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Saskatchewan Book Awards announces nominees

The shortlists for the 2011 Saskatchewan Book Awards were announced this morning at a press conference held at the University of Regina. According to organizers, this year's 61 nominees, selected from 233 submissions, represent a ... Read More »

February 17, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Charlotte Gill wins B.C. prize for non-fiction

By Stuart Woods

Charlotte Gill's memoir about tree-planting in the Pacific Northwest is the winner of the 2012 British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-fiction. Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe, published ... Read More »

February 14, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist announced

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

The Lionel Gelber Prize, a Canadian award that celebrates the best English-language non-fiction on foreign affairs, has released its shortlist for books published in 2011. This year's finalists are: Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire: ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

OLA announces 2012 Evergreen Award shortlist

By Sue Carter

The Ontario Library Association has announced its shortlist for the 2012 Evergreen Award, which honours the best in Canadian fiction and non-fiction titles. Selected by a committee of librarians, this year's nominees are: The Accident, ... Read More »

February 13, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Bernadette McDonald wins American Alpine Club Lit Award

By Natalie Samson

B.C. author Bernadette McDonald has won the 2012 American Alpine Literary Award. McDonald, founding vice-president of mountain culture at the Banff Centre and the author of seven books, has received the honour for her book ... Read More »

February 9, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Guy Delisle wins gold at French comic book awards

By Natalie Samson

Guy Delisle's latest graphic novel, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, has been named best comic book of the year at the 39th AngoulÃªme International Comics Festival. The Quebec-born artist was presented with the Fauve ... Read More »

January 31, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Barbara Reid named to Order of Ontario

By Natalie Samson

Children's author and illustrator Barbara Reid is set to be appointed to the Order of Ontario. Reid will receive the province's highest honour for her "unparalleled" influence on children's publishing in Canada over the past ... Read More »

January 20, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Gill, Westoll among Charles Taylor Prize nominees

By Stuart Woods

Just as a pair of novels came to dominate the past fall's literary awards season, so too has a pair of non-fiction titles, about tree-planting in the Pacific Northwest and a group of chimps living ... Read More »

January 10, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Tim Wynne-Jones, Tom Dawe among writers appointed to Order of Canada

By Natalie Samson

Last week, Governor General David Johnston announced that he will appoint prolific children's writer Tim Wynne-Jones an Officer of the Order of Canada. Wynne-Jones has written more than 25 books, twice received the Governor General's ... Read More »

January 5, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Moira Young wins Costa Book Award

By Sue Carter

Canadian-born author and former opera singer Moira Young has won the U.K.'s Costa Book Award for children's literature for her debut novel, Blood Red Road. Young's post-apocalyptic dystopian story, which has been compared to Suzanne ... Read More »

January 4, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

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Search Results by tag: Awards

Saskatchewan Book Awards announces nominees

Charlotte Gill wins B.C. prize for non-fiction

Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist announced

OLA announces 2012 Evergreen Award shortlist

Bernadette McDonald wins American Alpine Club Lit Award

Guy Delisle wins gold at French comic book awards

Barbara Reid named to Order of Ontario

Gill, Westoll among Charles Taylor Prize nominees

Tim Wynne-Jones, Tom Dawe among writers appointed to Order of Canada

Moira Young wins Costa Book Award

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