Fiction
- Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul
by David Adams Richards - The Passage by Justin Cronin (TP)
- Vaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner
- The Water Man's Daughter
by Emma Ruby-Sachs - Dogs at the Perimeter
by Madeleine Thien - Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
Non-Fiction
- The Tiger by John Vaillant (TP)
- Walking Home by Ken Greenberg
- Adapt by Tim Harford
- For Your Tomorrow by Melanie Murray
- The Dukan Diet by Pierre Dukan
- A New Kind of Monster by
Timothy Appleby
Congratulations to our winner of the 2011 National
Business Book Award:
Ezra Levant for Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands (now available in paperback)
Also nominated was Richard Florida for The Great Reset. The winner was announced on May 12, 2011 at a luncheon in Toronto - click here for details.
Congratulations to Doug Saunders on winning the $35,000 Donner Prize for his book:
Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World
The winner was announced on April 28, 2011 and is to inspire lively debate on public policy issues and to reward provocative and excellent work that speaks to an informed readership - click here for more details.
Congratulations to our finalists for the Crime Writers of Canada's 2011 Arthur Ellis Awards:
Best First Crime Novel
The Debba by Avner Mandleman
The Parabolist by Nicholas Ruddock
The Penalty Killing by Michael McKinley
Northern Light by Roy MacGregor
On the Farm by Stevie Cameron
Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book
Pluto's Ghost by Sheree Fitch
The winners will be announced on June 2 - click here for more information.
Congratulations to Jennifer Egan, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel A Visit From the Goon Squad!
Now available in trade paperback, A Visit From the Goon Squad was also the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award and was named to many 2010 Best Book lists.
Congratulations to Philip Roth, winner of the Man Booker International Prize!
The Man Booker International Prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language. The winner was announced at the Sydney Writers' Festival on May 18, 2011.
Congratulations to the winner of the 2011 CBC Canada Reads debate:
Terry Fallis for The Best Laid Plans (defended by Ali Velshi)
photo credit: Carol Loewen
Miriam Toews author of Irma Voth
Miriam Toews, author of the bestselling novel A Complicated Kindness, talks about her new book, Irma Voth.
photo credit: Laurie Willick
Alexi Zentner author of Touch
New Face of Fiction alumna Mary Lawson recommends Touch by Alexi Zentner, a member of NFOF 2011.
photo credit: Anna Lisa Sang
Rupinder Gill author of On the Outside Looking Indian
Rupinder Gill discusses her memoir On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My Life.
Merilyn Simonds author of A New Leaf
Merilyn Simonds reads from her book, A New Leaf, a graceful and sharply observed book of inspiration that uses the garden as its central muse - as do these videos.
