The winner of the $25,000 prize will be announced on May 10.
The winner of the $25,000 prize will be announced on May 10.
The $75,000 Weston International Award is a companion to the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the purse for which has been increased to $75,000.
This is the first time a book from a North American publisher has won the international prize.
The prize for literary excellence in crime writing is awarded by the International Association of Crime Writers North American Branch.
Winners of the Lammys, which honour LGBTQ writers across 25 categories, will be announced June 9.
This year, for the first time since the prize was established in 2000, the prize’s Canadian and international categories have merged. The 10-book longlist is for a single prize instead of two prizes of $65,000.
The new prize aims to acknowledge organizations championing environmental efforts in publishing.
The Victoria writer and artist was awarded the prize for his book E. J. Hughes: Canadian War Artist.
Five of the 15 titles are by Canadian authors, and three are published by independent Canadian presses.