Subscribe via RSS 2.0by Chadwick Ginther - Sunday Sep 21 2008 12:23 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy
novel The New Moon's Arms has won the author her second Sunburst Award. She previously won for Skin Folk. 2008 also saw an award presented for the first time for Young Adult literature. This year's winner in that category was Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by .
The Sunburst Awards are a juried prize celebrating excellence in Canadian speculative fiction.
by Chadwick Ginther - Monday Jun 02 2008 6:50 pm permalink Post a comment
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The Sunburst Awards, a juried prize for Canadian literature of the fantastic, have announced their shortlist in both adult and young adult categories. The 2008 prize will be for books published in 2007, and includes some of Canadian genre publishing's top names.
by Chadwick Ginther - Thursday May 01 2008 11:53 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards, Mystery & Crime
The Arthur Ellis Awards, named for Canada's former official hangman, are awarded to works within the crime genre published for the first time in the previous year. The respective authors must be either living in Canada, or Canadians writing from abroad.
The Arthur Ellis Awards have also recently begun awarding their "Unhanged Arthur" for best unpublished crime novel, designed to launch the careers of the next generation of Canadian crime writers.
Congratulations to Winnipeg's , who has two novels nominated in the juvenile category.
by Lynn Popham - Thursday Apr 03 2008 11:19 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards, Authors, Winnipeg, Publishing News
Winnipeg writer Martha Brooks has won the Vicky Metcalf Award. The $15,000 national literary award honours Martha's entire body of work. The award was presented on Tuesday night in Toronto.
by Catherine Toews - Monday Feb 25 2008 11:53 am permalink Post a comment
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The winners of the 2007 Cybils Awards (The Children's and YA Bloggers' Literary Awards) were announced on Thursday, February 14th. The Cybils are the only online literary awards. To win, books must combine both literary merit and kid or young adult appeal.
by Lynn Popham - Tuesday Oct 16 2007 10:17 am permalink Post a comment
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Winnipeg writer has won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for her book Kanada.
by Joan Marshall - Thursday Aug 02 2007 4:36 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Reviews, Awards
Meet Katherine Talbert, 16 year old daughter of a country family,summoned to her mad Uncle Tremontaine's wealthy city home in exchange for payment of her parents' debts. Her capricious, powerful uncle has her dressed as a man and trained as a swordsman. With the help of Marcus, the Duke's personal assistant, Katherine immerses herself in the city's intrigues, love affairs and power struggles, using her hard-won sword skills to avenge wrong. Kushner
creates a believable, detailed, decadent society that will remind you of an 18th century European city when women had their place and men controlled wealth, power and politics. The strong characters and lively plot will keep you reading this delicious fantasy novel that was nominated for the Nebula Award.
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