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Cherie Dimaline wins the $50,000 Kirkus Prize for YA lit

It's been quite the celebratory week for Métis author and editor Cherie Dimaline, who has won the prestigious Kirkus Prize for her dystopian YA novel The Marrow Thieves (Dancing Cat Books). She is the first Indigenous ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

For the first time, three Canadian titles land on 2017 Kirkus Prize shortlist

By Becky Robertson

Three Canadian children's books have made the shortlist for a Kirkus Reviews Prize, an annual award administered by U.S.–based publication Kirkus Reviews that offers a $50,000 purse to an author in each of three categories. Toronto author ... Read More »

September 19, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Lee Maracle, Cherie Dimaline win Ontario Premier’s Awards

By Dory Cerny

Aboriginal talent was honoured at the eighth annual Ontario Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, which were handed out last night at a gala ceremony held at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall. Poet, author, and ... Read More »

September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Thomas King, Bev Sellars among finalists for 2014 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature

By Dory Cerny

Canadian charitable organization CODE has announced the finalists for the second annual Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature. A jury of Canadian authors, administered by the Canada Council of the Arts, selected ... Read More »

September 3, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

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Search Results by tag: Cherie Dimaline

Cherie Dimaline wins the $50,000 Kirkus Prize for YA lit

For the first time, three Canadian titles land on 2017 Kirkus Prize shortlist

Lee Maracle, Cherie Dimaline win Ontario Premier’s Awards

Thomas King, Bev Sellars among finalists for 2014 Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature

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