Read More »
Margaret Reynolds, McNallys to be honoured by Association of Canadian Publishers
The Association of Canadian Publishers has named Margaret Reynolds, executive director of the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia,… Read More »
First awards for Canadian self-published books to debut at Whistler Writers Festival
The inaugural Whistler Independent Book Awards, jointly produced by the Whistler Writing Society and publishing and editorial services company Vivalogue… Read More »
Emma Donoghue wins Golden Box Office Award, donates $20,000 prize to ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue has surprised ImagineNATIVE, a Toronto film and media-arts festival, by donating $20,000 of her personal award… Read More »
Jewish Book Festival opens submissions for new award focused on Western Canada
The Vancouver-based Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival has launched a new literary award to spotlight Jewish literature west of… Read More »
Coach House “ecstatic” about André Alexis Giller win, extending print run
André Alexis was named this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize winner on Nov. 10 for his novel Fifteen Dogs, and Alana… Read More »
Place your bets: a Scotiabank Giller Prize primer
Tomorrow night, the winner of the prestigious $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize will be announced at a gala in Toronto. Still… Read More »
Retail Council of Canada’s Libris Awards to move to late 2015
The Retail Council of Canada’s Libris Awards, which traditionally take place in June, will move into the second half of… Read More »
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