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Book Awards
Governor General's Literary Awards Awards for writing and for illustration, in English and in French. Shortlists are released annually in October, and winners are announced in mid-November.
The Giller Prize Best novel or collection of short stories published in English.
Newbery Medal Named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Caldecott Medal Named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
National Book Awards On March 16, 1950, a consortium of book publishing groups sponsored the first annual National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Their goal was to enhance the public's awareness of exceptional books written by fellow Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general.
Orange Prize The UK's largest annual literary award for a single novel has become one of the most prestigious and influential awards in the literary calendar. The aim of the Orange Prize for Fiction is not only to celebrate novels of excellence, originality and accessibility but also to promote women writers to as wide a range of male and female readers as possible.
Dublin Literary Award The Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language.
Whitbread Award The Whitbread Book Awards aim to celebrate and promote the best of contemporary British writing.


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