Tag: Book Award

Join us in celebrating Tom Wayman, the winner of the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize, at the People’s Co-op Bookstore on Tuesday, May 5th at 7 pm. Tom will read from his award-winning poetry collection, Out of the Ordinary, Go to full post …read more

The jury said “McLeod’s writing is lyrical and offers a powerful examination of contemporary issues […] a torturously-beautiful memoir.”Go to full post …read more

Take a closer look at the four books nominated for the City of Vancouver Book Award.Go to full post …read more

The Lane Anderson Awards honour the very best science writing in Canada today, both in the adult and young reader categories. Go to full post …read more

The Canada Council for the Arts revealed the 70 finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards 2018.Go to full post …read more

Now in its fourth year, the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards has announced the 2018 winning books in eight categories. Go to full post …read more

The CODE Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature shortlist was announced on September 19, 2018. Go to full post …read more

The $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction is given annually for excellence in the category of literary nonfiction.Go to full post …read more

The Victoria Book Prize Society has announced the finalists for the 2018 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize and the Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize.Go to full post …read more

BCHF announced the winners for the Annual Historical Writing Competition on May 26, 2018. Go to full post …read more

Seven books are shortlisted—four international and three Canadian—for the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize. Go to full post …read more

Jan Peterson is one of four Nanaimo citizens to be honoured in the City of Nanaimo’s annual Culture & Heritage Awards.Go to full post …read more