Canadian Literary Awards
2010s
Winners of Canadian literary awards in the 2010s.
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2015
Arthur Ellis Awards
- First Novel
- Steve Burrows – Siege of Bitterns
- French
- Andrée Michaud – Bondrée
- Juvenile
- Sigmund Brouwer – Dead Man's Switch
- Nonfiction
- Charlotte Gray – The Massey Murder
- Novel
- C.C. Humphreys – Plague
- Novella
- Jas. R. Petrin – A Knock on the Door
BC Book Prizes
- Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
- Roy Miki, Slavia Miki, Julie Flett – Dolphin SOS
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
- Cecily Nicholson – From the Poplars
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
- Aislinn Hunter – The World Before Us
- Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize
- Eve Joseph – In the Slender Margin
- Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
- Richard Beamish, Gordon McFarlane (eds.) – The Sea Among Us
- Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
- Maggie de Vries – Rabbit Ears
Canada Reads
- Canada Reads
- Kim Thúy – Ru
Combat des livres
- Combat des livres
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award
First Novel Award
- First Novel Award
Giller Prize
- Giller Prize
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Children's Literature
- Fiction
- Non-fiction
- Poetry
- Études et essais
- Littérature Jeunesse
- Poésie
- Romans et nouvelles
Griffin Poetry Prize
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Jane Munro – Blue Sonoma
Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
- Fiction
- Sam Fisher – Scare Scape
- Non-fiction
- Maria Birmingham – Weird Zone: Sports
- Romans
- Amy Lachapelle – Toxique
- Documentaire
- Yannick Bergeron – Au labo, les débrouillards
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
Ontario Library Association
- Blue Spruce Award
- Maureen Fergus, Mike Lowery – The Day My Mom Came To Kindergarten
- Evergreen Award
- Golden Oak Award
- Rosemary McCarney – Every Day is Malala Day
- Red Maple Award
- Eric Walters – Rule of Three
- Rona Arato – The Last Train
- Silver Birch Award
- Jonathan Auxier – The Night Gardener
- Annaleise Carr, Deborah Ellis – Annaleise Carr
- Cyndi Marko – Kung Pow Chicken #1 Let's Get Cracking
- White Pine Award
- Eve Silver – Rush
ReLit Awards
- Novel
- Poetry
- Short Fiction
Saskatchewan Book Awards
- Book of the Year
- Fiction
- First Book
- Prix du Livre
- Non-Fiction
- Poetry
- Reader's Choice
- Regina Book Award
- Saskatoon Book Award
- Young Adult
Winterset Award
- Winterset Award
Writers Trust Awards
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize
2014
Arthur Ellis Awards
- First Novel
- J. Kent Messum – Bait
- French
- Maureen Martineau – L'enfant promis
- Grand Master
- Howard Engel
- Juvenile
- Elizabeth MacLeod – Bones Never Lie
- Novel
- Seán Haldane – The Devil's Making
- Novella
- Melodie Campbell – The Goddaughter's Revenge
BC Book Prizes
- Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
- Julie Morstad – How To
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
- Jordan Abel – The Place of Scraps
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
- Ashley Little – Anatomy of a Girl Gang
- Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize
- David Stouck – Arthur Erickson
- Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
- David Stouck – Arthur Erickson
- Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
- Ashley Little – The New Normal
Canada Reads
- Canada Reads
- Joseph Boyden – The Orenda
Combat des livres
- Combat des livres
- Marie-Claire Blais – La belle bête
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Paul Carlucci – The Secret Life of Fission
First Novel Award
- First Novel Award
Giller Prize
- Giller Prize
- Sean Michaels – Us Conductors
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Children's Literature
- Raziel Reid – When Everything Feels like the Movies
- Fiction
- Thomas King – The Back of the Turtle
- Non-fiction
- Michael Harris – The End of Absence
- Poetry
- Arleen Paré – Lake of Two Mountains
- Études et essais
- Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois – Tenir tête
- Littérature Jeunesse
- Linda Amyot – Le jardin d'Amsterdam
- Poésie
- José Acquelin – Anarchie de la lumière
- Romans et nouvelles
- Andrée A. Michaud – Bondrée
Griffin Poetry Prize
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Anne Carson – Red Doc>
Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
- Fiction
- Ashley Spires – Binky Takes Charge
- Non-fiction
- Rob Laidlaw – No Shelter Here
- Romans
- Dominique Demers – Le secret des dragons
- Documentaire
- Élise Gravel – La mouche
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Bill Conall – The Promised Land
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Jack Hodgins
Ontario Library Association
- Blue Spruce Award
- Dave Whamond – Oddrey
- Evergreen Award
- Cathy Marie Buchanan – The Painted Girls
- Golden Oak Award
- Jennifer Lanthier, François Thisdale – The Stamp Collector
- Red Maple Award
- Susin Nielsen – The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
- Silver Birch Award
- Robin Stevenson – Record Breaker
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch – One Step at a Time
- Rebecca Upjohn, Renné Benoit – Secret of the Village Fool
- White Pine Award
- Lisa Harrington – Live To Tell
- Lise Dion, Liedewij Hawke – The Secret of the Blue Trunk
ReLit Awards
- Novel
- Nathaniel G. Moore – Savage 1986-2011
- Poetry
- Charmaine Cadeau – Placeholder
- Short Fiction
- Christine Miscione – Auxiliary Skins
Saskatchewan Book Awards
- Book of the Year
- Lisa Bird-Wilson – Just Pretending
- Children
- Dianne Young, John Martz – Dear Flyary
- Fiction
- Lisa Bird-Wilson – Just Pretending
- First Book
- James Daschuk – Clearing the Plains
- Non-Fiction
- James Daschuk – Clearing the Plains
- Poetry
- Paul Wilson – The Invisible Library
- Regina Book Award
- James Daschuk – Clearing the Plains
- Saskatoon Book Award
- Adam Pottle – Mantis Dreams
Winterset Award
- Winterset Award
Writers Trust Awards
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- Miriam Toews – All My Puny Sorrows
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Cary Fagan
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award
- Joan Thomas
2013
Arthur Ellis Awards
- First Novel
- Simone St. James – The Haunting of Maddy Clare
- French
- Mario Bolduc – La Nuit des albinos: Sur les traces de Max O'Brien
- Juvenile
- Shane Peacock – Becoming Holmes
- Nonfiction
- Steve Lillebuen – The Devil's Cinema
- Novel
- Giles Blunt – Until the Night
BC Book Prizes
- Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
- Alan Woo, Isabelle Malenfant (illustrator) – Maggie's Chopsticks
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
- Sarah de Leeuw – Geographies of a Lover
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
- Bill Gaston – The World
- Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize
- Geoff Meggs, Rod Mickleburgh – The Art of the Impossible
- Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
- Derek Hayes – British Columbia: A New Historical Atlas
- Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
- Caroline Adderson – Middle of Nowhere
Canada Reads
- Canada Reads
- Lisa Moore – February
Combat des livres
- Combat des livres
- Lawrence Hill – Aminata
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Rebecca Lee – Bobcat and other stories
First Novel Award
- First Novel Award
- Wayne Grady – Emancipation Day
Giller Prize
- Giller Prize
- Lynn Coady – Hellgoing
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Children's Literature
- Teresa Toten – The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
- Fiction
- Eleanor Catton – The Luminaries
- Non-fiction
- Sandra Djwa – Journey with No Maps
- Poetry
- Katherena Vermette – North End Love Songs
- Études et essais
- Yvon Rivard – Aimer, enseigner
- Littérature Jeunesse
- Geneviève Mativat – À l'ombre de la grande maison
- Poésie
- René Lapierre – Pour les désespérés seulement
- Romans et nouvelles
- Stéphanie Pelletier – Quand les guêpes se taisent
Griffin Poetry Prize
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- David W. McFadden – What's the Score?
Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
- Fiction
- Catherine Austen – 26 Tips For Surviving Grade 6
- Non-fiction
- Tanya Lloyd Kyi – 50 Poisonous Questions
- Romans
- Arianne Gagnon-Roy – Le mystère de Blandy-les-Tours
- Documentaire
- Maxim Cyr et Karine Gottot – Les Bleues de New York
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Cassie Stocks – Dance, Gladys, Dance
Ontario Library Association
- Blue Spruce Award
- Martin Springett, Isobel Springett – Kate and Pippin
- Evergreen Award
- Terry Fallis – Up & Down
- Golden Oak Award
- Joy Fielding – Home Invasion
- Red Maple Award
- Wesley King – The Vindico
- Bill Swan – Real Justice
- Silver Birch Award
- Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch – Making Bombs For Hitler
- Rob Laidlaw – No Shelter Here
- Brit Trogen, Kari Trogen – Margaret and the Moth Tree
- White Pine Award
- Jeyn Roberts – Dark Inside
ReLit Awards
- Novel
- Lynn Crosbie – Life is About Losing Everything
- Poetry
- Steven Price – Omens in the Year of the Ox
- Short Fiction
- Ian Rogers – Every House is Haunted
Saskatchewan Book Awards
- Book of the Year
- Candace Savage – A Geography of Blood
- Fiction
- Harriet Richards – The Pious Robber
- First Book
- Melanie Schnell – While the Sun is Above Us
- Prix du Livre
- Francoise Sigur-Cloutier, Mireille Lavoie – Théâtre fransaskois 5
- Non-Fiction
- Candace Savage – A Geography of Blood
- Poetry
- Barbara Langhorst – Restless White Fields
- Regina Book Award
- Melanie Schnell – While the Sun is Above Us
- Saskatoon Book Award
- Candace Savage – A Geography of Blood
- Young Adult
- Alice Kuipers – 40 Things I Want To Tell You
Winterset Award
- Winterset Award
- Paul Bowdring – The Strangers' Gallery
Writers Trust Awards
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- Colin McAdam – A Beautiful Truth
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Barbara Reid
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award
- Lisa Moore
2012
Arthur Ellis Awards
- First Novel
- Ian Hamilton – The Water Rat of Wanchai
- French
- Martin Michaud – La chorale du diable
- Juvenile
- Tim Wynne-Jones – Blink & Caution
- Nonfiction
- Joshua Knelman – Hot Art
- Novel
- Peter Robinson – Before the Poison
BC Book Prizes
- Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
- Sara O'Leary, Julie Morstad (illustrator) – When I Was Small
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
- John Pass – crawlspace
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
- Esi Edugyan – Half-Blood Blues
- Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize
- Charlotte Gill – Eating Dirt
- Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
- Chuck Davis – The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver
- Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
- Moira Young – Blood Red Road
Canada Reads
- Canada Reads
- Carmen Aguirre – Something Fierce
Combat des livres
- Combat des livres
- Marie-Renée Lavoie – La petite et le vieux
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Ian Williams – Not Anyone's Anything
First Novel Award
- First Novel Award
- Anakana Schofield – Malarky
Giller Prize
- Giller Prize
- Will Ferguson – 419
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Children's Literature
- Susin Nielsen – The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
- Fiction
- Linda Spalding – The Purchase
- Non-fiction
- Ross King – Leonardo and the Last Supper
- Poetry
- Julie Bruck – Monkey Ranch
- Études et essais
- Normand Chaurette – Comment tuer Shakespeare
- Littérature Jeunesse
- Aline Apostolska – Un été d'amour et de cendres
- Poésie
- Maude Smith Gagnon – Un drap. Une place.
- Romans et nouvelles
- France Daigle – Pour sûr
Griffin Poetry Prize
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Ken Babstock – Methodist Hatchet
Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
- Fiction
- Hugh Brewster – Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II
- Non-fiction
- Catherine Rondina – Don't Touch That Toad and Other Strange Things Adult Tell You
- Romans
- Richard Petit – Ton journal intime Zone Frousse
- Documentaire
- Stéphane C. Dubois – Le petit livre des affaires dégueulasses
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Patrick deWitt – The Sisters Brothers
Lorne Pierce Medal
- Lorne Pierce Medal
- Aritha Van Herk
Ontario Library Association
- Blue Spruce Award
- Rebecca Bender – Giraffe and Bird
- Evergreen Award
- Linwood Barclay – The Accident
- Golden Oak Award
- Cindy Watson – Out of Darkness
- Red Maple Award
- Kenneth Oppel – Half Brother
- Silver Birch Award
- David Skuy – Undergrounders
- Catherine Rondina, Kevin Sylvester – Don't Touch That Toad & Other Strange Things Adults Tell You
- Jan Andrews, Dušan Petricic – When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew
- White Pine Award
- Kelley Armstrong – The Gathering
- Neil Pasricha – The Book of Awesome
ReLit Awards
- Novel
- Suzette Mayr – Monoceros
- Poetry
- Patrick Friesen – Jumping in the Asylum
- Short Fiction
- Greg Kearney – Pretty
Winterset Award
- Winterset Award
- Andy Jones – Jack and Mary in the Land of Thieves
Writers Trust Awards
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- Tamas Dobozy – Siege 13
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Paul Yee
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award
- Nino Ricci
2011
Arthur Ellis Awards
- First Novel
- Avner Mandleman – The Debba
- French
- Jacques Côté – Dans le quartier des agités
- Juvenile
- Alice Kuipers – The Worst Thing She Ever Did
- Nonfiction
- Stevie Cameron – On the Farm
- Novel
- Louise Penny – Bury Your Dead
BC Book Prizes
- Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
- Julie Flett – Owls See Clearly at Night
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
- Stephen Collis – On the Material
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
- Gurjinder Basran – Everything Was Good-Bye
- Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize
- John Vaillant – The Tiger
- Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
- Dan Savard – Images from the Likeness House
- Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
- Maggie de Vries – Hunger Journeys
Canada Reads
Combat des livres
- Combat des livres
- Perrine Leblanc – L'homme blanc
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Billie Livingston – Greedy Little Eyes
First Novel Award
- First Novel Award
- David Bezmozgis – The Free World
Giller Prize
- Giller Prize
- Esi Edugyan – Half-Blood Blues
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Children's Literature
- Christopher Moore – From Then to Now
- Fiction
- Patrick deWitt – The Sisters Brothers
- Non-fiction
- Charles Foran – Mordecai: The Life & Times
- Poetry
- Phil Hall – Killdeer
- Études et essais
- Georges Leroux – Wanderer
- Littérature Jeunesse
- Martin Fournier – L'enfer ne brûle pas
- Poésie
- Louise Dupré – Plus haut que les flammes
- Romans et nouvelles
- Perrine Leblanc – L'homme blanc
Griffin Poetry Prize
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Dionne Brand – Ossuaries
Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
- Fiction
- Ashley Spires – Binky: The Space Cat
- Non-fiction
- Valerie Wyatt – How to Build Your Own Country
- Romans
- Richard Petit – La plus jolie histoire
- Documentaire
- Gilles Tibo – Le dico de Tibo
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Trevor Cole – Practical Jean
Ontario Library Association
- Blue Spruce Award
- Dave Whamond – My Think-A-Ma-Jink
- Red Maple Award
- Vicki Grant – Not Suitable for Family Viewing
- Mariatu Kamara – The Bite of the Mango
- Silver Birch Award
- Kevin Sylvester – Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders
- Valerie Wyatt, Fred Rix – How to Build Your Own Country
- Ashley Spires – Binky the Space Cat
- White Pine Award
- Richard Scarsbrook – The Monkeyface Chronicles
ReLit Awards
- Novel
- Craig Francis Power – Blood Relatives
- Poetry
- Dani Couture – Sweet
- Short Fiction
- Tony Burgess – Ravenna Gets
Saskatchewan Book Awards
- Book of the Year
- Darren R. Prefontaine – Gabriel Dumont
- Children
- Adele Dueck – Racing Home
- Fiction
- Harold Johnson – The Cast Stone
- First Book
- Anne McDonald – To The Edge of the Sea
- Non-Fiction
- Curtis R. McManus – Happyland
- Poetry
- Thelma Poirier – Rock Creek Blues
- Regina Book Award
- Mark Cronlund Anderson, Carmen L. Robertson – Seeing Red
- Saskatoon Book Award
- Jeff Park – The Cellophane Sky
Winterset Award
- Winterset Award
- Don McKay – The Shell of the Tortoise
Writers Trust Awards
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- Patrick deWitt – The Sisters Brothers
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award
- Wayne Johnston
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Iain Lawrence
- Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize
2010
Amazon.ca First Novel Award
- Amazon.ca First Novel Award
- Eleanor Catton – The Rehearsal
Arthur Ellis Awards
- First Novel
- Alan Bradley – The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
- French
- Jean Lemieux – Le mort du chemin des Arsene
- Juvenile
- Barbara Haworth-Attard – Haunted
- Nonfiction
- Terry Gould – Murder Without Borders
- Novel
- Howard Shrier – High Chicago
BC Book Prizes
- Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize
- Frieda Wishinsky, Dean Griffiths – Maggie Can't Wait
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
- Fred Wah – is a door
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
- Cathleen With – Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison
- Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize
- Lorna Crozier – Small Beneath the Sky
- Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
- Andrew Paul Scott – Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names
- Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
- Carrie Mac – The Gryphon Project
Canada Reads
- Canada Reads
- Nicolas Dickner – Nikolski
Combat des livres
- Combat des livres
- Dany Laferrière – L'énigme du retour
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Danuta Gleed Literary Award
- Sarah Roberts – Wax Boats
Giller Prize
- Giller Prize
- Johanna Skibsrud – The Sentimentalists
Governor General's Literary Awards
- Children's Literature
- Wendy Phillips – Fishtailing
- Fiction
- Dianne Warren – Cool Water
- Non-fiction
- Allan Casey – Lakeland
- Poetry
- Richard Greene – Boxing the Compass
- Études et essais
- Michel Lavoie – C'est ma seigneurie que je réclame
- Littérature Jeunesse
- Élise Turcotte – Rose
- Poésie
- Danielle Fournier – effleurés de lumière
- Romans et nouvelles
- Kim Thúy – Ru
Griffin Poetry Prize
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Karen Solie – Pigeon
Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award
- Fiction
- Ingrid Lee – Dog Lost
- Non-fiction
- David Acer – Gotcha! 18 Amazing Ways to Freak Out Your Friends
- Romans
- Tina Landry – Le cimetière de Boisvert
- Documentaire
- Annie Groovie – Délirons avec Léon spécial Olympiques
Leacock Medal for Humour
- Leacock Medal for Humour
- Will Ferguson – Beyond Belfast
Ontario Library Association
- Blue Spruce Award
- Jeremy Tankard – Boo Hoo Bird
- Evergreen Award
- Jessica Grant – Come, Thou Tortoise
- Golden Oak Award
- Katie Smith Milway, Eugenie Fernandes – One Hen
- Red Maple Award
- Susin Neilsen – Word Nerd
- Silver Birch Award
- Robert Paul Weston – Zorgamazoo
- Larry Verstraete – At the Edge
- Cyndi Sand-Eveland – Dear Toni
- White Pine Award
- Pam Bustin – Mostly Happy
ReLit Awards
- Novel
- Michael Kenyon – The Beautiful Children
- Poetry
- Gillian Jerome – Red Nest
- Short Fiction
- Stuart Ross – Buying Cigarettes for the Dog
Saskatchewan Book Awards
- Book of the Year
- David Carpenter – A Hunter's Confession
- Fiction
- Sandra Birdsell – Waiting for Joe
- First Book
- Amy Jo Ehman – Prairie Feast
- Non-Fiction
- Alexandra Popoff – Sophia Tolstoy
- Poetry
- Dave Margoshes – Dimensions of an Orchard
- Prix du livre
- Martine Noël-Maw – Dans le pli des collines, 2e éd.
- Regina Book Award
- Dianne Warren – Cool Water
- Saskatoon Book Award
- Alexandra Popoff – Sophia Tolstoy
- Young Adult
- Arthur Slade – The Dark Deeps
Winterset Award
- Winterset Award
- Russell Wangersky – The Glass Harmonica
Writers Trust Awards
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- Emma Donoghue – Room
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
- Polly Horvath
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award
- Miriam Toews
- Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize
- James FitzGerald – What Disturbs Our Blood
