Search Results by tag: Writers’ Trust of Canada

Esi Edugyan, Emma Donoghue make Orange Prize longlist

Esi Edugyan In honour of International Women's Day, the Orange Prize for Fiction, celebrating "excellence, originality, and accessibility in women's writing," has announced its 2012 longlist, which includes two celebrated Canadian authors. Emma Donoghue, whose ... Read More »

March 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Quillcast episode three: Charlotte Gill and Eating Dirt

By Sue Carter

Quillcast is a new podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, the second in a two-part series on non-fiction authors, Vancouver writer Charlotte Gill speaks ... Read More »

November 28, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Books of the Year, Quillcast

Patrick deWitt among Writers’ Trust prizewinners

By Stuart Woods

Patrick deWitt has won the 2011 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for The Sisters Brothers (House of Anansi Press), kicking off the prize season for Canadian literary fiction and setting up a possible awards sweep ... Read More »

November 1, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Event photos: Writers’ Trust Awards

By Alina Seagal

The 10th annual Writers' Trust Awards ceremony took place in Toronto on Nov. 2. Here are some photos from the event. The winners of the 2010 Writers' Trust Awards: The Walrus editor John MacFarlane (Distinguished ... Read More »

November 9, 2010 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Event photos: Michael Ignatieff, Bob Rae, Margaret Atwood, John English, and more at Politics and the Pen

By Nathan Whitlock

On March 10, The Writers' Trust of Canada held its Politics and the Pen fundraising dinner at Ottawa's Fairmont ChÃ¢teau Laurier. At the event, author John English was presented with the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for ... Read More »

March 17, 2010 | Filed under: Events

Paul Quarrington, 1953“2010

By Stuart Woods

Paul Quarrington has died. According to a post on his website [Note: This link is no longer active], the author and musician died at his home in Toronto early this morning: Paul Quarrington's brave battle ... Read More »

January 21, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

“High in antioxidants, low on caffeine”: Leah McLaren weighs in on CanLit

By Alison Potstra

Globe and Mail columnist Leah McLaren is the latest public figure to opine on the state of Can Lit. Prompted by this year's awards season, McLaren takes the discussion one step further (or, perhaps backward) by ... Read More »

October 27, 2009 | Filed under: Awards, Libraries

Photos from the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award

By Nathan Whitlock

Last night, the winner of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers was announced. This being the first year the award is sponsored by the RBC Foundation, the ceremony was held, appropriately enough, in ... Read More »

January 16, 2008 | Filed under: Awards, Events

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