Six Concordians vying for QWF awards
Six Concordia MA graduates are among the nominees for the 2015 Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) Literary Awards.
The five winners will be announced at a gala ceremony at Montreal’s Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre on November 18. The event will be hosted by two-time QWF Award-winning author Adam Leith Gollner, BA 04.
This year’s finalists include the following alumni:
- Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction:
H. Nigel Thomas, MA 75, No Safeguards (Guernica Editions Inc.)
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- Concordia University First Book Prize:
Michael Steeves, MA 06, Giving Up (BookThug)
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- A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry:
Catherine Kidd, BA 94, MA 98, Hyena Subpoena (Wired on Words/Popolo Press)
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David McGimpsey, BA 88, MA 90, Asbestos Heights (Coach House Books)
- Cole Foundation Prize for Translation (French to English):
Phyllis Aronoff, MA 92, and Howard Scott, BA 79, MA 84, As Always (Talonbooks) — translation of Madeleine Gagnon’s Depuis Toujours (Les Éditions du Boréal)
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H. Nigel Thomas, MA 75
Michael Steeves, MA 06
Catherine Kidd, BA 94, MA 98
Phyllis Aronoff, MA 92
Howard Scott, BA 79, MA 84
Tickets to a cocktail dînatoire with the finalists, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., are $50 ($40 for full-time students) and include admission to the awards ceremony, which begins at 8 pm.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. ceremony alone are $20 ($10 for full-time students) and can be purchased at the QWF office or at the following Montreal bookstores: Argo, Bibliophile, Clio, Drawn & Quarterly, Paragraphe and The Word.
For more tickets or more information please, contact QWF at 514-933-0878 or info@qwf.org, or visit quebecbooks.qwf.org.
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