The QWF Literary Awards

Images from the 2006 Gala
A full house at the Lion d'Or
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
Host Anne Lagacé Dowson with QWF President Derek Webster and Executive Director Lori Schubert
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
Community Award winner Julie Keith
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
Lisa Fitterman & Julian Sher
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
Lori Saint Martin & Paul Gagné
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
Linda Leith, Mayor Helen Fotopulos & Sherry Simon
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
RM Vaughan
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
Rawi Hage & Madeleine Thien
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
Richard Pound
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
Susan Elmslie
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris
David Blair, Paule Champoux, Byron Rempel & Geneviève Audet
Photo © 2006, Studio Iris

All photographs © Studio Iris.

Many more QWF Gala photos can be viewed on the photographer's web site. Click on "On-line Proofing" in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, and then enter the password: "qwfgala".

The 2006 QWF Awards

QWF Literary Prizes Awarded at Lion d'Or Ceremony

On November 22, 2006, the Quebec Writers' Federation held its annual Awards Gala at the Lion d'Or in Montreal. This year's event was hosted by Anne Lagacé Dowson, of CBC's "Radio Noon." Five literary prizes and a Community Award were presented.

2006 QWF Awards Winners
Translation Prize ($2000)
Sponsored by Pierre Lapointe
Lori Saint-Martin et Paul Gagné
La clameur des ténèbres
Éditions du Boréal
a translation of
The Unyielding Clamour of the Night
by Neil Bissoondath
Cormorant Books
Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction ($2000)
Sponsored by Champlain, Dawson, Heritage, John Abbott, and Vanier Colleges
Sherry Simon
Translating Montreal: Episodes in the Life of a Divided City
McGill-Queen's University Press
McAuslan First Book Prize ($2,000)
Sponsored by McAuslan Brewing Inc.
Rawi Hage
De Niro's Game
House of Anansi Press
A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry ($2000)
Sponsored in memory of Sydney Weisbord
Susan Elmslie
I, Nadja, and Other Poems
Brick Books
Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction ($2000)
Sponsored by Paragraphe Bookstore
Rawi Hage
De Niro's Game
House of Anansi Press
Community Award
Julie Keith