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The CBC's annual battle of the books, Canada Reads, is a great source for new books and titles you may have missed the first time around.

Canada Reads 2019

By Chance Alone by Max Eisen

Canada Reads 2018 Winner

Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto

Canada Reads 2017 Winner

Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis

The Scotiabank Giller Prize was founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, who passed away from cancer the year before. The award recognized excellence in Canadian fiction.

2018 Winner

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

2017 Winner

Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill

The Governor General's Literary Awards are given annually to the best English-language and the best French-language book in the seven categories.

2018 English Language Winners

Fiction

Red Word by Sarah Henstra

Non-Fiction

Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age, by Darrel J. McLeod  

2017 English Language Winner

We'll All Be Burnt In Our Beds Some Night by Joel Thomas Hynes

2016 English Language Winner

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

The Man Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, rewarding the finest in fiction, highlighting great books to readers. As of 2016, the Man Booker International Prize will be awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK. In 2018 the Golden Man Booker Prize was awarded for the best fiction writing over the last 5 decades.

2018 Man Booker Prize Shortlist

Milkman by Anna Burns

2018 Golden Man Booker Prize

The English Patient by Michael Ondaajte

2018 Man Booker International Prize Winner

Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

2017 Man Booker Prize Winner

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

2017 Man Book International Prize Winner

A Horse Walks Into A Bar by David Grossman

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is awarded annually to an American author.

2018 Winner

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

2017 Winner

The Undground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

2016 Winner

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Arthur Ellis Awards honour the best in Canadian crime writing.

2017 Best Novel Winner

Sleeping in the Ground by Peter Robinson

2016 Best Novel Winner

Open Season by Peter Kirby

2015 Best Novel Winner

Plague by C.C. Humphreys

The Board of Directors of the Stephen Leacock Associates works to preserve the literary legacy of Stephen Leacock, oversee the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour award and encourage the growth of Canadian humour writing.

2018 Winner

Gone to Pot by Jennifer Craig

2017 Winner

Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin

The RBC Taylor Prize, an annual award that honours the best in Canadian literary nonfiction.

2018 Winner:

2017 Winner:

Mad enchantment by Ross King

2016 Winner:

Stalin's Daughter by Rosemary Sullivan

 Trillium Book Award

The Ontario government established the Trillium Book Award in 1987 to recognize excellence, support marketing and foster increased public awareness of the quality and diversity of Ontario writers and writing.

2018 Winner:

Birds Art Life by Kyo Maclear

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