Search Results by tag: Heather O'Neill

Kamal Al-Solaylee, Heather O’Neill among 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize jurors

The five-member jury for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize have been announced, with Canadians Kamal Al-Solaylee, Heather O'Neill, and Maxine Bailey being joined by American author John Freeman and U.K. author Philip Hensher. Jury chair ... Read More »

February 12, 2018 | Filed under: Awards

O’Neill wins Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for The Lonely Hearts Hotel

By Conan Tobias

Heather O'Neill's novel The Lonely Hearts Hotel (HarperCollins) took home the $2,000 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction at the 2017 Quebec Writers' Federation's literary awards on Nov. 21. The annual prize honours fiction by English-language ... Read More »

November 24, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Atwood, O’Neill, Thien make 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize longlist

By Becky Robertson

Canadians Margaret Atwood, Madeleine Thien, and Heather O'Neill are among 16 international women authors longlisted for this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Other nominees, culled from 189 submissions, include debut Nigerian novelist Ayòbámi Adébáyò ... Read More »

March 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: O’Neill, Oppel, Smith among Sunburst finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Sunburst Award Society has announced the finalists for its annual awards, honouring the best Canadian books of the fantastic. The shortlists omit some noted authors in the genre‚ including Margaret Atwood and Andrew Pyper‚ who were ... Read More »

July 12, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Heather O’Neill wins 2015 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

By Becky Robertson

Heather O'Neill has been named winner of the $10,000 Writers' Union of Canada's Danuta Gleed Literary Award, for a debut collection of English-language short fiction by a Canadian. The Montreal author was recognized for her ... Read More »

June 20, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Coach House Books author Andre Alexis takes home the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs

By Steven W. Beattie

If the old saw is true that every dog has its day, it took storied Toronto small press Coach House Books 22 years to see one of its authors ascend the podium to claim the ... Read More »

November 11, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Alexis, Archibald, and Schofield highlight a strong Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

By Steven W. Beattie

At an announcement this morning in Toronto, four of the five jury members for the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize unveiled what must by any measure qualify as one of the strongest shortlists in the 22-year ... Read More »

October 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Andre Alexis, Anakana Schofield, Heather O’Neill among finalists for 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize

By Becky Robertson

Indie presses dominate this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist, with Biblioasis taking two of the five nominations for Anakana Schofield’s novel Martin John and Samuel Archibald's story collection Arvida (trans. Donald Winkler). Coach House Books ... Read More »

October 5, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Emily St. John Mandel and Heather O’Neill nominated for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

By Becky Robertson

B.C.-born novelist Emily St. John Mandel and Montreal author Heather O'Neill are among the 20 international writers longlisted for the U.K.'s Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction). St. ... Read More »

March 10, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Awards

Learning how to write Giller-worthy fiction with Heather O’Neill

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

The idea behind Summer Literary Seminars is to take emerging writers out of their regular environments and immerse them in the culture of beautiful settings in places like Kenya and Lithuania. The reality, as I ... Read More »

October 9, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

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Search Results by tag: Heather O'Neill

Kamal Al-Solaylee, Heather O’Neill among 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize jurors

O’Neill wins Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for The Lonely Hearts Hotel

Atwood, O’Neill, Thien make 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize longlist

Awards: O’Neill, Oppel, Smith among Sunburst finalists

Awards: Heather O’Neill wins 2015 Danuta Gleed Literary Award

Coach House Books author Andre Alexis takes home the 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs

Alexis, Archibald, and Schofield highlight a strong Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

Andre Alexis, Anakana Schofield, Heather O’Neill among finalists for 2015 Scotiabank Giller Prize

Emily St. John Mandel and Heather O’Neill nominated for Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction

Learning how to write Giller-worthy fiction with Heather O’Neill

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