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Awards

Awards news from Canada and around the world

Winner of the International Booker Prize 2026, Taiwan Travelogue is a bittersweet story of love between two women, nested in an artful exploration of language, history and power. The prize, which is awarded annually, celebrates the best works of long-form fiction or collections of short stories translated into English and published in the UK and/or Ireland.

Photograph of the author of Taiwan Travelogue along with the translator holding up their award.

Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize 2025

Book covers for the shortlisted Atwood Gibson Prize for Fiction
  • Endling by Maria Reva WINNER!
  • Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand by Tim Bowling
  • Simple Creatures by Robert McGill
  • We, the Kindling by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
  • Julius Julius by Aurora Stewart de Peña

BC and Yukon Book Prizes 2026

Book covers of shortlisted titles for the BC & Yukon Book Prize

The BC and Yukon Book Prizes celebrate the achievements of British Columbia and Yukon writers, illustrators and publishers.

Read the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes Nominees

Canada Reads 2026

Book covers for the 2026 Canada Reads short list along with the defenders.

Canada Reads is back for 2026! This year, the great Canadian book debate is looking for one book to build bridges. 

  • Read the 2026 Canada Reads Shortlist
  • Read the 2026 Canada Reads Longlist

Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2026

Book covers of shortlisted titles for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction along with photographs of the authors

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is the first major English-language literary prize to celebrate creativity and excellence in fiction by women and non-binary writers in Canada and the United States.

Read the shortlisted titles for the 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Crime Writers of Canada Awards 2026

Logo for the Crime Writers of Canada Award

Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence were established in 1984 and are presented annually by the CWC.

Read the finalists for the 2026 Crime Writers of Canada Award

 

Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Writers 2025

Book covers for the finalists for the 2025 Dayne Ogilvie Prize

The Dayne Ogilvie Prize is presented annually to a Canadian writer from the LGBTQ2S+ community for a debut book in any genre.

  • All the Parts We Exile by Roza Nozari WINNER!
  • How I Bend Into More by Tea Gerbeza 
  • Three Parties by Ziyad Saadi

OLA Evergreen Award 2026

Book covers of the 2026 Evergreen Award nominees

The Evergreen Award™ is designed for adults of any age and the lists are comprised of Canadian fiction and non-fiction titles.

  • Read the 2026 nominees for the Evergreen Award!
  • Read Roar by Shelley Thompson the 2025 Winner!

Festival of Literary Diversity 2026

FOLD logo

The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) devotes their programming to the work of marginalized and underrepresented authors and storytellers and takes place annually in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. 

Read the 2026 FOLD titles 

First Nation Communities Read 2025-2026

Book covers for the 2025 FNCR Winners

Winner in the children's category: Boozhoo! / Hello! Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley

Winner in the children's category: The Baby Train by Stella Shepard

Giller Prize 2025

Book covers from the 2025 Giller Short List

The Giller Prize is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English the previous year. 

  • Read the 2025 Giller Shortlist!
  • Read the 2025 Giller Longlist!

 

Governor General's Literary Awards 2025

Seals for the Governor General's Literary Awards
  • Read the winners for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Awards
  • Read the finalists for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Awards

Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction 2025

Book cover of Theory of Water with photo of author Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  • Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson WINNER!
  • One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
  • The Snag by Tessa McWatt
  • The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse by Vinh Nguyen
  • A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews

Indigenous Voices Award 2025

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The Indigenous Voices Awards is the only major literary prize to celebrate creativity and excellence for work by emerging Indigenous writers. 

Read the finalists for the 2025 IVA's

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2026

Book cover of winner for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing 2026 along with photograph of author.
  • Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community​ by ​Maggie Helwig Winner!
  • On Oil​ by ​Don Gillmor Coming soon!
  • ​On the Ground: My Life as a Foreign Correspondent​ by ​Brian Stewart 
  • On Book Banning by ​Ira Wells​ Coming soon!
  • Women Who Woke up the Law ​by ​Karin Wells 

Toronto Book Awards 2025

Book covers of 2025 longlisted Toronto Book Award nominees

Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the Toronto Book Awards honour books of literary merit that are evocative of Toronto. The 2025 awards offer $15,000 in prize money: finalists receive $1,000 and the winning author is awarded $10,000.

Read the Toronto Book Award Shortlist

Read the Toronto Book Award Longlist

Trillium Book Award 2026

Photographs of nominated authors for the 2026 Trillium Book Prize

Established in 1987, the Trillium Book Prize annually recognizes the best book and best poetry collection from writers in Ontario. The winners in both the English and French categories of the Trillium Book Award will receive $20,000, while the winner of the poetry category will receive $10,000.

Read the finalists for the 2026 Trillium Book Award 

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