Search Results by tag: Awards

Munro wins Booker

The third ever Man Booker International Prize was announced late yesterday, and it has gone to Canada's own Alice Munro. She is the first Canadian to win the biennial £60,000 prize (the two previous winners ... Read More »

May 27, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Literary adaptations score big at this year’s Oscars

By Steven W. Beattie

The 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony was held last night, and literary adaptations scored very well in high-ranking categories. The big winner (and, in this Quillblogger's opinion, the year's most overrated movie) was Slumdog Millionaire, ... Read More »

February 23, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

The unstoppable Book of Negroes

By Scott MacDonald

At this point, you gotta wonder: has anyone in Canada not read Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes? Released by HarperCollins Canada more than two years ago, the book has grown from a solid word-of-mouth ... Read More »

February 13, 2009 | Filed under: Awards

Neil Gaiman wins Newbery Medal

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Anansi Boys) has won the John Newbery medal, one of the most prestigious awards for children's literature in the U.S. Mr. Gaiman, 48, won for The Graveyard Book, a story about a ... Read More »

January 27, 2009 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Poetry awards and conflict of interest (not what you think…)

By Steven W. Beattie

Apparently, Canada isn't the only place where poets get their dander up about awards and perceived conflict of interest. The New York Times' Paper Cuts blog points out a particularly vitriolic exchange in the Telegraph ... Read More »

December 15, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Updike honoured for a lifetime of bad sex

By Steven W. Beattie

Last week, Quillblog pointed to the Literary Review's shortlist of nominees for the annual Bad Sex Award. Rachel Johnson ended up taking the award “ a bottle of champagne and a plaster foot, which is ... Read More »

December 1, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

GG poetry dust-up continues

By Scott MacDonald

The controversy surrounding this year's Governor General's Award for poetry continues apace. Yesterday, the Toronto Star devoted some ink to the story. And today, on his blog, poet (and frequent Q&Q reviewer) Zachariah Wells has ... Read More »

November 26, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Bad Sex nominees cover everything from Adam and Eve to the smell of soup

By Steven W. Beattie

Paulo Coelho, John Updike, and Isabel Fonseca are on the shortlist for the one award no writer really wants to receive: the Literary Review's Bad Sex Award. The award “ a plaster foot “ was ... Read More »

November 24, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

Bookmarks: National Book Awards

By Scott MacDonald

Our neighbours to the south will be handing out The National Book Awards tonight. Before they do, here's some handy links to get you up to speed on some of the nominees: The full list ... Read More »

November 19, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

The Drummer General’s Award

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Since 1993, A Different Drummer Books in Burlington, Ontario, has given Drummer General's Awards to books that have been passed over for Canada's most esteemed literary honours, like the Governor General's Awards and the Scotiabank Giller ... Read More »

November 18, 2008 | Filed under: Awards

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