The Matryoshka Memoirs: A Story of Ukrainian Forced Labour, the Leica Camera Factory, and Nazi Resistance published by ECW Press, was the winner of the $25,000 biennial prize.
Lyse Doucet shortlisted for 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction
The winner of the £30,000 ($55,438 CAD) award will be announced at an event in London on June 11.
The 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize announces longlist
Longlist announced for 2026 Purdy Prize
The shortlist for this year’s $10,000 prize will be announced on April 2, with the winner to be named on April 21.
Canadians among 2026 Lambda Literary Award finalists
Winners of the annual awards celebrating LGBTQ+ voices in literature will be announced on June 12.
Carol E. Mayer wins 2026 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize
The $3,500 prize, given by UBC Library and the Pacific BookWorld News Society, is awarded annually to the outstanding scholarly book on a British Columbia subject by a Canadian author.
Maggie Helwig, Brian Stewart among authors shortlisted for 2026 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize
Five books — four of them published by independent Canadian publishers — have been shortlisted for the 2026 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.
Finalists named for 2025 BMO Winterset Award
The winner of the annual $12,500 prize will be named on April 9.
2026 Saskatchewan Book Awards shortlists announced
The winners will be announced on May 1 in Regina.
15 books longlisted for 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Canadian writers Jaime Burnet, Nina Dunic, Lee Lai, and Amanda Leduc are among the writers longlisted for the $150,000 (U.S.) award.
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