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Congratulations, Nora Gould, winner of the Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize!!

Here is the announcement from the Writers Guild of Alberta: Nora Gould, author of I see my love more clearly from a distance (Brick Books), received The 2013 Robert Kroetch City of Edmonton Book Prize.  Presented annually at the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts, this award is carried out Read more...

Congratulations, Nora Gould, a third nomination for I see my love more clearly from a distance!!

Writers Guild of Alberta announces the finalists for the 2013 Alberta Literary Awards – including I see my love more clearly from a distance by Nora Gould (Brick Books, 2012) for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry. Here’s the official press release. This book was shortlisted Read more...

Julie Bruck, Nora Gould and Emily McGiffin – nominated for awards by the League of Canadian Poets

Julie Bruck, Nora Gould and Emily McGiffin have been nominated for an award by the League of Canadian Poets Julie Bruck’s book Monkey Ranch has been shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award Nora Gould’s book I see love more clearly from a distance has been shortlisted for Read more...

Jennifer Still wins the The Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award!!

We are proud to share this press release with you – Jennifer Still is a winner in our books too!! We published her second poetry collection Girlwood in 2011. January 31, 2013 Prairie Fire Press & McNally Robinson Booksellers Announce 2012 Writing Contest Winners! Prairie Fire Press Read more...

Monkey Ranch by Julie Bruck is in the Globe 100…

And one more honour for Monkey Ranch by Julie Bruck – the Globe 100!!  Read about it here. Monkey Ranch  By Julie Bruck Brick Books It has been nearly 13 years since Bruck’s last poetry collection, and Monkey Ranch, which has won the Governor-General’s Award for poetry, shows both her Read more...

Congratulations to Julie Bruck, winner of the Governor General’s Award for Poetry!!

Julie Bruck is the winner of the Governor General’s Award for Poetry for her book Monkey Ranch. The winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced this morning at the Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec in Montreal. His Excellency the Right Read more...

Congratulations to Méira Cook, winner of the $5,000 Walrus Poetry Prize!!

Congratulations to Méira Cook, winner of the $5,000 Walrus Poetry Prize for her poem “The Devil’s Advocate”!! Brick Books has published 3 of Méira’s poetry collections – A Walker in the City (2011), Slovenly Love (2003) and Toward a Catalogue of Falling Read more...

Congratulations to Sue Goyette – winner of the Atlantic Poetry Prize for her book outskirts!!

Congratulations to Sue Goyette, winner of the Atlantic Poetry Prize for her book outskirts!! The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia Literary Awards were presented Friday in Halifax at the Dalhousie University Club in Halifax. New Brunswick writer David Adams Richards is the winner of the Read more...

Congratulations to Susan Gillis and her book The Rapids – Finalist for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry!!

 Congratulations to Susan Gillis and her book The Rapids – finalist for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. This prize is sponsored by Richard Pound in memory of his brother Robert. Here’s the list for poetry. Oana Avasilichioaei, We, Beasts (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers) Mary di Michele, Read more...

Congratulations to Ann Scowcroft – shortlisted for the 2012 Award for People’s Poetry!!

Ann Scowcroft and her book The Truth of Houses has been shortlisted for the 2012 Award for People’s Poetry, announced by the Acorn-Plantos Award Committee. Congratulations also to Barry Dempster (Dying a Little, Wolsak and Wynn) and Tim Bowling (Tenderman, Nightwood Editions).   Here is Read more...

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