Congratulations to David Adams Richards, who was the recipient of the Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life at the 11th Annual Writer's Trust Awards ceremony. The Matt Cohen Award is presented to a Canadian writer in recognition of a lifetime of distinguished work. To go along with this prestigious acknowledgement is $20,000! Congratulations David!

Congratulations to Mike Christie who won for The Beggar's Garden, his debut collection of short stories set in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

CBC Books Canada Reads: True Stories Top 40 was announced today and two of our authors made the list! Congratulations to Andrew Westoll, nominated for The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary, and Heather S. Cariou, nominated for Sixty-five Roses.

Esi Edugyan, nominated for 4 literary prizes including the 2011 Man Booker, discusses and reads from her novel Half-Blood Blues  in this video interview with The Telegraph.

Click here to watch the interview

Esi Edugyan's Half-Blood Blues has been shortlisted for yet another prize (that makes 4 now!), the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction.

Congratulations Esi!