The Toronto writer won the $10,000 prize for her collection Frying Plantain (Astoria), a series of linked stories about a teenage girl’s coming-of-age in Toronto’s Little Jamaica neighbourhood.
Jesse Thistle, Zalika Reid-Benta, J.R. McConvey win Kobo’s Emerging Writer Prizes
Stéphane Larue’s The Dishwasher wins $60,000 Amazon First Novel Award
The winning novel was chosen by a jury consisting of novelists Liz Harmer, Shani Mootoo, and Anakana Schofield.
Jesse Thistle, Michelle Sylliboy win at third annual Indigenous Voices Awards
The winners were announced on June 21 –National Indigenous Day – in a virtual gala of readings and stories streamed via the IVAs website.
Téa Mutonji, Roxanna Bennett win 2020 Trillium Book Awards
The Best Book Award comes with a $20,000 prize and the Best Book Award for Poetry winner receives $10,000.
Winners announced for student-voted Forest of Reading, MYRCA awards
Updated: Library associations in Ontario and Manitoba have announced the winners of their annual children’s literature awards, as voted on by young people.
Six authors shortlisted for Amazon First Novel Award
The winner, to be announced online the morning of June 25, will receive $60,000.
Sunburst Award longlist includes André Alexis, Johanna Skibsrud, Richard Van Camp
The short list will be announced in July with winners announced in September.
Heidi L. M. Jacobs’s debut Molly of the Mall wins Leacock Medal
Jacobs was shortlisted alongside Amy Spurway’s Crow and Drew Hayden Taylor’s play Cottagers and Indians.
Arsenal Pulp’s Brian Lam receives special Lambda for publishing
The special honour recognizes a publisher who has promoted LGBTQ literature.
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