Search Results by tag: Lionel Gelber Prize

Two poets tie for the 2013 bpNichol Chapbook Award

Two winners tied for the 2013 bpNichol Chapbook Award, announced at Meet the Presses collective's Indie Literary Market in Toronto this weekend. The winners are: Sandra Allard for Naturally Speaking, published by Toronto's espresso/paperplates press; and ... Read More »

November 18, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Authors launch online auction to aid Philippines typhoon victims

By Becky Robertson

A group of international authors has banded together to support victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines on Nov. 8, with an online literary auction. All proceeds go to the British Red Cross's Typhoon ... Read More »

November 18, 2013 | Filed under: Book news

Photos: Inside The Writers’ Trust of Canada gala

By Sue Carter

More than 400 members of Toronto's cultural and business communities came together on Nov. 14 for The Writers' Trust of Canada's* black-tie gala, raising $220,000 toward the organization's programs and awards. Click on the thumbnails ... Read More »

November 18, 2013 | Filed under: Events

Chrystia Freeland’s Plutocrats wins 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize

By Sue Carter

Chrystia Freeland has won the $15,000 Lionel Gelber Prize for Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Doubleday Canada). In a press release, jury chair William Thorsell says, ... Read More »

March 25, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Chrystia Freeland makes Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist

By Sue Carter

Alberta-born writer Chrystia Freeland's non-fiction book Plutocrats, which examines the global rise of the super-wealthy, has made the shortlist for the Lionel Gelber Prize. The $15,000 Canadian award celebrates the best English-language non-fiction on foreign ... Read More »

February 19, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Lionel Gelber Prize goes to Ezra F. Vogel

By Natalie Samson

The 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize has been awarded to Ezra F. Vogel's Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, published by Belknap Press, an imprint of Harvard University Press. Vogel's book about the history and ... Read More »

February 29, 2012 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

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

Shelagh Grant becomes first Canadian woman to win the Lionel Gelber Prize

By Sue Carter

Trent University professor Shelagh Grant has become the first Canadian woman to win the $15,000 Lionel Gelber Prize, awarded annually to an international non-fiction book "that seeks to deepen public debate on significant global issues." ... Read More »

March 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Lionel Gelber Prize

Two poets tie for the 2013 bpNichol Chapbook Award

Authors launch online auction to aid Philippines typhoon victims

Photos: Inside The Writers’ Trust of Canada gala

Chrystia Freeland’s Plutocrats wins 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize

Chrystia Freeland makes Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist

Lionel Gelber Prize goes to Ezra F. Vogel

Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist announced

Shelagh Grant becomes first Canadian woman to win the Lionel Gelber Prize

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