2007 Awards Gala

Award winners

Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation

then known as The Translation Prize

Winner

The Immaculate Conception (House of Anansi Press) by  Lazer Lederhendler
Translation of
L'immaculée conception (Éditions du Boréal) by  Gaétan Soucy

shortlisted

My Name is Bosnia (Talonbooks/Karl Siegler) by  Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott
Translation of
Je m'appelle Bosnia (VLB Éditeur) by  Madeleine Gagnon
Notebook of Roses and Civilization (Coach House Books) by  Robert Majzels and Erín Moure
Translation of
Cahier de roses & de civilisation (Editions d'art Le Sabord) by  Nicole Brossard

Jury

George McWhirter
Daniel Turp
Donna Vekteris

The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry


Winner

O Cadoiro (House of Anansi Press) by  Erín Moure

shortlisted

Sitcom (Coach House Books) by  David McGimpsey
Reaching for Clear: The Poetry of Rhys Savarin (Véhicule Press) by  David Solway

Jury

Stephanie Bolster
Christian Bök
Gregory Santos

The Concordia University First Book Prize

then known as McAuslan First Book Prize

Winner

Bang Crunch (Knopf Canada) by  Neil Smith

shortlisted

Ropewalk (Snare Books) by  Angela Carr
The Skin Beneath (Insomniac Press) by  Nairne Holtz

Jury

Mark Anthony Jarman
Jaspreet Singh
Zoe Whittall

The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction


Winner

The Story of French (Knopf Canada) by  Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau

shortlisted

The Ethical Imagination (House fo Anansi Press) by  Margaret Somerville
My Sister, My Self: Understanding the Relationship That Shapes Our Lives, Our Loves, and Ourselves (McGraw Hill/New York) by  Vikki Stark

Jury

Emily Pohl-Weary
Juan Rodriguez
Rosemary Neering

The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

Sponsored by Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore

Winner

Lullabies for Little Criminals (HarperCollins Publishers) by  Heather O'Neill

shortlisted

Garcìa’s Heart (McClelland & Stewart) by  Liam Durcan
Bang Crunch (Knopf Canada) by  Neil Smith

Jury

Todd Babiak
Denise Roig
Julia Tausch

Judy Mappin Community Award


Winner

André Vanasse for the inclusiveness and power of his vision of Quebec literature

Gala gallery