Canadian Literary Awards
2008
Winners of Canadian literary awards for 2008.
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2008
- Amazon.ca First Novel Award
- Joan Thomas – Reading by Lightning
- Arthur Ellis Awards: First Novel
- Liam Durcan – Garcia's Heart
- Arthur Ellis Awards: Juvenile
- Shane Peacock – Eye of the Crow
- Arthur Ellis Awards: Nonfiction
- Julian Sher – One Child at a Time: The Global Fight to Rescue Children from Online Predators
- Arthur Ellis Awards: Novel
- Jon Redfern – Trumpets Sound No More
- Canada Reads
- Paul Quarrington – King Leary
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Andrew Hood – Pardon Our Monsters
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
- Rita Wong – Forage
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
- Mary Novik – Conceit
- Giller Prize
- Joseph Boyden – Through Black Spruce
- Governor General's Literary Awards: Children's Literature
- John Ibbitson – The Landing
- Governor General's Literary Awards: Fiction
- Nino Ricci – The Origin of Species
- Governor General's Literary Awards: Non-fiction
- Christie Blatchford – Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
- Governor General's Literary Awards: Poetry
- Jacob Scheier – More to Keep Us Warm
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Robin Blaser – The Holy Forest
- Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Fiction
- Julie Lawson – No Safe Harbour
- Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Non-fiction
- Kathy Kacer – Hiding Edith
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Terry Fallis – The Best Laid Plans
- Red Maple Award
- Eric Walters – Safe as Houses
- ReLit Awards: Novel
- Gil Adamson – The Outlander
- ReLit Awards: Poetry
- Gillian Wigmore – Soft Geography
- ReLit Awards: Short Fiction
- Roberta Rees – Long After Fathers
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- Miriam Toews – The Flying Troutmans
- Saskatchewan Book Awards: Book of the Year
- Gary Hyland – Love of Mirrors: Poems New and Selected
- Saskatchewan Book Awards: Fiction
- Pam Bustin – Mostly Happy
- Saskatchewan Book Awards: First Book
- Pam Bustin – Mostly Happy
- Saskatchewan Book Awards: Non-Fiction
- Donna Caruso – Journey Without A Map, Growing Up Italian: A Memoir
- Saskatchewan Book Awards: Poetry
- Gary Hyland – Love of Mirrors: Poems New and Selected
- Saskatchewan Book Awards: Reader's Choice
- Janita Van de Velde – Postcards Never Written
- Saskatchewan Book Awards: Regina Book Award
- David McLennan – Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park
- Saskatchewan Book Awards: Saskatoon Book Award
- Louise Bernice Halfe – The Crooked Good
- Saskatchewan Book Awards: Young Adult
- Alison Lohans – This Land We Call Home
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Michael Kusugak
- Winterset Award
- Randall Maggs – Night Work: The Sawchuck Poems
- Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize
- Taras Grescoe – Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
- Arthur Ellis Awards: French
- Mario Bolduc – Tsiganes
- Combat des livres
- Éric Dupont – La logeuse
- Governor General's Literary Awards: Études et essais
- Pierre Ouellet – Hors-temps : poétique de la posthistoire
- Governor General's Literary Awards: Littérature Jeunesse
- Sylvie Desrosiers – Les trois lieues
- Governor General's Literary Awards: Poésie
- Michel Pleau – La lenteur du monde
- Governor General's Literary Awards: Romans et nouvelles
- Marie-Claire Blais – Naissance de Rebecca à l'ère des tourments
- Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Documentaire
- Melvin Gallant – Ti-Jean-le-Rusé
- Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award: Romans
- Denis Boucher – Le monstre du lac Baker
Added 04 November 2008.
Updated 10 March 2010.
