Alongside Emily St. John Mandel’s The Glass Hotel and Michelle Good’s Five Little Indians were two books Tupholme edited herself: Thomas King’s Indians on Vacation and Emma Donoghue’s The Pull of the Stars.
Lorna Crozier, Steven Heighton among Weston Prize finalists
The organization noted in a release that the $60,000 prize is the only one which will acknowledge general literary nonfiction writing in Canada this year.
Hamish Cameron, overseer of distribution for UTP, to receive Janice E. Handford Award
The award, which is presented by the Ontario Book Publishers Organization, is presented to someone whose work has advocated for Canada’s small literary presses.
Groundbreaking chief justice Beverley McLachlin wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
The $25,000 prize, presented by the Writers’ Trust of Canada, celebrates political literary nonfiction.
TIFA launches full online slate with performances, virtual IV programme, and award changes
This year’s festival marks the first with new festival director Roland Gulliver at the helm.
Julie Flett, Tom Ryan, and Sydney Smith lead the CCBC Award nominees
In total, eight awards and $175,000 will be given out for the best in Canadian children’s literature.
Margaret Atwood to receive 2020 U.S. Literary Peace Prize
Past recipients include Elie Wiesel, Marilynne Robinson, and Louise Erdrich.
U of A leads at the Alberta Publishing Awards
University of Alberta Press was also honoured with the Mel Hurtig Publisher of the Year award.
Sydney Smith wins inaugural Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award
The $2,500 award is organized by the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable.
Tanya Talaga shortlisted for British Academy’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding
The prize, which is worth more than $40,000, celebrates non-fiction that contributes to global cultural understanding.
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