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5 days ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) announced the winners of the 10th annual New Brunswick Book Awards on May 31, at WFNB’s WordSpring writing festival in Fredericton. At the same event, WFNB introduced a new annual award, the NB Legacy Award – presented to novelist David Adams Richards – which “recognizes those whose vision, leadership, and commitment have significantly enhanced the landscape of the written word,” according to WFNB executive director Valerie Bulmer.
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3 weeks ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
The Ontario Arts Council and Ontario Arts Foundation have released the 2025 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award shortlists. The annual awards, which come with a $6,000 prize each, recognize artistic excellence in writing and illustration in English-language Canadian picture books and middle grade/ young adult literature. Nominated in the picture book category are:Fighting Words by Leonarda Carranza and Erika Medina, ill.
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3 weeks ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
After a devastating 2024 season, a resurrected Kingston WritersFest has announced dates for the return of the literary festival in 2025. The main festival will take place from September 18 to 21. A festival launch is planned for July 27, and an opening event will take place in August at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts in Kingston, Ontario. Festival events, which had been held previously at various venues in the city, will now take place at the Marriott in downtown Kingston.
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1 month ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
The Griffin Poetry Prize has announced that it is honouring Margaret Atwood with the 2025 Lifetime Recognition Award. Created in 2006, the Lifetime Recognition Award is bestowed periodically by the Griffin trustees to international artists working in poetry. In 2024, the award was given to Canadian poet Don McKay.
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1 month ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
A.F. Moritz has been awarded the second annual Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. Moritz was awarded the prize for his 22nd collection of poetry, Great Silent Ballad, published in 2024 by House of Anansi Press. The $10,000 prize honours the most outstanding new poetry book published in Canada by an established poet.
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1 month ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
The Victoria Book Prize Society has announced the addition of a new poetry prize to its awards program. The DC Reid Poetry Prize will recognize exceptional books of poetry by writers who live in Capital Regional District (CRD). Winners of the award will receive a $5,000 prize. The new prize will be juried alongside the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for fiction and nonfiction (which up until this point also included poetry) and City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize.
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2 months ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
The shortlists for the 2025 Alberta Literary Awards have been announced by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta. The awards celebrate literary excellence by Alberta authors. Teresa Wong, Amy Lin, and Julie Sedivy all received multiple nominations. The winners will be announced at the Alberta Literary Awards Gala in Calgary on June 6. The Golden Pen Award for lifetime achievement will also be presented at the gala to Richard Harrison.
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2 months ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
The Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB) has announced the shortlisted titles for the 2024-25 New Brunswick Book Awards. The awards are presented to books published in the 2024 calendar year in poetry, fiction, nonfiction and, for the first time, young readers categories. Traditionally published and self-published authors who have lived in New Brunswick for three of the last five years, including the award year, are eligible. The finalists are:Mrs.
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2 months ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
Kingston WritersFest announced on March 10 that a fundraising Angel Campaign has raised enough funds to address the financial obligations of the 2024 festival and thanked the “Kingston community and book lovers across Canada” for their financial support.
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2 months ago | 
quillandquire.com | Attila Berki
The Al Purdy A-Frame Association (APAFA) has announced a longlist of ten titles for the second annual Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. The $10,000 prize honours the most outstanding new poetry book published in Canada in 2024 by an established poet with five or more traditionally published poetry books, “who embod[ies] exceptional talent and a profound connection to the Canadian spirit.”This is the first year that a longlist and shortlist (to be released on March 31) are being announced.
