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Atwood, O’Neill, Thien make 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize longlist

Canadians Margaret Atwood, Madeleine Thien, and Heather O'Neill are among 16 international women authors longlisted for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Other nominees, culled from 189 submissions, include debut Nigerian novelist Ayòbámi Adébáyò ... Read More »

March 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Arthur J. Ray wins 2017 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize

By Becky Robertson

University of British Columbia professor emeritus Arthur J. Ray is the winner of this year's Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History (McGill-Queen's University Press). The title studies ... Read More »

March 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Isabelle Arsenault wins Cleaver Award for illustration

By Dory Cerny

Lauded Montreal illustrator Isabelle Arsenault is the winner of the 2016 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Louis parmi les spectres, written by Fanny Britt (Éditions de la Pastèque). Founded in 1985 and administered ... Read More »

March 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Happy International Women’s Day edition

By Becky Robertson

Emma Watson's "book fairies" leave feminist books around the world for International Women's Day. (MashReads) Cleveland bookstore illustrates gender gap in fiction by hiding men's titles spine-first for Women's History Month. (Huffington Post) An International ... Read More »

March 8, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Indigenous issues dominate 2017 Canada Prize shortlist

By Becky Robertson

Titles focusing on indigenous history and rights dominate the finalists for this year's Canada Prizes, which recognize scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences. The shortlist was selected by a jury of professors and ... Read More »

March 7, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

The “Red” Kelly Story wins 2016 Speaker’s Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Leonard "Red" Kelly's hockey memoir The "Red" Kelly Story, written with David M. Dupuis and L. Waxy Gregoire (ECW Press), has won the 2016 Speaker's Award, which aims to spotlight Ontario books that bring the ... Read More »

March 7, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Deborah Campbell, Mohamed Fahmy, Anosh Irani among B.C. Book Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for this year's B.C. Book Prizes, recognizing the best titles published the year prior by the province's authors, have been announced: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Joan Haggerty, The Dancehall Years (Mother Tongue Publishing) ... Read More »

March 7, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Book Links: Obama books to be published by Crown; Lambda kicks off its first festival

By Becky Robertson

Obama books to appear under PRH's Crown imprint. (Publishers Weekly) Lambda Literary Awards host first-ever festival this week. (Los Angeles Times) Protests want Women of the World Festival to cancel talk by rape survivor and ... Read More »

March 7, 2017 | Filed under: Book links

Giller Prize–winning author Bonnie Burnard dies at 72

By Becky Robertson

Award-winning Regina-born author Bonnie Burnard, best known for her debut novel, A Good House, passed away in a hospital in London, Ontario, on March 4. A Good House (HarperFlamingo), which depicts 50 years in the ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Authors

Four-time nominee Ross King wins $25,000 Taylor Prize for Mad Enchantment

By Sue Carter

The fourth time was lucky for Ross King, who won the $25,000 RBC Taylor Prize on March 6 for Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of Water Lilies (Bond Street Books). Mad Enchantment was previously shortlisted ... Read More »

March 6, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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