Thistledown Press is honoured to announce that we have won the Publishing Award at the 2026 Saskatchewan Book Awards for Tunnel Island: Stories by Bill Gaston. The Creative Saskatchewan Publishing Award is presented to Saskatchewan publisher of the best book, based on literary or artistic value, the quality of editing, book design, production and content. This is […]
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Tunnel Island: Stories by Bill Gaston is a finalist for the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! Bill is one of five finalists for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, which is awarded to the author of the best work of literary fiction. The BC and Yukon Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British
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We are happy to announce that Food for the Journey: A Life in Travel by Elizabeth J. Haynes has been shortlisted for the Memoir Award by the Writer’s Guild of Alberta! The Alberta Literary Awards were founded in 1982 to recognize excellence in writing by Alberta authors. Learn more about the finalists here. The winners
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Thistledown Press is so excited to announce that four of our titles have been shortlisted for the 2026 Saskatchewan Book Awards. Congratulations to Lloyd, Bill, Caroline, and Wilfred, and to all of the finalists! Read the press release and full list of finalists here. For media inquiries or to arrange an interview with the author,
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We are thrilled to share that The Discovery of Finnegan Wilde by Caroline Pignat has been nominated for the 2026 Red Maple Award from the Forest of Reading!! The Red Maple Award is awarded annually to books of fiction for a Grade 7-8 audience, and The Discovery of Finnegan Wilde is one of 10 titles
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We are thrilled to share that What Fills Your House Like Smoke by E. McGregor is a finalist for the 2025 First Book Award from the High Plains International Book Awards!! Congratulations to E. McGregor and all other finalists! The High Plains International Book Awards celebrates exceptional writing throughout Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming,
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It is our pleasure to announce that Guy Vanderhaeghe’s Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene won two prestigious prizes at the 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards last Friday: the Saskatchewan Book of the Year Award and Non-fiction Book Award! ”It’s another year to celebrate the amazing diversity of our
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We’re so proud of E. McGregor, whose poetry collection What Fills Your House Like Smoke has been nominated for the Indigenous Voices Awards’ Published Poetry in English award. Says the jury: “McGregor’s What Fills Your House Like Smoke offers us a portrait in verse not only of her grandmother, but of the face and lifelines
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We’re very excited to announce that E. McGregor’s What Fills Your House Like Smoke has been longlisted for The League of Canadian Poets’ 2025 Gerald Lampert Memorial Prize! The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, for a debut book of poetry, is given in the memory of Gerald Lampert, an arts administrator who organized authors’ tours and
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Thistledown Press is thrilled to announce that two of our titles have been shortlisted for the 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene by Guy Vanderhaeghe (Sept 17, 2024), and The Beech Forest by Marlis Wesseler (June 4, 2024). Congratulations to Guy and Marlis, and
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Congratulations to Trevor Herriot for winning the 2024 Glengarry Book Award Prize for his debut novel, The Economy of Sparrows! Launched by the Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts (SFFA) in 2021, the Glengarry Book Award Prize was created to support and foster Saskatchewan’s literary culture. According to Claire Kramer, founding trustee of the SFFA, “The
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It’s our pleasure to announce that The Rasmussen Papers by Connie Gault has been longlisted for the Toronto Book Awards. Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the Toronto Book Awards honour works of literary merit that are inspired by the city and its residents. You can find out more about the longlist here.
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We are thrilled to share that David Carpenter won the 2023 Nonfiction Award from the High Plains Book Awards for I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like: A Memoir! Congratulations, David! David is one of six Canadian writers to take home a High Plains Award. The award ceremony took place on October 7, 2023
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We are so excited to see three Thistledown authors shortlisted for Saskatchewan Book Awards! 2023 Non-Fiction Award – Shortlist: I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like by David Carpenter 2023 City of Saskatoon Award – Shortlist: I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like by David Carpenter 2023 Poetry Award – Shortlist: Shimmers of
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