HOLY SMOKES 😭 Congratulations Gwen Aube, finalist for the 2026 #DayneOgilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers from the @writerstrust.bsky.social!!!! Congrats to the other finalists Tiana Reid and @mishasolomon.bsky.social and thanks to the jury!!! Winner announcement Nov. 10 😎

Writers' Trust of Canada@writerstrust.bsky.social · 4d ago

Meet the finalists for the 2026 #DayneOgilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers: ◢ Gwen Aube for Missed Connections with Tall Girls (@littlepuss.net) ◢ Tiana Reid for Nightnursing (icehouse poetry) ◢ @mishasolomon.bsky.social for My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet (Brick Books)

Meet the finalists for the 2026 #DayneOgilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers: ◢ Gwen Aube for Missed Connections with Tall Girls (@littlepuss.net) ◢ Tiana Reid for Nightnursing (icehouse poetry) ◢ @mishasolomon.bsky.social for My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet (Brick Books)

Congrats to all the finalists for the #HilaryWeston Writer's Trust Prize for Nonfiction! Thanks to the Writers' Trust of Canada for working with us to make sure people with print disabilities have timely access to these important books. Find them at celalibrary.ca/awards

Writers' Trust of Canada@writerstrust.bsky.social · 2w ago

Announcing finalists for the 2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction— congratulations to Richard Kelly Kemick, Robert Moor, Trina Moyles, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Dan Werb. $75K winner announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards writerstrust.com/WestonPrize

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Writers' Trust of Canada@writerstrust.bsky.social · 6d ago

Tonight we gather to honour Hanif Abdurraqib, 2026 #HWIAward laureate, whose genre-bending work brings truths, both personal and communal, to the page.

Opinion: My world made me the writer I am today - Hanif Abdurraqib /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @writerstrust.bsky.social

Opinion: My world made me the writer I am today

Everything I learned was always at my fingertips, on the blocks I grew up on

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Congrats to author/essayist/poet Hanif Abdurraqib, winner of the 2026 Hilary Weston International Award for #nonfiction Delighted to be part of this & to meet fellow judges Chase Joynt, Tessa McWatt, Christina Sharpe & Jenny Heijun Wills at last night's ceremony in Toronto @writerstrust.bsky.social

Celebrating Canada's best debut books by #LGBTQ2S+ writers! ‍📚 Meet the 2026 #DayneOgilvie Prize jury: ◢ francesca ekwuyasi ◢ Kama La Mackerel ◢ @michaelvsmith.bsky.social Finalists announced Wednesday! 👉 writerstrust.com/DayneOgilvie #canlit #diversecanlit

A memorable evening comes to a close with books, conversation, and connection. Thank you Hanif Abdurraqib for broadening our perspectives and deepening our understanding of the world through exceptional nonfiction writing.

Hanif Abdurraqib takes the stage at the @romtoronto.bsky.social as the 2026 #HWIAward laureate. His work sings and stings, bringing bold, compassionate insight to culture and its complexities.

Tonight we gather to honour Hanif Abdurraqib, 2026 #HWIAward laureate, whose genre-bending work brings truths, both personal and communal, to the page.

We are so excited that DECADENCE by Richard Kelly Kemick is on the shortlist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction! @writerstrust.bsky.social #Essays #bookrecs #biblioasis #TBR #readindependently #biblioasispublishing #Bookstagram #canadianbooks #fallreads #nonfiction

Happy and honored to wake up to this news!

Writers' Trust of Canada@writerstrust.bsky.social · 2w ago

Announcing finalists for the 2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction— congratulations to Richard Kelly Kemick, Robert Moor, Trina Moyles, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Dan Werb. $75K winner announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards writerstrust.com/WestonPrize

Congratulations to @robertmoor.com: IN TREES is a finalist for the 2026 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction! @writerstrust.bsky.social Available now from Simon & Schuster #intrees #nonfiction #writerstrustofcanada

Announcing finalists for the 2026 #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction— congratulations to Richard Kelly Kemick, Robert Moor, Trina Moyles, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Dan Werb. $75K winner announced Nov 10 at the #WTAwards writerstrust.com/WestonPrize

Awarding excellence in nonfiction 🏆 Meet the 2026 #HilaryWeston Prize jury: ◢ Katherine Ashenburg ◢ Debra Thompson @debthompsonphd.bsky.social ◢ Joshua Whitehead Finalists will be announced Wednesday! 👉writerstrust.com/WestonPrize #canlit #WestonPrize #WestonPrizes

Join Yolk in Montreal for an evening with 2025/2026 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers finalists Hana Mason, Cicely Grace, Rachel Robb, Renato Gandia, Rebecca Peng, Katie Lawrence, Jeremy Audet, and Graham Slaughter on Sept. 19. Tickets: www.yolkliterary.ca/product/bron... #WT50

In celebration of our 50th anniversary, WT is hosting authors francesca ekwuyasi, Michael Crummey, and Naben Ruthnum for Conversations in Trust, moderated by CBC's Mary Lynk, at the Halifax Central Library on October 22, 6:00 pm. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/conversati... #WT50

What Canadian author has made the biggest impact on your life? WT is celebrating our 50th anniversary with our ongoing #WT50 author series ‘From writers, to readers🍁’. Now we want to hear from the readers, we want to hear from you! #booksky #CanadianReader

The DC Reid Poets’ Grant is now accepting applications from Canadian poets of modest means. Eight selected poets will anonymously receive grants of $5,000 in support of their writing. Apply by Oct 13, 2026. Details: www.writerstrust.com/programs/dc-reid-poets-grant #WT50

We need to know 👀 Our ongoing #WT50 author series ‘From writers, to readers 🍁’ features notable Canadian writers sharing their must-reads. Now we want to hear from the readers, we want to hear from you! What Canadian book is your must-read right now? #booksky #CanadianReader

We need to know 👀 Our ongoing #WT50 author series ‘From writers, to readers 🍁’ features notable Canadian writers sharing their must-reads. Now we want to hear from the readers, we want to hear from you! What Canadian book is your must-read right now? #booksky #CanadianReader

Submissions are open for the 2027 #ShaughnessyCohen Prize for Political Writing! Rewarding $40K to the best Canadian political non-fiction writing, and $5K to each finalist. Learn more and apply: www.writerstrust.com/awards/shaug... #WT50 #PoliticalWriting

Been sitting on this news for a hot minute 🫶 I am humbled and obliged to the jury ❤️

Writers' Trust of Canada@writerstrust.bsky.social · last mo.

Announcing the Berton House Writers’ Residency program 2026 writers-in-residence! These four Canadian writers will travel to Dawson City, Yukon, to live and work for two months in the childhood home of legendary Canadian author, and Writers’ Trust co-founder, #PierreBerton.

An immense thank you to the 2026 Berton House Writers’ Residency jury, local author Louise Dumayne and past writers-in-residence Gord Grisenthwaite, and Manjushree Thapa, for their time and dedication in selecting our 2026 writers-in-residence. writerstrust.com/BertonHouse #WT50

It was a real pleasure to serve on the Berton House jury for this, the Writers' Trust's 50th year. The selection was incredibly difficult! Congratulations to the four finalists, and I hope they find their time in Dawson City as stimulating, and life-changing, as I did.

Writers' Trust of Canada@writerstrust.bsky.social · last mo.

Announcing the Berton House Writers’ Residency program 2026 writers-in-residence! These four Canadian writers will travel to Dawson City, Yukon, to live and work for two months in the childhood home of legendary Canadian author, and Writers’ Trust co-founder, #PierreBerton.

Announcing the Berton House Writers’ Residency program 2026 writers-in-residence! These four Canadian writers will travel to Dawson City, Yukon, to live and work for two months in the childhood home of legendary Canadian author, and Writers’ Trust co-founder, #PierreBerton.

"They invite you into their global village, a microcosm of Canada, to sit at the Pit. They incite you into the wilds, into the mountains to pick cranberries, and onto the tundra to listen to silence.” – Angela Long, Writer to Writer: long legacy of the letters at Berton House.

Join @anotherstoryto.bsky.social and Random House of Canada for the Toronto launch of ‘Eliza Sunshine’ by Michelle Good (Five Little Indians, Truth Telling). Featuring a reading and conversation with award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker Tanya Talaga. Tickets: elizasunshine.eventbrite.ca

Congratulations to WT Alumni Karen Solie, winner of the $239K Windham-Campbell Prize. Administered by Yale University (@yalepress.bsky.social), the prize annually honours eight fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry writers who have been nominated in secret with the aim of supporting their writing.

Explore notable Canadian authors recommendations through the #WT50 Reading List: www.writerstrust.com/recommended-... Join Canada’s longest-running book club. #CanadianAuthors #BookRecs