PrizesTag

Writers’ Trust Announces Finalists for Dayne Ogilvie LGBTQ Emerging Writers Award

This morning, the Writers' Trust of Canada announced the shortlist for the 11th annual Dayne Ogilvie Prize. The award honours emerging writers whose body of work demonstrates great potential and who ...

Kamal Al-Solaylee wins Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing for Brown

Yesterday at the iconic Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, a crowded room full of politicians, authors, journalists, donors, and book lovers waited to see who would be the 2017 winner of the $25,000 ...

Trillium Book Award Nominees Announced!

Today the Ontario Media Development Corporation announced the nominees for the 2017 Trillium Book Awards. The winners will be announced on June 20, 2017 at an event in Toronto, with the winner of the ...

League of Canadian Poets Announces 2017 Awards Shortlists

Today the League of Canadian Poets announced their shortlists for the Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther Memorial Awards, the Raymond Souster Award and, together with the Calgary Spoken Word Society, the ...

CBC Canada Reads Announces Ali Hassan as Host + Theme and Longlist for 2017

The 2017 iteration of CBC's popular battle of the books, Canada Reads, will be hosted by actor ad comedian Ali Hassan, and will tackle the question "What is the one book Canadians need now?” Last year's ...