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.”
Leila Marshy wins the Danuta Gleed Literary Award
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, Hajer Mirwali named 2026 Trillium Book Award winners
Sarah Migneron and Lisa L’Heureux were named the winners of the 2026 Prix Trillium.
Griffin Poetry Prize to reinstate Canadian Poetry Prize
In an announcement on June 10, the trustees of the prize announced that the $65,000 Canadian Poetry Prize would be reinstated, along with a number of other changes to the prize.
Writers’ Guild of Alberta awards annual literary prizes
Nova Scotia Book Awards and Atlantic Book Awards winners announced at Atlantic Book Festival
The awards, which celebrate Atlantic and Nova Scotian writing and publishing, were celebrated at a time when book publishing in Nova Scotia is being squeezed by the obliteration of provincial funding to the industry.
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