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Writers & Books
Each of these authors has benefitted from Writers' Trust awards or programs.
Awards
Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award
2024
Winner
Madeleine Thien
2023
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Anosh Irani
2022
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Shani Mootoo
2021
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Cherie Dimaline
2020
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Kerri Sakamoto
2019
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Rawi Hage
2018
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Alissa York
2017
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Billie Livingston
2016
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Eden Robinson
2015
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Annabel Lyon
2014
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Joan Thomas
2013
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Lisa Moore
2012
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Nino Ricci
2011
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Wayne Johnston
2010
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Miriam Toews
2009
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David Bergen
2008
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Michael Winter
2007
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Michael Crummey
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Diane Schoemperlen
2006
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Caroline Adderson
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Douglas Glover
2005
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Rohinton Mistry
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Gayla Reid
2004
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David Adams Richards
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Dianne Warren
2003
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Elisabeth Harvor
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Guy Vanderhaeghe
2002
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Bill Gaston
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Terry Griggs
2001
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Elizabeth Hay
2000
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Anita Rau Badami
1998
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Janice Kulyk Keefer
1997
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Sharon Butala
1996
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Barbara Gowdy
1995
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Bonnie Burnard
1994
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Jane Urquhart
1993
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Sandra Birdsell
1992
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Joan Barfoot
1991
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Joan Clark
1990
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Carol Shields
1989
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Merna Summers
1988
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Edna Alford
1987
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Audrey Thomas
1986
Winner
Alice Munro
