His second novel, niko 2011, won the hugh maclennan prize for fiction, and was nominated for cbcs canada reads and the international impac dublin literary award, and went on to become a critical and. It won the mavis gallant prize for nonfiction, and the mcauslan first. Hages book was nominated by the winnipeg public library. Poems that reach towards the lost or the might have been. She was a finalist for the qwf mcauslan first book prize in 2008 for her debut story collection, mother superior, and she won the qwf paragraphe hugh. Awards, 2006 robert kroetsch award 2008 journey prize. Jaspreet singh is a former research scientist who holds a phd in chemical engineering from mcgill university. The cello suites is, on all counts, a superior book. But after a car bomb kills his pregnant mother, niko is thrust into a much wider and confusing world without apartments or balconies.
Winner of the hugh maclennan prize for fiction 2006 winner of the mcauslan first book prize 2006 winner of international dublin literary award 2008 winner of the. First book prize named concordia university first book prize. Her poems have also appeared in several journals and anthologiesincluding the best canadian poetry in english 2008, 2015and were collected in a prizewinning chapbook. Montreals rawi hage scoops lucrative dublin book prize. In 2006, elmslies poetry collection i, nadja, and other poems was a finalist for the quebec writers federation mcauslan first book prize and the winner of the.
Winner of mcauslan first book prize the fruit hunters by adam leith gollner nonfiction 2008. Established in 1996 and worth 100,000 euros, the impac dublin literary award is the worlds largest prize for a single work of fiction. Rawi hage is a lebanese canadian writer and photographer. Quite the debut it was, pulling in such prizes as the impac dublin literary award in 2008 and two qwf prizes.
The book won both the mcauslan first book prize and the mavis gallant prize for nonfiction from the quebec writers federation awards, and was a shortlisted finalist for the governor generals. His debut shortstory collection, seventeen tomatoes, won the 2004 mcauslan first book prize. Winner, mcauslan first book award finalist, mavis gallant prize a beautiful and evocative book adam leith gollner is a crazy good writer. Pablo casalss discovery and popularization of the music in spain in the latenineteenth century. Her work has appeared in a number of literary journals and she has served as a poetry judge for this magazines great canadian literary hunt and the national magazine awards. Writers federation award for concordia university first book prize 2015. Klein poetry prize and was shortlisted for the mcauslan first book prize, the league of canadian. The quebec writers federation awards are a series of canadian literary awards, presented annually by the quebec writers federation to the best works of literature in english by writers from quebec. Eric siblin seamlessly weaves together the tale of how bachs. Susan elmslies first collection of poetry, i, nadja, and other poems won the a. Saleema nawaz born 1979 is a canadian author whose works of short fiction have been. Concordia university montreal awardsparaqgraphe huge maclennan prize.
Klein poetry prize and was shortlisted for the mcauslan first book prize, the pat lowther award, and a relit award. Qwf quebec writers federation award for concordia university first book prize 2015. Finalist for mcauslan first book prize mother superior by saleema nawaz. I, nadja, and other poems by susan elmslie overdrive. Klein poetry prize and was shortlisted for the mcauslan first book prize, the pat lowther award and, recently, a relit award. Finalist for the quebec writers federations mcauslan first book prize for her collection. Finalist for mcauslan first book prize seven openings of the head by liane keightley fiction 2007. Pablo casalss discovery and popularization of the music in spain in the late19th century. Winner, 2015 qwf concordia university first book award. Book overview nominated for the quebec writers federations 2005 mcauslan first book prize, cities of weather is a collection of eleven short stories that place readers alongside quirky, loveable and often hilarious characters as they make their way through their lives. Susan elmslies second collection is museum of kindness 2017, shortlisted for the quebec writers federation a.
Short story collection bang crunch was the jurys choice for the mcauslan first book prize. Finalist for qwf translation prize les anglos by louisa blair, translated by paule champoux. Klein prize for poetry and shortlisted for the mcauslan first book prize quebec writers federation. Finalist for mcauslan first book prize i, nadja, and other poems by susan elmslie poetry 2006. Qwf quebec writers federation award nominee for mcauslan first book prize 0 want to read saving. Her poems have also appeared in several journals and anthologiesincluding the best canadian poetry in english. His first book, the cello suites, explores the multilayered story of an epic composition by johann sebastian bach. Her first trade collection, i, nadja, and other poems 2006 won the quebec writers federation a.
Impac dublin literary award currentlylives in montreal, canada rawi hage was born in beirut, lebanon, and lived through nine years of. Qwf literary database of quebec englishlanguage authors. He moved to new york city in 1982, and after studying at the new york institute of photography, relocated to montreal in 1991, where he studied arts at dawson college and concordia university. Qwf mcauslan first book prize jury citation an ambitious, carefully researched, and inventively constructed book written with clarity and verve. Born in beirut, hage grew up in lebanon and cyprus. Gillian sze is the author of the anatomy of clay 2011 and fish bones 2009, which was shortlisted for the 2009 qwf mcauslan first book prize. Qwf quebec writers federation award for cole foundation prize for translation 2015. Chef, his first novel, won the georges bugnet award for fiction, was longlisted for the 2010 international impac dublin literary award, and was shortlisted for four awards including the 2009 commonwealth writers prize for best book. Rawi hage came to canada via new york city from lebanon, where his first novel, deniros game, is set. Klein poetry prize and was shortlisted for the mcauslan first book prize, the league of canadian poets pat lowther memorial award and a relit award. Mavis gallant prize for nonfiction jury citation a delightfully quirky quest. One evening, journalist eric siblin attended a recital of johann sebastian bachs cello suites and began an epic quest that would unravel three centuries of intrigue, politics, and passion.
Winner of both the quebec writers federations 2009 mavis gallant prize for nonfiction and the mcauslan first book prize, the upandcoming eric siblin. Sixyearold niko karaam has never known a life outside civil war. Author bio birth1964 wherebeirut, lebanon raisedlebanon and cyprus educationdawson college. Her first collection, i, nadja, and other poems brick, 2006, won the a.
He has won the impac dublin literary award, hugh maclennan prize for fiction, and the mcauslan first books prize, and he has been shortlisted for the. Montreals heather oneill wins quebec book prize cbc news. Alice zorn is a canadian writer whose short fiction has been published in magazines, including the new quarterly, room of ones own, and grain, and placing first in prairie fires 2006 fiction contest. It won the mavis gallant prize for nonfiction, and the mcauslan first book prize, and was shortlisted for the governor generals award nonfiction, the writers trust of canada nonfiction prize, and british columbias national. Niko went on to become a critical and commercial success in french. Her first collection, i, nadja, and other poems brick, 2006, won the klein prize and was shortlisted for the mcauslan first book prize. Qwf quebec writers federation award winners goodreads. Her first trade collection of poetry, i, nadja, and other poems brick, 2006 won the quebec writers federation a. This is a richly imagined collection that covers an immense poetic, intellectual and psychological terrain. Niko 2011, won the hugh maclennan prize for fiction. They were known from 1988 to 1998 as the qspell awards. The quebec writers federation is delighted to announce that submissions for the 2020 qwf awards are now open.
A hawthornden poetry fellow, she holds an ma in canadian literature. His debut collection of short stories, seventeen tomatoes. Her fifth collection of poems, anecdotal evidence, was published in 2018. Bach, pablo casals, and the search for a baroque masterpiece. Ruins and relics, her first collection of short fiction, was shortlisted for the quebec writers federations mcauslan first book prize read an interview with alice zorn.
He rarely leaves his parents small apartment, and from its small balcony he listens to the world outside tumble down one building at a time. Susan elmslies first trade collection of poetry, i, nadja, and other poems brick, 2006, won the a. Her poems have appeared in many canadian magazines, anthologies, and in a prizewinning chapbook, when your body. Yusef komunyakaas books of poetry include taboo, dien cai dau.
Finalist, 2019 pat lowther memorial prize for poetry. For the quebec writers federation mcauslan first book prize, the jurors were dana bath, alexander macleod, and rm richard vaughan. After reading history at oxford, she worked as a primary school teacher in london until the publication of her first book, making cocoa for kingsley amis, in 1986. In her debut collection, susan elmslie delves into the life and mental illness of the real person behind andre bretons surrealist romance.