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	Rohinton Mistry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Bombay, India, Mistry immigrated to Canada in 1975.
		When his first novel, Such a Long Journey, was published in 1991, it won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award.
		Mistry reported that on his first flight of the tour, "we were greeted by a ticket agent who cheerfully told us we had been selected randomly for a special security check.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rohinton_Mistry (479 words)

	The Association of Book Publishers
		The book or translation must have been published in the year prior to the award, and the author or translator must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
		The City of Victoria Butler Book Prize is a public/private partnership funded by the City of Victoria and Brian H. Butler of Butler Brothers Supplies Ltd. The $5,000 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize is to be awarded annually to an author in the Capital Region.
		Awards of $15,000 each are given annually to the best English-language and the best French-language book in each of the seven categories: fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, drama, children's literature (text), children's literature (illustration) and translation books (from French to English).
	wwww.books.bc.ca /awards.php (2599 words)

	Northwest Passages - Canadian Literature Online bookstore! We ship worldwide.
		Awards are presented in six categories for works in the crime genre published for the first time in the previous year by authors living in Canada, regardless of their nationality, or by Canadian writers living outside of Canada.
		The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is given for a book of poetry by a Canadian woman published in the preceding year, and is in memory of the late Pat Lowther, whose career was cut short by her untimely death in 1975.
		The Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards are administered by the Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador under the distinguished patronage of the Lieutenant-Governor.
	www.nwpassages.com /awards.asp (2634 words)

	Books in Canada First Novel Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was founded by the literary magazine Books in Canada but when money ran short the award was managed by Smithboooks and became the Smithbooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award.
		When Smithbooks was acquired by Chapters Books Inc., it became the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award.
		In 1999 Chapters decided to end its affiliation with the award and it is now officially the Amazon.com/Books in Canada First Novel Award.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Books_in_Canada_First_Novel_Award (244 words)

	1983 in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also: 1982 in Canada, other events of 1983, 1984 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
		See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
		Books in Canada First Novel Award: W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1983_in_Canada (375 words)

	WAYNE JOHNSTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Wayne’s last novel, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams was shortlisted for the 1998 Governor General’s Award for Fiction, the Giller Prize, the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour and won the Thomas Raddall/Atlantic Fiction Prize.
		He was the winner of the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award for The Story of Bobby O’Malley (1986), The Canadian Authors’ Association Award for Most Promising Young Writer for The Time of Their Lives (1988), and the Thomas Raddall/Atlantic Fiction Prize for The Divine Ryans (1990).
		His first work of non-fiction, a personal memoir of Newfoundland called Baltimore’s Mansion (1999), won the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction and was nominated for the 1999 Governor’s General Award for Non-Fiction.
	www.yesnet.yk.ca /events/youngauthors/bios/wayne_bio.html (273 words)

	Clint Hutzulak - MEDIA RELEASE ::Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 2002 First Novel Award marks the 26th anniversary of this renowned Canadian literary honour recognizing the outstanding achievement of a first-time novelist.
		Books in Canada was launched in 1971 to promote Canadian literature and to offer a forum for Canadian writers.
		Books in Canada's larger vision is to promote Canada as a rich, multicultural, open and prosperous society that can be a model for countries and different peoples around the world.
	www.clinthutzulak.com /bde/js/news/reviews/firstnovel.html (673 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada --- Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This prize of $7,500 is awarded for excellence in writing and illustrating a book, in English- or French-language, in one of three age groups: 7 and under; 8 to 11; and 12 and up.
		This annual award was launched in the U.K. in 1996 to "celebrate novels of excellence by women writers".
		The Orange Award for New Writers was awarded for the first time in 2005 to coincide with the Orange Prize for Fiction's 10th birthday celebrations.
	www.randomhouse.ca /award (2610 words)

	Mistry
		The novel gives extremely detailed description of the lives of Gustad and his family in their apartment in Bombay, which serves as a contrast to outside world which disrupts family order.
		A Fine Balance: The novel, which is set in India in 1975, during Indira Ghandi's declared State of Emergency, gives intense description of extreme poverty, and shows the bond that develops between four main characters, despite the barriers created by their differences in religion and social status ("Author").
		The novel poses the question of the possibility of the existence of atrocious acts and beliefs in the face of the world's beauty (Ross).
	www.english.emory.edu /Bahri/Mistry.html (861 words)

	Browse Award-winning Books and Authors
		Awarded in honour of Phyllis Gotlieb for excellence in writing, the Sunburst Award is given annually to a Canadian writer of a speculative fiction novel or book-length collection published in the previous calendar year
		Awarded annually to the author of a body of work in children's literature that is demonstrative of the highest literary standards
		A national award given annually to a writer who has produced an outstanding body of work, has acted during his or her career as a "caring mentor" for writers, and has published a work of fiction or had a new stage play produced during the three-year period specified for each competition
	www.penguin.ca /static/cs/cn/0/nf_browseawards.html (1683 words)

	City of Toronto, Toronto Book Awards - 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His 1994 bestseller, How Insensitive, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and Ontario's Trillium Book Award.
		He was moving fast, but he stopped in front of the skating rink because the guy in the Team Canada jersey was circling the rink alone in the bright light, one hand behind his back.
		As he did his jump, a great spinning leap in the centre of the rink, the crowd oohed and applauded, and James saw it was the team logo from the first Canada Cup of 1976 and he laughed out loud without knowing why.
	www.city.toronto.on.ca /book_awards/youngmen_00.htm (684 words)

	Reading by Rohinton Mistry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Born in Bombay in 1952, Rohinton Mistry immigrated to Canada in 1975 and was employed in a Toronto bank.
		Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published his collection of 11 short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag, which describes the daily lives of the inhabitants of a Bombay apartment complex.
		Rohinton Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey, both creates a vivid picture of Indian family life and culture and tells a story rich in subject matter, characterization and symbolism.
	www.nlc-bnc.ca /3/8/t8-2006-e.html (601 words)

	Siemens: Canadian Literary Awards and Prizes, from The Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		First awarded in 1976, and suspended as of 1995, this prize ($3,000 and a 4-week author's tour of the other country) is intended to familiarize the reading audience of each sponsoring country with the writers of the other.
		Launched by the Canadian Authors Association and administered by the CAA until 1971, the awards were at first non-monetary prizes; the prestige of the prizes was complemented by a small cash award of $250 in 1951, to be increased in 1966 to $2,500, in 1975 to $5,000, and in 1989 to $10,000.
		Canada's largest literary prize (at $100,000), it is awarded every three years to a writer, working in French, for his or her entire literary output.
	www.mala.bc.ca /~soules/english/awards.htm (8100 words)

	chicklit: paper jam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Over the course of the last year, the novel was shortlisted for the 2002 City of Toronto Book Award, the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and was named as a finalist for the 2002 Writers' Trust of Canada Fiction Prize.
		But by then, as I was holding the novel in my hand, the relief was larger than simply a reaction to the cover: I just couldn't believe my four years work had come to an end.
		My first review was in NOW Magazine in Toronto, and it was outstanding, so that was a nice way to enter the world of reviewing.
	www.chicklit.com /paperjam/paperjam45.html (627 words)

	Press Releases: Raincoast Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The award comes as a result of a rigorous and confidential nomination and selection process by the Trudeau Foundation and a number of anonymous jurors, and recognizes people who have made an outstanding contribution to social sciences and humanities in Canada.
		This award, administered by the Writers’ Trust of Canada is presented each year to a female Canadian writer for an existing body work and the anticipation of future contributions to Canadian literature.
		Summary: Raincoast Books is pleased to announce that Paul William Roberts’ A War Against Truth is one of four finalists for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.
	www.raincoast.com /news/press.html (1876 words)

	Whitby's Bookstore, White Rock - More about Sharon Butala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Her first short story collection, Queen of the Headaches, was shortlisted for a Governor General's Award in 1986.
		Her first non-fiction work, Perfection of the Morning, was nominated for a Governor General's Award and won the Saskatchewan non-Fiction Award and The Spirit of Saskatchewan Award in 1994.
		Nominated for a Books in Canada First Novel Award when it was first published in 1984, Country of the Heart is the resonant story of Iris and Lannie, also the heroines of Sharon Butala's newest novel, The Garden of Eden.
	www.whitbys.bc.ca /htm/abtbutla.htm (205 words)

	The Virtual Bookshelf - Out of Print and Second Hand Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Author's first novel, shortlisted for the Glitter Prize and the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award.
		This second novel by the author of the acclaimed Rules of the Wild is very much in the tradition of The Leopard or The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, a compelling story of three generations in twentieth-century Italy.
		Miller, a great all round, first class cricketer himself, is forthright and outspoken in his opinions of the game which he choose to leave in his prime.
	www.thevirtualbookshelf.co.uk /VBSStaticPages000304.htm (1001 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Dionne Brand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Her books of poetry include No Language Is Neutral (1990), a finalist for the Governor General’s Award, and Land to Light On (1997), winner of the Governor General’s Award and the Trillium Award.
		Brand is also the author of the acclaimed novels In Another Place, Not Here, which was shortlisted for the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Award, and At the Full and Change of the Moon.
		A breakout novel for Dionne Brand: a story of heart-stopping suspense from the acclaimed author of At the Full and Change of the Moon, that is also a hymn to youth and life in the city.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=3068 (369 words)

	McClelland and Stewart Ltd: Books
		In Canada, it was #1, and on the national bestseller list for more than two years.
		The literary prizes the novel has garnered to date are: In Canada, the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award; the City of Toronto Book Award; the Martin and Beatrice Fischer Award; the Trillium Book Award; and an Award of Merit from Heritage Toronto.
		In the U.S., the Harold Ribalow Award and a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction.
	www.mcclelland.com /catalog/display.pperl?0771058853 (620 words)

	Cormorant Books: Beyond Measure
		Nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize of the BC Book Prizes.
		Those books were submitted by 35 publishers from every region of the country.
		She was selected as a finalist for the Books In Canada First Novel Award in 1988 for The Blackbird's Song (Simon & Pierre Publishing Co.) and in 2002 was awarded first place for fiction by the Federation of BC Writers.
	www.cormorantbooks.com /titles/beyondmeasure.htm (405 words)

	KINSELLA, W.P. - Literary Manuscripts: A Guide to the Literary Fonds at the National Library of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kinsella’s novels occur in two types of settings: stories situated in the world of Native reserves in southern Alberta and baseball-inspired fictions set in the American Midwest.
		His best-known baseball-inspired novel is Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa (1980), which was later adapted as the film Field of Dreams (1989).
		Among other awards, Kinsella won the prestigious Houghton-Mifflin Award and the Books in Canada first novel award for Shoeless Joe, as well as the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 1987 for The Fencepost Chronicles.
	www.nlc-bnc.ca /9/12/p12-269-e.html (300 words)

	Donna Morrissey - Penguin Books Authors - Penguin Books
		Donna Morrissey is the author of two award-winning novels, Kit's Law and Downhill Chance, and a screenplay, Clothesline Patch, which won a Gemini Award.
		Kit's Law, her first novel, won the 2000 Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award as well as the Winifred Holtby Prize, an international award that recognizes the best in regional fiction, and the American Library Association's Alex Award.
		It was shortlisted for the Chapters Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Atlantic Provinces Booksellers' Choice Award, and the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, which is sponsored by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia.
	www.penguin.ca /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000002047,00.html (141 words)

	CBC Arts: Short list announced for First Novel Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		TORONTO - The short list for the 28th annual First Novel Award was unveiled on Tuesday.
		First given out in 1976, the First Novel Award has had a number of incarnations.
		The $7,500 prize is the largest given to a first novel.
	www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/05/24/Arts/novel050524.html (338 words)

	Turnstone Press - Tatsea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the novel’s core are Tatsea, a young Dogrib woman uncertain of her place in the world, and Ikotsali, the frog-faced man, who, despite being a highly skilled hunter, is ignored by his people because of his deformed face.
		He deftly combines the Dogrib story of how they got their first rifle with the legends of a boy who turned into a frog, and of Yamozha, a man who wandered the world to make it safe.
		His novels have been nominated for the Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award.
	www.turnstonepress.com /new_books/tatsea.html (293 words)

	Sheridan Media Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The award includes $5,000 (U.S.) in prize money, and entry to an esteemed company of fellow First Novel Award winners, including Michael Ondaatje, Wayne Johnston, Rohinton Mistry and Nino Ricci, among others.
		The award was announced last week during a lavish event for publishers and media at the Capitol Theatre on Yonge Street in Toronto.
		Stachniak, who emigrated to Canada from Poland in 1981, hopes the award will attract a larger audience for her first novel, which she wrote over a 5-year period.
	www.sheridanc.on.ca /news/pressreleases/2001/awardbook.html (232 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Canadian literature, new & used textbooks, cookbooks, children's books, science fiction & more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Breathtaking sequel to the Governor General's Award-winning fantasy novel Airborn, Kenneth Oppel's Skybreaker combines an action-packed thriller with a sensitive exploration of the limits of human ambition, and confirms its author's reputation as Canada's leading fantasy author for children and young adults.
		The much-anticipated debut novel from award-winning poet and nonfiction writer Karen Connelly, The Lizard Cage is a hymn to human resilience, love, and humour.
		Go all in on these featured poker books, including expert advice on improving your play at the table, poker theory and playing the odds, and personal memoirs from legendary players.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/916520 (834 words)

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