Quill & Quire

5 days ago | quillandquire.com | Cassandra Drudi

Three writers have been named the winners of the 2025 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. The award, established in 1994, grants $10,000 annually to a writer of fiction and poetry. It is administered by the Writers’ Trust of Canada. This year, the prize was also awarded to a writer of creative nonfiction for the first time since the category was added last year. The finalists were chosen from shortlists of three writers in each category.

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.

2 weeks ago | quillandquire.com | Cassandra Drudi

Michael Crummey has won the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. Crummey’s novel The Adversary (Knopf Canada/PRHC) was one of six titles shortlisted for the €100,000 prize, which is worth about $147,000. The other shortlisted titles were Not a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott; We Are Light by Gerda Blees, translated by Michele Hutchison; James by Percival Everett; Prophet Song by Paul Lynch; and Northwoods by Daniel Mason.

2 weeks ago | quillandquire.com | Brian Francis

Dear Agony Editor,I’ve written three novels and I’m considering quitting writing. I’ve watched my advances decrease, along with book sales, and I get little to no return on my time as well as my emotional and mental effort. I have a career outside of writing, so I’ll be fine financially. But there’s a part of me that doesn’t want my dream to die. How can I be certain that walking away is right for me? Signed,Throwing in the TowelDear Throwing in the Towel,I’m sorry you’re grappling with this.

2 weeks ago | quillandquire.com | Cassandra Drudi

Three books have been named finalists for the 2025 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The annual award, now in its 78th year, recognizes excellence in Canadian literary humour. Previous winners include Terry Fallis, Will Ferguson, W.O.Mitchell, Stuart McLean, and Mordecai Richler. The three finalists were selected from a 10-book longlist announced in April. The winner will be named at a gala in Orillia, Ontario, on June 21.