Winners of this year’s awards were announced in San Diego on July 26.
Pankaj Mishra wins 2024 Weston International Award
The $75,000 award honours an international author for their career achievement in literary nonfiction.
Creators and organizations awarded 2024 Marian Hebb Research Grants
A total of $140,000 was awarded in research grants.
Premee Mohamed shortlisted for 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
The $25,000 prize is given to an author for a single work of imaginative fiction that reflects the ideas that were central to Le Guin’s own writing.
Endowment for the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s DC Reid Poets’ Grant substantially increased
The expanded endowment from poet DC Reid will ensure the fund in perpetuity.
Ontario Speaker’s Book Award 2024 shortlist announced
The winner will be announced in the fall.
EC Dorgan and Paola Ferrante among writers chosen for annual Rising Stars program
Shortlists for 2024 Alberta Book Publishing Awards announced
Awards will be presented in Edmonton on September 24.
Janine Fuller, bill bissett among Order of Canada appointees
Filmmaker, poet, and writer Sylvia D. Hamilton and playwrights Colleen Murphy and Marcelle Dubois were also named members of the order.
Patrick deWitt wins 2024 Leacock Medal
DeWitt was named the winner of the $25,000 prize for his novel The Librarianist on June 22.
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