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The Toronto Book Awards are Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the City of Toronto government to the author of the year's best fiction or non-fiction book or books "that are evocative of Toronto".[1] The award is presented in the fall of each year, with its advance promotional efforts including a series of readings by the nominated authors at each year's The Word on the Street festival.
Each author shortlisted for the award receives $1,000, and the winner or winners receive the balance of $15,000.
The award has frequently gone to multiple winners. 1987 was the first time in the history of the award that only a single winner was named.
Winners and nominees
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Toronto Book Awards winners and finalists, 2000-2009
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Author
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Title
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Result
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| 2010
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Winner
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[61]
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Finalist
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[62]
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Valentine's Fall
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Finalist
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Where We Have to Go
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Finalist
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Diary of Interrupted Days
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Finalist
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| 2011
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Winner
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[63]
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What Disturbs Our Blood
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Finalist
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[64]
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Étienne's Alphabet
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Finalist
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Fauna
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Finalist
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| 2012
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Copernicus Avenue
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Winner
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[65]
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Writing Gordon Lightfoot: The Man, the Music, and the World in 1972
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Finalist
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[66]
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Six Metres of Pavement
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Finalist
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Writing the Revolution
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Finalist
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Paramita, Little Black
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Finalist
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| 2013
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Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes
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Winner
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[67]
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Full Frontal T.O.
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Finalist
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[68]
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Viewing Tom Thomson, A Minority Report
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Finalist
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Giant
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Finalist
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Everybody Has Everything
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Finalist
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| 2014
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Winner
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[69]
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Kicking the Sky
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Finalist
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[68]
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Finalist
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Finalist
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| 2015
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Station Eleven
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Winner
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[70]
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Fifteen Dogs
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Finalist
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[70]
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Stone Mattress
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All the Broken Things
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Finalist
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| 2016
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On the Shores of Darkness, There Is Light
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Winner
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[71]
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Men of Action
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Finalist
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[71]
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Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety
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Finalist
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Finalist
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Heyday
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Finalist
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| 2017
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In the Black: My Life
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Winner
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[72]
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I Hear She's a Real Bitch
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Finalist
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[73]
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Scarborough
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Finalist
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| Template:Sortname, Jane Farrow, Stephanie Chambers, Maureen FitzGerald, Tim McCaskell, Rebecka Sheffield, Tatum Taylor, Rahim Thawer, and Ed Jackson
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Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer
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Finalist
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Life on the Ground Floor: Letters from the Edge of Emergency Medicine
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Finalist
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| 2018
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Brother
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Winner
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[74]
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Finalist
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[75]
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That Time I Loved You
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Finalist
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My Conversations with Canadians
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Finalist
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Floating City
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Finalist
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| 2019
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Theory
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Winner
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[76]
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Be With: Letters to a Caregiver
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Finalist
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[76]
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Finalist
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This Country of Mine
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Finalist
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Reproduction
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Finalist
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2020s
References
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External links
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ William French, "City politics to city prose". The Globe and Mail, April 18, 1974.
- ↑ William French, "CanLit rising". The Globe and Mail, April 9, 1974.
- ↑ Roy MacSkimming, "Margaret Laurence to receive country's top literary prize". Toronto Star, April 29, 1975.
- ↑ Roy MacSkimming, "Author's guerrilla satire a dismal flop". Toronto Star, April 3, 1975.
- ↑ Margaret Worthington, "Smelly classroom tale has a happy ending". Toronto Star, May 10, 1976.
- ↑ a b Ken Adachi, "Literary mistress-of-all-trades Atwood shares $3,000 book prize". Toronto Star, February 18, 1977.
- ↑ Zena Cherry, "Toronto gives merit awards". The Globe and Mail, March 6, 1978.
- ↑ Ken Adachi, "City's $3,000 competition drew 38 titles". Toronto Star, February 17, 1978.
- ↑ a b Ken Adachi, "3 authors share $5,000 prize from the city". Toronto Star, February 20, 1979.
- ↑ Ken Adachi, "Souster's prize well-deserved". Toronto Star, March 9, 1980.
- ↑ William French, "Balls! review sparks libel action". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 1980.
- ↑ a b "Three books tie for Toronto prize". The Globe and Mail, March 5, 1981.
- ↑ a b "Engel, Bissell share $5,000". The Globe and Mail, February 25, 1982.
- ↑ a b "Story of insulin wins Toronto book award". Toronto Star, February 25, 1983.
- ↑ "Three authors share city award". Toronto Star, March 1, 1985.
- ↑ William French, "Awards plagued by controversy". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 1985.
- ↑ "Davies, Callaghan share prize". Toronto Star, February 28, 1986.
- ↑ "Finalists announced for book awards". Toronto Star, January 22, 1986.
- ↑ a b "Architectural book takes civic award". The Globe and Mail, May 1, 1987.
- ↑ Ken Adachi, "Michael Ondaatje's novel wins city prize". Toronto Star, April 22, 1988.
- ↑ H.J. Kirchhoff, "Finalists named for book awards". The Globe and Mail, February 25, 1988.
- ↑ "Atwood takes Toronto book prize". The Globe and Mail, April 27, 1989.
- ↑ "Three double nominees for major book awards". Toronto Star, February 28, 1989.
- ↑ "Novelist, historian take book prizes". The Globe and Mail, April 26, 1990.
- ↑ "Contest finalists announced". Toronto Star, February 28, 1990.
- ↑ Philip Marchand, "Short stories collection wins Toronto book prize". Toronto Star, May 23, 1991.
- ↑ "Toronto Book Awards finalists named". Toronto Star, April 3, 1991.
- ↑ a b "Govier wins Toronto Book Award". Toronto Star, May 21, 1992.
- ↑ Michael Smith, "Word on the Street festival celebrates 4th successful year". Toronto Star, September 27, 1993.
- ↑ "T.O.'s Best Books". Toronto Star, September 21, 1993.
- ↑ "Findley's Headhunter wins book award". The Globe and Mail, September 27, 1994.
- ↑ "'94 book fair features words in the street". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 1994.
- ↑ "Schabas wins Toronto book award". Montreal Gazette, September 27, 1995.
- ↑ "Four book finalists named". Toronto Star, August 24, 1995.
- ↑ "Biography wins Toronto Book award". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 1996.
- ↑ "City of Toronto Book Award finalists announced". Vancouver Sun, August 24, 1996.
- ↑ a b Elizabeth Renzetti, "Fugitive Pieces collects award: Anne Michaels wins $15,000 book prize". The Globe and Mail, September 29, 1997.
- ↑ "Humphreys wins book award for her first novel". The Globe and Mail, September 28, 1998.
- ↑ "Book prize finalists named". Ottawa Citizen, September 3, 1998.
- ↑ "Poet wins Toronto Award at literary festival". The Globe and Mail, September 27, 1999.
- ↑ Jennifer Prittie, "Toronto Book Award shortlist chosen from 76 entries". National Post, September 9, 1999.
- ↑ "First time novelist wins Toronto literary festival book prize". Prince Rupert Daily News, September 25, 2000.
- ↑ Don Wanagas, "Toronto Book Awards finalists announced: Five works on short list: $15,000 in prize money to be awarded". National Post, September 7, 2000.
- ↑ "Historian wins $10,000 book award". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, October 1, 2001.
- ↑ "Five finalists on the list for $15,000 in prizes in the 2001 Toronto Book Awards". National Post, September 6, 2001.
- ↑ a b James Adams, "'Bittersweet' win for author". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 2002.
- ↑ "Toronto book award goes to Joe Fiorito". Brantford Expositor, September 20, 2003.
- ↑ "Fiorito, four others bid for Toronto book award". Toronto Star, June 18, 2003.
- ↑ "Bazzana, Taylor win 2004 Toronto Book Awards". Nelson Daily News, September 10, 2004.
- ↑ Rob Shaw, "Authors share book prize". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2004.
- ↑ a b Guy Dixon, "Bezmozgis wins 2005 Toronto Book Award". The Globe and Mail, September 9, 2005.
- ↑ "Brand wins book award". Prince George Citizen, September 8, 2006.
- ↑ "Dionne Brand, M.G. Vassanji on shortlist for Toronto Book Awards". Canadian Press, June 5, 2006.
- ↑ James Adams, "Consolation wins Toronto Book Awards". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 2007.
- ↑ "Toronto Book Award nominees announced". The Globe and Mail, June 21, 2007.
- ↑ a b Vit Wagner, "Downie wins Toronto Book Award; Loyalty Management takes $15,000 prize". Toronto Star, October 18, 2008.
- ↑ Adam McDowell, "Austin Clarke wins Toronto Book Award". National Post, October 16, 2009.
- ↑ "2009 finalists named for Toronto Book Awards". The Globe and Mail, September 16, 2009.
- ↑ "Mark Sinnett wins Toronto Book Award". Toronto Star, October 15, 2010.
- ↑ Mark Medley, "Sean Cullen, Mark Sinnett among 2010 Toronto Book Award Nominees". National Post, September 17, 2010.
- ↑ Andrew Gorham, "Rabindranath Maharaj wins Toronto Book Award". The Globe and Mail, October 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Toronto Book Awards finalists named". Toronto Star, September 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Borkowski wins Toronto Book Award". Toronto Star, October 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Bidini vies for Toronto Book Award". Toronto Star, August 28, 2012.
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- ↑ a b Deborah Dundas, "Six finalists vying for 2014 Toronto Book Awards: Winner will be announced at celebration in October". Toronto Star, August 23, 2014.
- ↑ Deborah Dundas, "Charlotte Gray's crime book wins Toronto Book Award: True story of 1915 murder captures $10,000 prize". Toronto Star, October 17, 2014.
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b Debra Yeo, "Cordelia Strube wins 2016 Toronto Book Award". Toronto Star, October 11, 2016.
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- ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik win 2023 Toronto Book Award". Quill & Quire, October 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Shortlist announced for 2023 Toronto Book Awards". Quill & Quire, September 5, 2023.
- ↑ "Maurice Vellekoop wins 2024 Toronto Book Awards". Toronto Today, November 8, 2024.
- ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Five books shortlisted for 2024 Toronto Book Awards". Quill & Quire, September 12, 2024.