Writers Trust of Canada

Press Releases

• Writers’ Trust Identifies Stars of Tomorrow (04/18/13) Finalists Announced for RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers


• Marcello Di Cintio wins the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize (03/06/13) A French-language release is available.


• Writers' Trust to Post Authors in Canada's North (01/22/13) Future Berton House Writers-in-Residence Named


• Writers’ Trust Announces Year’s Best Political Books (01/15/13) - Cities on the move, nations in conflict, national health make up shortlist. A French-language release is available.


• Writers' Trust of Canada Announces New Executive Director (12/6/12) - The Writers’ Trust announced the appointment of Mary Osborne as the organization’s new Executive Director.



• Hon. Hilary M. Weston and the Writers’ Trust Present $60,000 Literary Award (11/12/12) Candace Savage Wins for Disquieting Prairie Memoir.
   

• Short Stories and Children’s Literature Win Big at 2012 Writers’ Trust Awards (11/08/12) Tamas Dobozy, Nino Ricci, Jean Little, Paul Yee among night’s big winners
   

• Hon. Hilary M. Weston and the Writers’ Trust Announce Finalists for $60,000 Literary Award (25/09/12) Barbara Amiel Black and Seamus O’Regan join prize jury.

• Retail Partnership Announced (20/09/12) Loblaw and the Writers’ Trust join forces to champion Canadian writers

 

• Writers’ Trust Announces First Fiction Prizes of the Season (19/09/12) Global Stories, Canadian Perspectives -- Indie Presses Dominate Pack


• Writers’ Trust Rewards Amber Dawn with Prize for LGBT Authors (27/06/12) Vancouver Writer Wins Sixth Annual Dayne Ogilvie Prize


• The Writers’ Trust of Canada Announces the Jury for the 2012 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction (14/05/12)
  Three prominent authors named to judge this year's prize.


• George Woodcock's Centenary an Opportunity to Reflect Upon His Contribution to Canadian Writers (08/05/12)
  Growing gift to fellow writers approaches $900,000.


• Key Dates Announced for Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (02/05/12)
  Finalists for country's richest annual prize for nonfiction to be announced on September 25, 2012.


• A Win for Gwyn (25/04/12)
  Richard Gwyn Receives Shaughnessy Cohen Prize. A French-language release is available. 


• Writers’ Trust Recognizes Promising Young Writers (04/03/12)
  Finalists Revealed for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.


• Year's Best Political Books Announced (22/02/12)
  Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists named. A French-language release is available.


• Next Writers-in-Residence Announced (17/01/12)
  Berton House Writers' Retreat announcement.