The annual awards, now in their 42nd year, are administered by the West Coast Book Prize Society and celebrate the achievements of B.C. and Yukon writers, illustrators, and publishers.
2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards winners announced
The awards, which encompass trade and academic publishing and include design awards, celebrate the best in Alberta publishing and were announced on Sept. 17.
Tracey Lindberg and George Littlechild win Warland Award
The Cree Word for Love won the prize for outstanding hybrid-genre book published in Canada.
Gwen Aube, Tiana Reid, Misha Solomon named finalists of 2026 Dayne Ogilvie Prize
The annual $12,000 prize is presented annually by the Writers’ Trust of Canada to an emerging writer who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or two-spirit for their debut book. The winner will be named on Nov. 10.
Taste Canada Awards 2026 shortlists announced
The national, bilingual awards program for culinary writing bestows prizes in both languages in five categories with winners announced in October.
Winners of 2026 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards revealed
The annual awards recognize and reward the finest Canadian writing on Jewish themes and subjects.
Finalists named for 2026 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
New genre fiction prize honours late writer Andrew Pyper
The annual $20,000 Andrew Pyper Prize for Genre Fiction is an independent prize that will be administered in partnership with the Writers’ Trust of Canada.
14 books longlisted for 2026 Giller Prize
The shortlist for the $100,000 prize will be announced on Oct. 5, with the winner to be named at a gala in Toronto on Nov. 16.
Five books shortlisted for the 2026 Toronto Book Awards
The shortlist includes four novels, including a YA romance title, and one non-fiction crime and legal history.
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