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Laura MacGregor Wins 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize for The Invisible Woman

CBC Books, in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, has named Laura MacGregor of Waterloo, Ontario the winner of the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize for ...

Finalists Announced for the 2025 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has revealed the shortlist for the 2025 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, honouring novels and short story collections that stretch the boundaries of narrative ...

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionThe Writers’ Trust of Canada has unveiled the shortlist for the 2025 edition of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust ...

The Winner of the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award Has Been Revealed!

The winner of the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award is Valérie Bah, author of Subterrane (Esplanade Books/Véhicule Press), as revealed in yet another majestic CanLit event that took place at the spectacular ...

The Winner of the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize Has Been Announced!

A very fancy and inspiring evening at the Griffin Poetry Prize awards has concluded, and Psyche Running by Karen Leeder (translated from the German written by Durs Grünbein) has won the 2025 edition ...

Three Emerging Writers Win the 2025 Bronwen Wallace Awards

This evening at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, three Bronwen Wallace Awards were handed out to some exciting emerging authors, in the categories of short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Capping ...

Sheung-King, Anthony Oliveira, and Martha Baillie Win Big at the Writers' Trust Awards, and More...

This evening, at a vibrant ceremony that took place in the Glenn Gould Theatre at CBC HQ, the Writers’ Trust of Canada announced the winners of the majority of its major awards for the year, with more than ...

The Writers’ Trust Announces the 2024 Finalists for the $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

The Writers’ Trust of Canada today announced five finalists for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. The prize annually recognizes the best novel or short story collection by a ...

The 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Finalists Have Been Announced

The Writers’ Trust of Canada have just announced the five finalists for the 2024 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The prize is the richest annual literary award for a book of ...

Writers' Trust Announces 2024 Bronwen Wallace Award Winners

Tonight, the Writers’ Trust of Canada announced two $10,000 winners for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, at an award ceremony hosted by Anuja Varghese, winner of the 2023 Dayne ...