Manitoba Book Award shortlist runs long for Turnstone Press

WINNIPEG – Turnstone Press is bristling with pride in the wake of the Manitoba Book Awards shortlist announcement. Five of the independent literary publisher’s eight titles from 2009 were chosen as finalists for eight awards to be given out at the Province’s literary version of the Oscars. This is the most number of titles from the same publisher…

2010 Island Literary Awards

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Deadline for Submissions 23 April The PEI Writers’ Guild is excited to announce that 4pm, Friday, 23 April, 2010 is the submission deadline for the 23rd annual Island Literary Awards The ILAs are being held this year on Sunday, 6 June. The Awards are an important focus for the PEIWG’s vital role…

2010 Atlantic Book Awards Shortlists

33 Authors and Illustrators Up for 2010 Atlantic Book Awards Linden MacIntyre Leads with Three Nominations The Atlantic Book Awards Society is pleased to announce the full shortlist for the 11 different literary awards that make up the 2010 Atlantic Book Awards. Among the 33 authors and illustrators up for awards are three multiple nominees:…

2010 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival

Mark your calendars! The 2010 Atlantic Book Awards and Festival will run from Saturday, April 10 – Sunday, April 18 with literary events taking place across all four Atlantic Provinces. The Atlantic Book Awards celebration, a highlight of the week-long festival, will be held on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Alderney Landing…

The Malahat Review’s 2010 Open Season Awards Winners

The Malahat Review is pleased to announce the winners of our 2010 Open Season Awards! Poetry: Lorri Neilsen Glenn, “You think of Meister Eckhart” Fiction: Tricia Dower, “Hallowe’en 1955” Creative non-fiction: Melissa Jacques, “Call and Response” Read more for details.

Malahat wins four NMAs!

The Malahat Review congratulates four of its authors who won 2008 National Magazine Awards, where were announced on Friday, June 5, 2009, in Toronto: Fiction Andrew Tibbetts of Toronto, Ontario, won Gold for “Dead Man’s Wedding” D. W. Wilson of Victoria, B.C., won Silver for “The Elasticity of Bone” Poetry Sina Queyras of Montreal, Quebec,…