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Jan Wong’s APRON STRINGS Shortlisted for the 2018 Taste Canada Awards

Jan Wong’s APRON STRINGS Shortlisted for the 2018 Taste Canada Awards

Shortlisted for the twenty-first annual Taste Canada Awards in the Culinary Narratives category is award-winning journalist and bestselling author Jan Wong’s Apron Strings: Navigating Food...

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British Columbia Poet Emily Nilsen Wins the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award

British Columbia Poet Emily Nilsen Wins the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award

On Saturday, June 16, 2018, the League of Canadian Poets announced Emily Nilsen’s Otolith as the winner of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award honouring a...

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Winnipeg Author Michael Kaan’s THE WATER BEETLES Wins Two Manitoba Book Awards, Including McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award

Winnipeg Author Michael Kaan’s THE WATER BEETLES Wins Two Manitoba Book Awards, Including McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award

On  Friday, June 15, 2018, at the 30th annual Manitoba Book Awards gala in Winnipeg, Michael Kaan was announced the winner of the Margaret Laurence...

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Michael Kaan’s THE WATER BEETLES Shortlisted for Three Manitoba Book Awards

Michael Kaan’s THE WATER BEETLES Shortlisted for Three Manitoba Book Awards

Winnipeg author Michael Kaan has been shortlisted for three Manitoba Book Awards: the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best...

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Michael Kaan Wins the 2018 Amazon Canada First Novel Award for THE WATER BEETLES

Michael Kaan Wins the 2018 Amazon Canada First Novel Award for THE WATER BEETLES

Michael Kaan has won the 2018 Amazon.ca First Novel Award for The Water Beetles. The $40,000 annual recognizes the best debut novels by Canadian writers.

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POWERED BY LOVE: A GRANDMOTHERS' MOVEMENT TO END AIDS IN AFRICA Wins the 2018 Best Atlantic Published Book Award

POWERED BY LOVE: A GRANDMOTHERS' MOVEMENT TO END AIDS IN AFRICA Wins the 2018 Best Atlantic Published Book Award

In recognition for its excellence in publishing, Powered by Love: A Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa has won the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association’s...

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Lori McNulty's LIFE ON MARS Shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award

Lori McNulty's LIFE ON MARS Shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award

Today, the Writers' Union of Canada announced the shortlist for the twenty-first annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award honouring the best first collection of short fiction...

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Michael Kaan’s THE WATER BEETLES Shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award

Michael Kaan’s THE WATER BEETLES Shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award

Amazon Canada and The Walrus have announced the nominees for the 42nd annual First Novel Award, which celebrates the remarkable achievements of first-time Canadian novelists....

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Emily Nilsen Shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award

Emily Nilsen Shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award

Yesterday, the League of Canadian Poets announced shortlists for the 2018 Book Awards. Among the six titles shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is...

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