News
Thomas King Wins Libris Award
5th June 2013
WCA is happy to report that Thomas King’s The Inconvenient Indian has been chosen as the non-fiction book of the year at the CBA Libris awards. The CBA Libris Awards are voted on by independent booksellers, recognizing literary achievement and … Continue reading
Gaston and Adderson win BC Book Prizes
6th May 2013
WCA would like to congratulate Bill Gaston and Caroline Adderson for winning 2013 BC Book Prizes. Gaston’s The World took home the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and Adderson’s Middle of Nowhere won the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. For … Continue reading
Bergen Wins Two Prizes at the Manitoba Book Awards
29th April 2013
The Age of Hope by David Bergen has won the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction at the Manitoba Book Awards. The Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award honours books that evoke the special character … Continue reading
BC Book Prize Finalists Announced
15th March 2013
The finalists for the BC Book Prize were announced and they include… – Bill Gaston’s THE WORLD for Fiction – Carol Shaben’s INTO THE ABYSS for Non-Fiction – Caroline Adderson’s MIDDLE OF NOWHERE for Non-Illustrated Children’s Book – Susin Nielsen’s … Continue reading
Marcello Di Cintio wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
11th March 2013
Westwood Creative Artists is thrilled to announce that Marcello Di Cintio’s Walls: Travels Along the Barricades has won the 2013 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Now in its twelfth year, the prize is awarded annually to a non-fiction book … Continue reading
LIFE OF PI TOP OSCAR FILM
27th February 2013
Life of Pi was the big winner at the 2013 Academy Awards, picking up 4 Oscars, the most by any film. Ang Lee’s film adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel captured four Oscars, including the award for best Director, Original Score, Cinematography and Visual Effects. It was also nominated for best Adapted Screenplay, Editing, … Continue reading
Life of Pi Nominated for 11 Oscars!
10th January 2013
It was announced this morning that Life of Pi, based Yann Martel’s award-winning novel, is a leading contender for the 2013 Academy Awards. The film earned a stunning 11 nominations, including best picture. The full list of nominations follow: Best … Continue reading
Bishop-Gywn, Di Cintio, Fowler, Freeland and Simpson Longlisted for Taylor Prize
11th December 2012
The longlisted titles for The 2013 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction have been announced, and WCA is thrilled that five WCA clients are on the list: The Pursuit of Perfection: the life of Celia Franca by Carol Bishop-Gwyn (Toronto), … Continue reading
Bergen and Wagamese to do Battle in CBC’s Canada Reads
30th November 2012
CBC’s Canada Reads: Turf Wars released the names of its panelists and book choices for 2013 today, and WCA is happy to announce that Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse and David Bergen’s The Age of Hope have made the cut, and … Continue reading
WCA Authors fill Globe 100 list
30th November 2012
The Globe & Mail’s annual Globe 100 list has been released, and Westwood Creative Artists is thrilled to announce that WCA authors’ titles fill the list of the top books of the year. We would like to offer our warmest … Continue reading
GG Winners Announced!
15th November 2012
The 14 winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced by the Canada Council for the Arts, and WCA is happy to announce that Susin Nielsen has won the award in the Children’s Literature — Text category for The … Continue reading
Healy, Nason and Quigley Longlisted for IMPAC
15th November 2012
Three WCA clients have been longlisted for the prestigious 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Dermot Healy for Long Time, No See, Riel Nason for The Town that Drowned, and Sarah Quigley for The Conductor. The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the … Continue reading
Fowler and Di Cintio Longlisted for BC Book Award
15th November 2012
The jury for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, one of Canada’s largest literary non-fiction prizes, has released its longlist of finalists for 2013, and WCA is happy to report that Robert Fowler’s A Season in Hell: My 130 … Continue reading
Good News for Michael Blouin
6th November 2012
WCA is happy to announce that Michael Blouin’s Wore Down Trust has just been awarded the Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry. He has also been shortlisted for the bpNichol Chapbook Award for let lie, which he co-authored with Elizabeth Rainer.
The Untamed Garden a Winner!
17th October 2012
Sonia Day’s The Untamed Garden has just won a Silver Medal for Best Gardening Book, and a Gold Medal for Best Overall (there was only one awarded, and it covered every category imaginable – not just books) at the GWA … Continue reading
Hough and Onstad Longlisted for Scotiabank Giller Prize
26th September 2012
WCA is thrilled to have two authors longlisted for the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize: Robert Hough, for his novel Dr. Brinkley’s Tower, published by House of Anansi Press, and Katrina Onstad for her novel Everybody Has Everything, published by McClelland … Continue reading
Hay, Itani, Fowler and Oliver up for Ottawa Book Awards
26th September 2012
WCA is happy to announce that four WCA clients have been nominated for Ottawa Book Awards. The Ottawa book awards recognize the top English and French books published in the previous year. Congratulations Elizabeth Hay, Frances Itani, Robert Fowler and … Continue reading
Life of Pi to open New York Film Festival
18th August 2012
One of the biggest selling Canadian novels in history, Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, will have its movie debut at the New York Film Festival on September 28th. Life of Pi stars newcomer Suraj Sharma as Pi Patel, a teenager … Continue reading
Roy MacGregor wins the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award
12th June 2012
WCA is thrilled to announce that Roy MacGregor has won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award, as this year’s print media honoree by the Hockey Hall of Fame. MacGregor was recognized for his graceful, eloquent storytelling over a career that has … Continue reading
Erna Paris to receive WFM Canada World Peace Award
5th June 2012
Acclaimed Canadian author Erna Paris is the 2012 recipient of the WFM – Canada World Peace Award. The award, to be presented July 12 in Winnipeg, recognizes an outstanding Canadian whose work advances awareness and action in support of a … Continue reading
Hamilton wins Ellis Award
5th June 2012
WCA is thrilled to announce that Ian Hamilton’s The Water Rat of Wanchai has won the 2012 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. The Crime Writers of Canada’s citation of the novel follows: Ian Hamilton’s The Water Rat of … Continue reading
Sara O’Leary wins at BC Book Prize Gala
14th May 2012
Sara O’Leary has just won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize at the 2012 BC Book Prize Gala for When I Was Small (Simply Read Books). For more information, please visit: http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/winners/2012
Conrad Black named a 2012 National Business Book Award Finalist
28th April 2012
Conrad Black’s A Matter of Principle, published by McClelland & Stewart, has been named a finalist for the 2012 National Business Book Awards. In the book, Black offers a candid memoir of his indictment and trial, along with a critical … Continue reading
Richard Gwyn’s biography of John A. Macdonald wins Cohen prize
28th April 2012
WCA is thrilled to announce that Richard Gwyn’s bestselling biography of Sir John A. Macdonald has won the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing at a ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday night. Nation Maker is “a fully rounded and … Continue reading
Richard Gwyn wins J.W. Dafoe Book Prize
28th April 2012
WCA is happy to announce that Richard Gwyn’s Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald, His Life, Our Times has won this year’s J.W. Dafoe Book Prize. The Winnipeg-based Dafoe prize is given each year to a non-fiction title about Canadian … Continue reading
Nason Shortlisted for 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize
28th April 2012
Riel Nason’s debut novel The Town That Drowned has been declared a finalist for the 2012 Commonwealth Book Prize. Since its release in the Fall of 2011, The Town That Drowned has been a critical and commercial hit. Riel’s novel … Continue reading
Abuelaish wins a Christopher Award
28th April 2012
WCA is happy to announce that I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish, has just won a Christopher Award. The ceremony will be held in New York on May 24. For more information, please visit: www.christophers.org
Leslie Beck nominated for the 2012 Taste Canada Awards
28th April 2012
WCA is very pleased to announce that Leslie Beck’s Longevity Diet: The Power of Food to Slow Aging and Maintain Optimal Health and Energy has been nominated for the 2012 Taste Canada Awards in the category Culinary Narratives. A shortlist … Continue reading
Ostlere’s KARMA named a CLA 2012 Honour Book
28th April 2012
WCA is happy to announce that Cathy Ostlere’s Karma has been named a CLA 2012 Young Adult Book Award Honour Book.
David Bergen Shortlisted for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
12th April 2012
David Bergen’s The Matter with Morris (HarperCollins Canada) has been shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Bergen’s novel is the only Canadian title in the running for the prize, which awards 100,000 British pounds to the winner, and … Continue reading