In Calgary on Saturday, the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association celebrated the winners of the 2012 Aurora Awards as part of the organization's annual convention and the city's When Words Collide festival. The night's ... Read More »
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Lovers of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror can get a taste of what's in store at the upcoming 2012 World Fantasy Convention with the recent release of the 2012 World Fantasy Awards shortlist. Canadian nominees include ... Read More »
Wattpad, a Toronto-based online community for international writers and readers, has put out a call for submissions for its first ever Atty Awards recognizing work by undiscovered poets. Winning entries will be selected by Margaret ... Read More »
August 2, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Digital publishing and technology
After wading through 73 submissions, Taste Canada has come up with a shortlist for its 2012 Food Writing Awards. This year's list offers titles from some of the country's biggest publishers (Penguin Canada, HarperCollins Canada) ... Read More »
August 1, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The Canadian Authors Association has revealed the winners of its annual literary awards, presented during the Leacock Summer Festival in Orillia, Ontario, on July 28. Founded in 1975, the CAA awards are presented to writers ... Read More »
August 1, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Last year, the public had a say in nominating a book for the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. This year, the Readers' Choice Award will still be presented, but the title will not appear on the ... Read More »
August 1, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The longlist for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction was announced this morning. Five judges, including Peter Stothard, editor of the Times Literary Supplement, selected 12 titles from 145 submitted for the U.K. prize, ... Read More »
July 25, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
The San Diego Comic-Con International may have come and gone, but the glory of the Eisner Awards, held during the four-day smorgasbord of all things comics, lives on for a handful of Canadians. The winners ... Read More »
July 18, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
Daphne Marlatt has won the 19th annual George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes an outstanding literary career in B.C. The Vancouver Public Library, City of Vancouver, Pacific BookWorld News Society, and The Writers' Trust ... Read More »
July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Awards
ChiZine Publications leads the pack with three nominations at this year's Sunburst Awards, which recognize the best in Canadian speculative fiction for adult and young adult readers. ChiZine dominates in the adult fiction category, while ... Read More »
June 26, 2012 | Filed under: Awards