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Ottawa Book Award
Ottawa Book Award and Prix du livre d'Ottawa is a Canadian literary award presented by the City of Ottawa to the best English and French language books written in the previous year by a living author residing in Ottawa.2011 Guidelines for Authors and Publishers Ottawa Book Awards website There are four awards each year: English fiction and non-fiction (the Ottawa Book Awards); French fiction and non-fiction (Prix du livre d'Ottawa). As of 2011 the four prize winners receive $7,500 each and short-listed authors $1,000 each. The award was founded in 1986. In its earlier years it was named the Ottawa-Carleton Book Awards. From 1986 to 1990, only a single winner was named each year, with the prize alternating between non-fiction in even-numbered years and fiction in odd-n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spanish), the Camões Prize (Portuguese), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Hay (novelist)
Elizabeth Grace Hay (born October 22, 1951) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Her 2007 novel ''Late Nights on Air'' won the Giller Prize. Her first novel ''A Student of Weather'' (2000) was a finalist for the Giller Prize and won the CAA MOSAID Technologies Award for Fiction and the TORGI Award. She has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award twice, for her short-story collection ''Small Change'' in 1997 Governor General's Awards, 1997 and her novel ''Garbo Laughs'' in 2003 Governor General's Awards, 2003. ''His Whole Life'' (2015) was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Hay's memoir about the last years of her parents' lives, ''All Things Consoled'', won the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. In 2002, she received the Marian Engel Award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an established female writer for her body of work — including novels, short fiction, and creative non-fiction. Life Hay was born o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Randall (writer)
Scott Phillip Randall (born October 29, 1975) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Randall's Major League Baseball (MLB) career began in June 1995 when he was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 11th round of the Major League Baseball draft. He was later traded to the Minnesota Twins for outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to c ... and switch hitter Chris Latham. Randall went on to play for the Texas Rangers and both the Rockies and Twins for a second time before his MLB debut with the Cincinnati Reds. He appeared in 15 games for the Cincinnati Reds (). Randall's final Major League game took place on September 28, 2003 with the Cincinnati Reds. Before joining the major leagues, Randall played for Santa Barbara City College’s baseball team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David O'Meara
David O'Meara (born Pembroke, Ontario) is a Life He was raised in Pembroke, Ontario. He lives in Sandy Hill, Ottawa, where he tends bar at The Manx Pub. He is known as the Awkward Brother of Canadian Poetry. O'Meara was a judge for the 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize. Awards * Gerald Lampert Award, for ''Storm Still'' * 2004 Lampman-Scott Award The Archibald Lampman Award is an annual Canadian literary award, created by Blaine Marchand, and presented by the literary magazine '' Arc'', for the year's best work of poetry by a writer living in the National Capital Region. History Th ..., for ''The Vicinity'' Works Poetry"Traffic"; "Rain" ''Drunken Boat'', Spring 2001 * * * * Plays * DISASTER Music "Sing Song" a collaboration with the Ottawa-based grou"the HILOTRONS" based on his poetry collection, A Pretty Sight. Criticism * His poem "Field Crossing" , which appeared in the collection Storm Still, has been set to music by Ottawa-born composer C. Scott Tresham. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missy Marston
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Jamieson Findlay
Jamieson is a name of English origin. Jamieson may refer to: Surname * Alice Jamieson, Canadian feminist and magistrate * Alix Jamieson (born 1942), Scottish long jumper (1964, Olympic Games) * Andrew Jamieson (1849–1912), Scottish engineer and academic author * Billy Jamieson, antique and curios dealer from Toronto * Bob Jamieson, American television journalist * Cathy Jamieson, member of the Scottish parliament * Charlie Jamieson, American baseball player * Colin Jamieson, Western Australian politician * Craig Jamieson (Robert Craig Jamieson, born 1953), Cambridge academic * David Auldjo Jamieson, Victoria Cross recipient * David Jamieson (British politician), British politician * David Jamieson (Canadian politician) * Don Jamieson (politician), Canadian politician * Don Jamieson (comedian) * Douglas Jamieson, magistrate, Scottish unionist * George W. Jamieson (1810-1868), American actor * Henry Jamieson, English footballer * Hugh Pierce Jamieson, American politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriella Goliger
Gabriella Goliger (born 1949) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She was co-winner of the Journey Prize in 1997 for her short story "Maladies of the Inner Ear", and has since published three books: ''Song of Ascent'' in 2001, ''Girl Unwrapped'' in 2010, which won the Ottawa Book Award for Fiction, and ''Eva Salomon's War'', which was published in 2018 and received praise from novelists Joan Thomas and Francis Itani."Biography" Gabriella Goliger Official Website, October 15, 2018. She is Jewish. Goliger also won the Prism International Award in 1993, and was a finalist for the again in 1995. She has been published in a number of journals and anthologies including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Poile
Craig Poile is a Canadian poet, who won the Archibald Lampman Award in 2010 for his collection ''True Concessions''."Craig Poile winner of 2010 Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry" '' Arc Poetry'', October 30, 2010. He was also a shortlisted nominee for the in 1999 for his debut collection ''First Crack'', and for an in 2010 for ''True Concessions''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Steinmetz
Andrew Steinmetz is a Canadian writer, editor and musician. He was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1965. Steinmetz formed the band Weather Permitting in 1985. In the 1990s, he was a member of the Montreal alt-country band Good Cookies. Steinmetz is the author of five books, including a memoir, ''Wardlife: The Apprenticeship of a Young Writer as a Hospital Clerk'' (1999), two collections of poetry, and a novel, ''Eva's Threepenny Theatre'', which tells the story of his great-aunt Eva who performed in one of the first touring productions of Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece The Threepenny Opera. His novelistic memoir of his mother, ''Eva's Threepenny Theatre'', won the 2009 City of Ottawa Book Award and was a finalist for the 2009 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. His book ''This Great Escape: The Case of Michael Paryla'' (Biblioasis, 2013), is a biography of his cousin, who escaped Nazi Germany but later had a small role as a Nazi guard in the film '' The Great Escape''. Paryla was a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Nights On Air
''Late Nights on Air'' is a novel by Canadian writer Elizabeth Hay, published by McClelland & Stewart in 2007. In the book, the author chronicles her experiences as a CBC Radio journalist. The novel is set at a radio station in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Hay calls it a book "about the romance of the disembodied voice." Plot Summary After being fired from his latest television job, a disgraced Harry Boyd returns to his radio roots in the northern Canadian town of Yellowknife as the manager of a station no one listens to, and finds himself at the center of the station's unlikely social scene. New anchor Dido Paris, both renowned and mocked for her Dutch accent, fled an affair with her husband's father, only to be torn between Harry and another man. Wild child Gwen came to learn radio production, but under Harry's tutelage finds herself the guardian of the late-night shift. And lonely Eleanor wonders if it's time to move south just as she meets an unlikely suitor. While t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Lunn
Janet Louise Lunn, ('' née'' Swoboda; December 28, 1928 – June 26, 2017) was a Canadian children's writer. Early life and education Lunn was born in Dallas, Texas; she moved with her family to Vermont when she was an infant. In 1938, she moved again to the outskirts of New York City. In 1946, she came to Canada to attend Queen's University and married a fellow student, Richard Lunn. She became a Canadian citizen in 1963. They had five children and her husband died in 1987. Career Janet Lunn published her first children's book, ''Double Spell'', in 1968. From 1972 to 1975, she was a children's editor for Clark, Irwin Publishers. From 1984 to 1985, she was the first children's author to be Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada. In 1982, she was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award. She was awarded the Order of Ontario in 1996 and made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1997. She died on June 26, 2017 at age 88. Selected works * ''Double Spell'' (1968) ''Twin Spell'' (U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Geddes (writer)
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |