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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
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Template:Sortname | Hanging In | Winner | [11] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | From Front Street to Queen's Park: The Story of Ontario's Parliament Buildings | Finalist | [12] | |
| Template:Sortname | Life Before Man | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Everything in the Window | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Reservoir Ravine | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Upper Canada College 1928-1979: Colbourne's Legacy | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Memoirs of an Art Dealer | Finalist | ||
| 1981 | Template:Sortname | Big Daddy: Frederick G. Gardiner and the Building of Metropolitan Toronto | Winner | [13] |
| Template:Sortname | Young Mr. Smith in Upper Canada | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Basic Black with Pearls | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Toronto Workers Respond to Industrial Capitalism, 1867-1892 | Finalist | [13] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Jarvis Street: A Story of Triumph and Tragedy | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Final Things | Finalist | ||
| 1982 | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | [14] |
| Template:Sortname | Lunatic Villas | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [14] | |
| Template:Sortname | I Remember Sunnyside | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | That Scatterbrain Booky | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Remembering the Don | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname with Scott Young | If You Can't Beat 'Em in the Alley | Finalist | ||
| 1983 | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | [15] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [15] | |
| Template:Sortname and John Lennox | William Arthur Deacon: A Canadian Literary Life | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| 1984 | Template:Sortname | Toronto in Art | Winner | [16] |
| Template:Sortname | David Boyle: From Artisan to Archaeologist | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [16] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Eunice Dyke: Health Care Pioneer | Finalist | ||
| 1985 | Template:Sortname | Who Goes to the Park | Winner | [17] |
| Template:Sortname | Toronto to 1918 | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Sir John Beverley Robinson | Finalist | [18] | |
| Template:Sortname and Merlyn McKelvey | Toronto: Carved in Stone | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | E.J. Pratt: The Truant Years 1882-1927 | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Forging a Consensus | Finalist | ||
| 1986 | Template:Sortname | Our Lady of the Snows | Winner | [19] |
| Template:Sortname | What's Bred in the Bone | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Digging Up the Mountains | Finalist | [20] | |
| Template:Sortname | Spadina Avenue | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Toronto Since 1918: An Illustrated History | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Toronto Architecture: A City Guide | Finalist | ||
| 1987 | Template:Sortname and William Kilbourn | Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons and History | Winner | [21] |
| Template:Sortname | Sir Charles God Damn: The Life of Sir Charles G.D. Roberts | Finalist | [21] | |
| Template:Sortname | Twelve Weeks in Spring | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Not a One-Horse Town: 125 Years of Toronto and Its Streetcars | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Hospital: Life and Death in a Major Medical Centre | Finalist | ||
| 1988 | Template:Sortname | In the Skin of a Lion | Winner | [22] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [23] | |
| Template:Sortname and William Shaffir | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Never Let Go: The Tragedy of Kristy McFarlane | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Mortal Sins | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Template:Sortname | Cat's Eye | Winner | [24] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [25] | |
| Template:Sortname | Best Seat in the House | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Toronto The Way It Was | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist |
1990s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Template:Sortname | Double Take: The Story of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres | Winner | [26] |
| Template:Sortname | Homesick | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Northrop Frye | Finalist | [27] | |
| Template:Sortname | Memories of Margaret | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Harriet's Daughter | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Dear M | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | Template:Sortname and Robert MacDonald (eds.) | Streets of Attitude: Toronto Stories | Winner | [28] |
| Template:Sortname | City Hall and Mrs. God: A Passionate Journey Through a Changing Toronto | Finalist | [29] | |
| Template:Sortname | Say to the Darkness, We Beg to Differ | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname and Johnny Wales | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | From Police Headquarters | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | St. Farb's Day | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Tales for an Unknown City | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Template:Sortname | Hearts of Flame | Winner | [30] |
| Template:Sortname | Wilderness Tips | Finalist | [30] | |
| Template:Sortname | How Boys See Girls | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname and Regolo Ricci | Cosimo Cat | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Bag Babies | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Next of Kin | Finalist | ||
| 1993 | Template:Sortname | Voice-Over | Winner | [31] |
| Template:Sortname | China Blues | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname | Paint Cans | Finalist | [32] | |
| Template:Sortname | Ellen/Elena/Luna | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | North Toronto | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Template:Sortname | Headhunter | Winner | [33] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [34] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Minus Time | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Intimate Grandeur | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Template:Sortname | Sir Ernest MacMillan: The Importance of Being Canadian | Winner | [35] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [36] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Moodie's Tale | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Template:Sortname | Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen | Winner | [37] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [38] | |
| Template:Sortname | Accidental City | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Toronto the Wild, Field Notes of an Urban Naturalist | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Template:Sortname | Fugitive Pieces | Winner | [39] |
| Template:Sortname | Chump Change | Finalist | [39] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Looks Perfect | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Crosstown | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | Template:Sortname | Leaving Earth | Winner | [40] |
| Template:Sortname | In the Wings | Finalist | [41] | |
| Template:Sortname | In the Misleading Absence of Light | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Thin Ice | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Dippers | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Buying on Time | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Template:Sortname | Benedict Abroad | Winner | [42] |
| Template:Sortname | Olympia | Finalist | [43] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname and Chris Chambers | Wild Mouse | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Home from the Vinyl Cafe | Finalist |
2000s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Template:Sortname | Mouthing the Words | Winner | [44] |
| Template:Sortname | Sanctuary and Other Stories | Finalist | [45] | |
| Template:Sortname | Toronto - A Literary Guide | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname, Betty Ida Roots, and Donald A. Chant | Betty Ida Roots and Donald A. Chant, Special Places: The Changing Ecosystems of the Toronto Region | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Young Men | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | [46] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [47] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname and Vincenzo Pietropaolo | Kensington | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Dragons Cry | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Template:Sortname | Courage My Love | Winner | [48] |
| Template:Sortname | Run Over: A Boy, His Mother and An Accident | Finalist | [48] | |
| Template:Sortname | Joyce Wieland: Artist on Fire | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Martin Sloane | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Ten Good Seconds of Silence | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | [49] |
| Template:Sortname | thirsty | Finalist | [50] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname and Emily Pohl-Weary | Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Template:Sortname | Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould | Winner | [51] |
| Template:Sortname | Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen | Winner | ||
| Template:Sortname and John de Visser | Old Toronto Houses | Finalist | [52] | |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Template:Sortname | Natasha and Other Stories | Winner | [53] |
| Template:Sortname and Nancy L. Backhouse | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [53] | |
| Template:Sortname | Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Doctor Bloom's Story | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Muriella Pent | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Template:Sortname | What We All Long For | Winner | [54] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [55] | |
| Template:Sortname | Raymond and Hannah | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname and Alana Wilcox (eds.) | uTOpia: Towards a New Toronto | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | When She Was Queen | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Template:Sortname | Consolation | Winner | [56] |
| Template:Sortname | Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s to 1920s | Finalist | [57] | |
| Template:Sortname | Toronto | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Uptown Downtown | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Template:Sortname | Loyalty Management | Winner | [58] |
| Template:Sortname | And Beauty Answers: The Life of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle | Finalist | [58] | |
| Template:Sortname | Soucouyant | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Long Story Short | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Helpless | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Template:Sortname | More | Winner | [59] |
| Template:Sortname | Barnacle Love | Finalist | [60] | |
| Template:Sortname | Girls Fall Down | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | Unbuilt Toronto | Finalist | ||
| Template:Sortname | In the Land of Long Fingernails | Finalist |
2010s
2020s
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Winner | [77] |
| Template:Sortname | In the Beggarly Style of Imitation | Finalist | [78] | |
| Template:Sortname and Georgia Webbe | Dancing after TEN | |||
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | |||
| Template:Sortname | Frying Plantain | |||
| 2021 | Template:Sortname | Speak, Silence | Winner | [79] |
| Template:Sortname | Æther: An Out-of-Body Lyric | Finalist | [80] | |
| Template:Sortname | Swimmers in Winter | |||
| Template:Sortname | Crosshairs | |||
| Template:Sortname | Missing from the Village | |||
| Template:Sortname | On Property | |||
| 2022 | Template:Sortname | Run Towards the Danger | Winner | [81] |
| Template:Sortname | Template:Sortname | Finalist | [81] | |
| Template:Sortname | Two Indians | |||
| Template:Sortname | Wrong Side of the Court | |||
| Template:Sortname, Afua Cooper, and Karolyn Smardz Frost | Template:Sortname | |||
| 2023 | Template:Sortname, Georgiana Uhlyarik | Moving the Museum | Winner | [82] |
| Template:Sortname | Nomenclature | Finalist | [83] | |
| Template:Sortname | Wildfires | |||
| Template:Sortname | Finding Edward | |||
| Template:Sortname | Clara at the Door with a Revolver | |||
| 2024 | Maurice Vellekoop | I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together | Winner | [84] |
| Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio | Reuniting with Strangers | Finalist | [85] | |
| Kristen den Hartog | The Roosting Box | |||
| Connie Gault | The Rasmussen Papers | |||
| Paul McLaughlin | The Suicide Magnet: Inside the Battle to Erect a Safety Barrier on Toronto’s Bloor Viaduct |
References
External links
- Toronto Book Awards (City of Toronto Web site)
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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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- ↑ 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.