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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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The book covers for Fresh Pack of Smokes and Fake it So Real are shown on a navy blue background. Fresh Pack of Smokes has a grey sky with a city scene and Fake It So Real has a sketch of a  person walking away on a tan background.
ReLit Awards: Nightwood earns 2 wins and 7 nominations

Last month, the ReLit Awards returned to celebrate 2021 titles and retroactively announce nominees and winners for the previous three years. Nightwood Editions is proud to announce that Cassandra Blanchard’s...

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jaye simpson shortlisted for 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards
jaye simpson shortlisted for 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards

On Saturday, May 1, the shortlist for the 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards was unveiled as part of the virtual Blue Metropolis Literary Festival in Montreal. jaye simpson's powerful debut collection of poetry, ...

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