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Emily Riddle Wins the 2023 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Poetry!
Emily Riddle Wins the 2023 Indigenous Voices Award for Published Poetry!

The winners for the sixth annual Indigenous Voices Awards (IVAs) have been announced, and Nightwood Editions would like to congratulate Emily Riddle for winning the Published Poetry in English category for...

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Conor Kerr's Avenue of Champions on Giller Prize Longlist
Conor Kerr's Avenue of Champions on Giller Prize Longlist

The 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist has been announced and Conor Kerr has been recognized for his novel, Avenue of Champions.

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Undoing Hours by Selina Boan wins an Indigenous Voices Award
Undoing Hours by Selina Boan wins an Indigenous Voices Award

Recipients of the fifth annual Indigenous Voices Awards have been announced, and Selina Boan has won the published poetry in English category for her book, Undoing Hours (Nightwood Editions). From the jurors...

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Renée Sarojini Saklikar wins a Gold Medal for Bramah and the Beggar Boy
Renée Sarojini Saklikar wins a Gold Medal for Bramah and the Beggar Boy

Independent Publisher Book Awards presents Renée Sarojini Saklikar with the Gold Medal in the Poetry-Specialty category for her book, Bramah and the Beggar Boy.

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Conor Kerr, author of the award-winning bestselling novel, Avenue of Champions
Conor Kerr wins ReLit Award (novel) for Avenue of Champions

Conor Kerr has won a ReLit Award for his novel, Avenue of Champions. The ReLit Awards have been described as the “country’s pre-eminent literary prize recognizing independent presses” (Globe and Mail). 

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Selina Boan and Dallas Hunt recognized at the Indigenous Voices Awards
Selina Boan and Dallas Hunt recognized at the Indigenous Voices Awards

Finalists for the fifth annual Indigenous Voices Awards (IVAs) have been announced, and two books from Nightwood Editions have been recognized in the “Published Poetry in English” category: Undoing Hours by ...

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Marion Quednau on ReLit Shortlist
Marion Quednau on ReLit Shortlist

Sunshine Coast author Marion Quednau has been recognized for her latest book by the ReLit Awards. Sunday Drive to Gunclub Road is on the shortlist in the 2022 Short Fiction category.

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Avenue of Champions book cover with Amazon First Novel Prize Award sticker
Conor Kerr a finalist for the First Novel Award

Nightwood Editions congratulates Conor Kerr, whose book, Avenue of Champions is a finalist for the $60,000 Amazon First Novel Award in the Adult Novel category. Established in 1976, the First Novel Award pro...

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Creeland and Undoing Hours Shortlisted for League of Canadian Poets Book Awards
Creeland and Undoing Hours Shortlisted for League of Canadian Poets Book Awards

The shortlists for the 2022 League of Canadian Poets Book Awards have been announced, and Creeland by Dallas Hunt and Undoing Hours by Selina Boan have both been included.

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Creeland shortlisted for 2022 George Ryga Award
Creeland shortlisted for 2022 George Ryga Award

The 2022 Ryga Award shortlist has been announced, and Creeland by Dallas Hunt was included. Creeland is a poetry collection concerned with notions of home and the quotidian attachments we feel to those notio...

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Undoing Hours and Creeland Longlisted for League of Canadian Poets Book Awards
Undoing Hours and Creeland Longlisted for League of Canadian Poets Book Awards

The longlists for the 2022 League of Canadian Poets Book Awards have been announced, and we are delighted to share that two Nightwood poets have been included: Selina Boan, who is longlisted for the Pat Lo...

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Joseph Dandurand wins Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence
Joseph Dandurand wins Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

Nightwood Editions would like to congratulate Joseph Dandurand, winner of the 2021 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, which recognizes a writer who has contributed significantly to the deve...

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