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Awards: Miriam Toews named Harbourfront Festival Prize recipient

Winnipeg novelist Miriam Toews has been named this year's $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize winner. Toews was selected by Toronto Star books editor Deborah Dundas, CBC Radio host Carol Off, and IFOA director Geoffrey E. Taylor. ... Read More »

September 22, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Avie Bennett named Harbourfront Festival Prize winner

By Becky Robertson

The International Festival of Authors has named businessman, publisher, and philanthropist Avie Bennett the recipient of this year’s $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize for his contribution to Canadian publishing. Bennett purchased Toronto press McClelland & Stewart ... Read More »

September 24, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Margaret MacMillan to receive $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Sue Carter

Historian and author Margaret MacMillan has been selected as this year's Harbourfront Festival Prize recipient. The award is presented annually to an individual based their body of published work and "contributions to fostering the next ... Read More »

October 2, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Munro honoured with $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Julie Baldassi

The International Festival of Authors announced today that this year's recipient of the Harbourfront Festival Prize, worth $10,000, is Alice Munro. The perennial Nobel Prize contender will be honoured with the prize for her contributions ... Read More »

September 26, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Austin Clarke wins $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Sue Carter

Toronto's International Festival of Authors has named Austin Clarke this year's recipient of the $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize. According to an IFOA press release, Clarke was selected by the jury “ television producer Denise Donlon, ... Read More »

September 27, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Seth wins Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Natalie Samson

Organizers at the International Festival of Authors have named cartoonist and graphic novelist Seth the winner of the 2011 Harbourfront Festival Prize. The $10,000 prize honours an individual whose work has substantially contributed to the ... Read More »

September 21, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Peter Robinson wins $10,000 Harbourfront prize

By Scott MacDonald

The International Festival of Authors announced today that mystery author Peter Robinson is this year's recipient of the $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize, "based on the merits of his own published work and the time he ... Read More »

September 22, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

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