Canadian Literary Awards
2010s

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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

Canada Reads
Terry FallisThe Best Laid Plans

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