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Writers' Trust of Canada

Index Writers' Trust of Canada

The Writers' Trust of Canada, or La Société d'encouragement aux écrivains du Canada, is a charitable organization which provides financial support to Canadian writers. [1]

84 relations: A Short History of Progress, A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, Alan Cumyn, Alice Munro, Amber Dawn, Anders Österling, Barry Webster (writer), Bonnie Burnard, Brian Francis, Brian Topp, Bronwen Wallace, C. E. Gatchalian, Canada Book Day, Canadian literature, Claire Drainie Taylor, Connie Fife, Dani Couture, David Young (Canadian playwright), Dawson City, Dayne Ogilvie Prize, Debra Anderson, Dianne Warren, Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize, Eliza Robertson, Elizabeth Hay (novelist), Farzana Doctor, Freehand Books, Generation A, Geoffrey Stevens (journalist), George K. Ilsley, George Woodcock, Graeme Gibson, Gregory Scofield, Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, James Orbinski, Jan Thornhill, Joan Barfoot, John Drainie, Journey Prize, Katherine Govier, Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize, Lisa Foad, List of cultural entities with sole naming rights, List of literary awards, Marcello Di Cintio, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Laurence, Marian Engel Award, Matt Cohen (writer), Matt Cohen Award, ..., Miriam Toews, My Prairie Home (film), Nancy Jo Cullen, Norman Levine, Paul Quarrington, Paul Yee, Pearl Luke, Pierre Berton, Pride Toronto, Proma Tagore, Rae Spoon, RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, Rebecca Rosenblum, Richard Wagamese, Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, Ronald Wright, Saleema Nawaz, Shaughnessy Cohen, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, Sub Rosa (novel), Susan McMaster, Sylvia Fraser, The Lion, the Fox & the Eagle, The Sisters Brothers, Timothy Findley Award, Tradewind Books, Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, W. O. Mitchell Literary Prize, William Deverell, William Whitehead (Canadian writer), Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award, Zoe Whittall, 2014 in Canada, 2014 in poetry. Expand index (34 more) »

A Short History of Progress

A Short History of Progress is a non-fiction book and lecture series by Ronald Wright about societal collapse.

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A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali

A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali (original French title: Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali) is the first novel by Montreal author Gil Courtemanche, originally published in 2000.

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Alan Cumyn

Alan Cumyn (born 8 January 1960) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Alice Munro

Alice Ann Munro (née Laidlaw; born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.

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Amber Dawn

Amber Dawn is a Canadian writer, who won the 2012 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer.

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Anders Österling

Anders Österling (13 April 1884 – 13 December 1981) was a Swedish poet and writer.

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Barry Webster (writer)

Barry Webster (born 1961) is a Canadian writer.

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Bonnie Burnard

Bonnie Burnard (January 15, 1945 – March 4, 2017) was a Canadian short story writer and novelist, best known for her 1999 novel, A Good House, at The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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Brian Francis

Brian Francis (born 1971) is a Canadian writer.

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Brian Topp

Brian Topp (born July 4, 1960) is a Canadian political strategist, union leader, and writer and was formerly chief of staff to Premier Rachel Notley of Alberta.

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Bronwen Wallace

Bronwen Wallace (26 May 1945 – 25 August 1989) was a Canadian poet and short story writer.

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C. E. Gatchalian

C.E. "Chris" Gatchalian (born June 5, 1974) is a Canadian playwright, born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Filipino parents, at the Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia.

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Canada Book Day

Canada Book Day is a yearly event celebrated in Canada on April 23 to promote reading and books during Canada Book Week.

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Canadian literature

Canadian literature (widely abbreviated as CanLit) is literature originating from Canada.

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Claire Drainie Taylor

Claire Drainie Taylor, née Wodlinger (September 11, 1917 – November 18, 2009) was a Canadian actor and writer, who wrote and acted in radio and television productions for CBC Radio from the 1930s through the 1960s.

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Connie Fife

Connie Fife (1961-2017) was a Cree Canadian poet and editor.

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Dani Couture

Danielle (Dani) Couture (born 1978) is a Canadian poet and novelist.

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David Young (Canadian playwright)

David Samuel D'Arcy Young (born 17 July 1946 Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.

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Dawson City

The Town of the City of Dawson, commonly known as Dawson City or Dawson, is a town in Yukon, Canada.

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Dayne Ogilvie Prize

The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community.

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Debra Anderson

Debra Anderson is a Canadian writer, who won the 2009 Dayne Ogilvie Prize from the Writers' Trust of Canada for an emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer.

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Dianne Warren

Dianne Warren (born August 28, 1950 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian novelist, dramatist and short story writer, who lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize

The Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize was a Canadian literary award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a work judged as the year's best work of biography, autobiography or personal memoir by a Canadian writer.

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Eliza Robertson

Eliza K. Robertson is a Canadian writer.

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Elizabeth Hay (novelist)

Elizabeth Grace Hay (born October 22, 1951) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer.

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Farzana Doctor

Farzana Doctor is a Canadian novelist and social worker.

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Freehand Books

Freehand Books is a Canadian literary imprint started in 2007 by Broadview Press, a Canadian academic publisher.

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Generation A

Generation A is the thirteenth novel from Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland.

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Geoffrey Stevens (journalist)

Geoffrey Stevens (born 1940) is a Canadian journalist, author and educator.

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George K. Ilsley

George K. Ilsley (born 1958) is a Canadian writer.

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George Woodcock

George Woodcock (May 8, 1912 – January 28, 1995) was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic.

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Graeme Gibson

Graeme C. Gibson, (born 9 August 1934) is a Canadian novelist.

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Gregory Scofield

Gregory Scofield (born July 20, 1966 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia) at The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction

The Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to the best work of non-fiction by a Canadian writer.

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James Orbinski

James Jude Orbinski, (born 1960 in England) is a Canadian physician, humanitarian activist, author and leading scholar in global health.

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Jan Thornhill

Jan Thornhill (born 1955 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of educational books on science and nature for children.

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Joan Barfoot

Joan Louise Barfoot (born May 17, 1946) is a Canadian novelist.

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John Drainie

John Robert Roy Drainie (April 1, 1916 – October 30, 1966) was a Canadian actor and television presenter, who was called "the greatest radio actor in the world" by Orson Welles.

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Journey Prize

The Journey Prize (officially called The Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize) is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by McClelland and Stewart and the Writers' Trust of Canada for the best short story published by an emerging writer in a Canadian literary magazine.

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Katherine Govier

Katherine Mary Govier (born July 4, 1948) is a Canadian novelist and essayist.

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Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize

The Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize is a Canadian literary award.

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Lisa Foad

Lisa Foad is a Canadian short story writer and journalist.

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List of cultural entities with sole naming rights

The following is a list of cultural entities with sole naming rights.

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List of literary awards

This is a list of literary awards from around the world.

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Marcello Di Cintio

Marcello Di Cintio is a Canadian writer.

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Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher and environmental activist.

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Margaret Laurence

Jean Margaret Laurence, CC (née Wemyss) (18 July 1926 – 5 January 1987) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major figures in Canadian literature.

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Marian Engel Award

The Marian Engel Award was a Canadian literary award, presented each year from 1986 to 2007 by the Writers' Trust of Canada in memory of the writer Marian Engel.

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Matt Cohen (writer)

Matthew ("Matt") Cohen (30 December 1942 – 2 December 1999) was a Canadian writer who published both mainstream literature under his own name and children's literature under the pseudonym Teddy Jam.

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Matt Cohen Award

The Matt Cohen Award is an award given annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a Canadian writer, in honour of a distinguished lifetime contribution to Canadian literature.

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Miriam Toews

Miriam Toews (born 1964) is a Canadian writer, best known for her novels A Complicated Kindness and All My Puny Sorrows.

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My Prairie Home (film)

My Prairie Home is a 2013 Canadian documentary film about transgender singer/songwriter Rae Spoon, directed by Chelsea McMullan.

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Nancy Jo Cullen

Nancy Jo Cullen is a Canadian poet and short story writer, who won the 2010 Dayne Ogilvie Prize from the Writers' Trust of Canada for an emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer.

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Norman Levine

Albert Norman Levine (October 22, 1923 – June 14, 2005) was a Canadian short-story writer, novelist and poet.

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Paul Quarrington

Paul Lewis Quarrington (July 22, 1953 – January 21, 2010) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator.

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Paul Yee

Paul Yee (born 1 October 1956) is a Chinese-Canadian historian and writer.

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Pearl Luke

Pearl Luke (born 21 March 1958) is a Canadian novelist.

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Pierre Berton

Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a television personality and journalist.

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Pride Toronto

Pride Toronto is an annual event held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in June each year.

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Proma Tagore

Proma Tagore is a Canadian poet and editor, who was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014.

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Rae Spoon

Rae Spoon is a Canadian musician and writer.

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RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

The RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer under 35 who has not yet published his or her first book.

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Rebecca Rosenblum

Rebecca Rosenblum (born May 23, 1978) is a Canadian author best known for her short stories.

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Richard Wagamese

Richard Wagamese (October 14, 1955 – March 10, 2017) was a Canadian author and journalist.

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Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

The Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize is a Canadian literary award presented by Rogers Communications and the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition of works submitted by publishers.

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Ronald Wright

Ronald Wright (born 1948, London, United Kingdom) is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction.

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Saleema Nawaz

Saleema Nawaz (born 1979) is a Canadian author whose works of short fiction have been published in literary journals such as ''Prairie Fire'', ''PRISM International'', Grain, The Dalhousie Review, and The New Quarterly.

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Shaughnessy Cohen

Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen, née Murray (February 11, 1948 – December 9, 1998) was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Windsor—St. Clair for the Liberal Party of Canada from 1993 until her death in 1998.

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Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to the best nonfiction book on Canadian political and social issues.

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Sub Rosa (novel)

Sub Rosa is a 2010 Canadian queer novel by Amber Dawn published by Vancouver-based Arsenal Pulp Press.

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Susan McMaster

Susan McMaster (born 1950) is a Canadian poet, literary editor, performance poet, and former president of the League of Canadian Poets (2011–12).

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Sylvia Fraser

Sylvia Fraser (born 8 March 1935 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian novelist, journalist and travel writer.

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The Lion, the Fox & the Eagle

The Lion, the Fox & the Eagle: A Story of Generals and Justice in Rwanda and Yugoslavia is a non-fiction book by Canadian journalist Carol Off.

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The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers (2011) is a historical novel by Canadian-born author Patrick deWitt.

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Timothy Findley Award

The Timothy Findley Award was a Canadian literary award, presented each year from 2002 to 2007 by the Writers' Trust of Canada in memory of the writer Timothy Findley.

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Tradewind Books

Tradewind Books is a small Canadian publisher of children’s literature located in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People

The Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, colloquially called the Vicky, is given annually at the Writers' Trust Awards to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".

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W. O. Mitchell Literary Prize

The W.O. Mitchell Literary Prize was a Canadian literary award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer who produced an outstanding body of work, acted during his/her career as a "caring mentor" for writers, and published a work of fiction or had a new stage play produced during the three-year period specified for each competition.

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William Deverell

William Herbert Deverell (born March 4, 1937) is a Canadian novelist, activist, and criminal lawyer.

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William Whitehead (Canadian writer)

William Frederick (Bill) Whitehead (August 16, 1931 – February 1, 2018) was a Canadian writer, actor and filmmaker.

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Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award

The Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an established Canadian author to honour their body of work.

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Zoe Whittall

Zoe Whittall (born February 16, 1976) is a Canadian poet, novelist and TV writer.

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2014 in Canada

Events from the year 2014 in Canada.

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2014 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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Writers' Trust Distinguished Contribution Award.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writers'_Trust_of_Canada

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