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November 08, 2016
Madeleine Thien Tops Year of Honours with Scotiabank Giller Prize
Every once in a while a book comes along that captures readers' and juries' imaginations so completely that it becomes the book of that year. After last night, it's impossible to deny that 2016 belongs ...
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April 14, 2021
Griffin Prize 2021 Shortlists Announced, With Canadian Nominations for Dandurand, Lubrin, & Saadi
The head honcho of poetry prizes, the Griffin Prizes, announced their international and Canadian shortlists today, and poetry fans are thrilled. On the Canadian side, Joseph Dandurand was nominated ...
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February 12, 2018
Contest! Black History Month Prize Pack from Between the Lines Books
Between the Lines has published some of the most insightful, innovative writing in Canada on race, culture, and identity over its 40 years of operation. This month, to celebrate Black History Month, they're ...
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October 15, 2018
Contest! Win a Prize Pack of Original Works from Brick Books
Three incredible poets: Julie Bruck, Deanna Young, and Susan Gillis. Each one has a brand new collection out this fall: Brucks' How to Avoid Huge Ships, Young's Reunion, and Gillis' Yellow Crane. It's ...
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June 07, 2016
Leah Horlick wins the 10th Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize
The Writers’ Trust of Canada announced today that Leah Horlick is the winner of the 10th annual Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers. The $4,000 prize is presented annually to an emerging writer ...
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March 18, 2019
Contest! Win a Monsters and Mayhem Prize Pack from Porcupine's Quill
From ravenous monsters and urban wildlife to fantastical worlds and remarkable lives, independent Ontario publisher Porcupine's Quill has books that capture the wild creativity of Canadian writers. Now ...
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September 13, 2016
Booker Prize Shortlist Features Two Canadians, Including Giller Overlap
The Man Booker Prize is perhaps the most prestigious single-title literary award in the world. Open to authors of any nationality published in the UK, the prize has honoured writers like J.M. Coetzee ...
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December 21, 2020
Contest: Enter to Win a Holiday Prize Pack of Spectacular Reads from Anansi!
2020 was a rough year (to put it mildly) but you can brighten up its closing by entering to win a very merry holiday prize pack from the one and only House of Anansi Press. We're very excited to offer ...
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May 30, 2022
Enter to Win an Epic 10 Book Prize Pack from The Word on the Street
On June 11 and 12, The Word on the Street will return to Queen's Park, a former cite of the beloved book festival. Two full days of readings, panels, workshops, book and magazine sales, literary gift ...
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July 10, 2017
Contest! Win a Huge Summer Poetry Prize Pack from Brick Books!
Whether it's a backyard, park, dock, or beach, summer reading is one of a bookworm's greatest joys. What could make it better? How about a huge prize pack of fantastic Canadian poetry, delivered to your ...