Winners of Canadian literary awards for 1985.

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Arthur Ellis Awards

Nonfiction

Martin Friedland – The Trials of Israel Lipsky

Novel

Howard Engel – Murder Sees the Light

BC Book Prizes

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

Audrey Thomas – Intertidal Life

Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize

David Ricardo Williams – Duff

Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize

Hilary Stewart – Cedar

Books in Canada First Novel Award

Books in Canada First Novel Award

Wayne Johnston – The Story of Bobby O'Malley

Governor General's Literary Awards

Fiction

Margaret Atwood – The Handmaid's Tale

Non-fiction

Ramsay Cook – The Regenerators: Social Criticism in Late Victorian English Canada

Poetry

Fred Wah – Waiting for Saskatchewan

Études et essais

François Ricard – La littérature contre elle-même

Poésie

André Roy – Action writing

Romans et nouvelles

Fernand Ouellette – Lucie ou un midi en novembre

Leacock Medal for Humour

Leacock Medal for Humour

Ted Allen – Love is a Longshot

Writers Trust Awards

Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature

Edith Fowke

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Added 02 November 2008.
Updated 26 June 2010.