Harvard University history professor Maya Jasanoff has won the $75,000 (U.S.) Cundill History Prize for her book The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World.
Andrea Torrey Balsara wins Literary Classics award
The Great & the Small is an illustrated YA fantasy novel in which rats rise up for a revolution against humans
University of King’s College, Westwood Creative Artists, and PRHC launch MFA Prize
Graduating students and alumni from the University of King’s College’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program in Halifax are eligible for a new prize.
Lane Anderson Awards for science writing look to the future
Winners have been announced for the 2017 Lane Anderson Awards for science writing.
$50,000 Writers’ Trust Fellowship awarded to Charles Foran
The $50,000 prize is presented to a mid-career writer who has “demonstrated exceptional creative ability and outstanding promise in their publications to date.”
Elizabeth Hay, Kathy Page win 2018 Writers’ Trust awards
The Writers’ Trust of Canada has announced its 2018 winners.
Anna Porter’s The Appraisal lands on inaugural Staunch Prize shortlist
The controversial literary award will be given to a thriller in which “no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered.”
Cundill History Prize finalists announced in Toronto
Three finalists have been announced for McGill University’s Cundill History Prize.
Vikram Vij, Lynn Crawford, Renee Kohlman, Kim Thúy win Taste Canada food-writing awards
Penguin Canada was the big winner at this year’s Taste Canada Awards.
Town is by the Sea, The Marrow Thieves, When the Moon Comes honoured at TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards
Author Joanne Schwartz and illustrator Sydney Smith found themselves on stage once again last night, as their much-lauded picture book Town is by the Sea (Groundwood Books) took home the grand prize.
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