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{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}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”.WEB,
www.toronto.ca/book_awards/about.htm, About the Toronto Book Awards, City of Toronto, official Web site, 2009-06-19, 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 {| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible” width100%|+Toronto Book Awards winners and finalists, 1974-1979
!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“8” |1974| ’|O Toronto|Winner’ | William French, “City politics to city prose”. The Globe and Mail, April 18, 1974. |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|Mayor Howland|Winner’ |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|In the Middle of a Life|Winner’ |
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| Joseph Ernst | |Finalist | William French, “CanLit rising”. The Globe and Mail, April 9, 1974. |
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| Storm of Fortune|Finalist |
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| Richard Howard and Helmut Weyerstrahs, Passengers Must Not Ride on Fender|Finalist |
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| Cities|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“8” |1975| ’|Halfway Up Parnassus|Winner’ | Roy MacSkimming, “Margaret Laurence to receive country’s top literary prize”. Toronto Star, April 29, 1975. |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|Women at Work|Winner’ |
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style="background:#FAEB86” | |Winner |
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| Sick Kids|Finalist | Roy MacSkimming, “Author’s guerrilla satire a dismal flop”. Toronto Star, April 3, 1975. |
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| Canadian Healing Oil|Finalist |
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| Alligator Pie - Nicholas Knock|Finalist |
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| Albert Franck: His Life, Times and Work|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“8” |1976| and Harold Troper|Immigrants: A Portrait of the Urban Experience 1890-1930|Winner | Margaret Worthington, “Smelly classroom tale has a happy ending”. Toronto Star, May 10, 1976. |
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| Poet Cop|Finalist |
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| Gabriel|Finalist |
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| Angela Wood | |Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“7” |1977| ’|Lady Oracle|Winner’ | Ken Adachi, “Literary mistress-of-all-trades Atwood shares $3,000 book prize”. Toronto Star, February 18, 1977. |
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style="background:#FAEB86” | |Winner |
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| Trillium and Toronto Island|Finalist | |
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| When I Was Young|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |1978| and H. V. Nelles | |Winner | Zena Cherry, “Toronto gives merit awards”. The Globe and Mail, March 6, 1978. |
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style="background:#FAEB86” | |Winner |
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| |Finalist | Ken Adachi, “City’s $3,000 competition drew 38 titles”. Toronto Star, February 17, 1978. |
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| Close to the Sun Again|Finalist |
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| Barbara Amiel|By Persons Unknown|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“9” |1979 | |Winner | Ken Adachi, “3 authors share $5,000 prize from the city”. Toronto Star, February 20, 1979. |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|Lost Toronto|Winner’ |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|Fun Tomorrow|Winner’ |
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| No Man’s Meat and The Enchanted Pimp|Finalist | |
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| Landmarks of Canadian Art|Finalist |
1980s {| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible” width100%|+Toronto Book Awards winners and finalists, 1980-1989
!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.|
style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“8” |1980| ’|Hanging In|Winner’ | Ken Adachi, “Souster’s prize well-deserved”. Toronto Star, March 9, 1980. |
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style="background:#FAEB86” | |Winner |
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| From Front Street to Queen’s Park: The Story of Ontario’s Parliament Buildings|Finalist | William French, “Balls! review sparks libel action”. The Globe and Mail, February 12, 1980. |
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| Life Before Man|Finalist |
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| Everything in the Window|Finalist |
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| Reservoir Ravine|Finalist |
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| Upper Canada College 1928-1979: Colbourne’s Legacy|Finalist |
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| Memoirs of an Art Dealer|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“7” |1981| ’|Big Daddy: Frederick G. Gardiner and the Building of Metropolitan Toronto|Winner’ | “Three books tie for Toronto prize”. The Globe and Mail, March 5, 1981. |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|Young Mr. Smith in Upper Canada|Winner’ |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|Basic Black with Pearls|Winner’ |
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| Toronto Workers Respond to Industrial Capitalism, 1867-1892|Finalist | |
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| Jarvis Street: A Story of Triumph and Tragedy|Finalist |
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| Final Things|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“7” |1982 | |Winner | “Engel, Bissell share $5,000”. The Globe and Mail, February 25, 1982. |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|Lunatic Villas|Winner’ |
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| |Finalist | |
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| I Remember Sunnyside|Finalist |
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| That Scatterbrain Booky|Finalist |
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| Remembering the Don|Finalist |
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| Scott Young (writer)>Scott Young|If You Can’t Beat ‘Em in the Alley|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |1983 | |Winner | “Story of insulin wins Toronto book award”. Toronto Star, February 25, 1983. |
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style="background:#FAEB86” | |Winner |
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| William Arthur Deacon: A Canadian Literary Life|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“6” |1984| ’|Toronto in Art’’|Winner | “Three writers share book award”. The Globe and Mail, February 24, 1984. |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|David Boyle: From Artisan to Archaeologist|Winner’ |
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style="background:#FAEB86” | |Winner |
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| Eunice Dyke: Health Care Pioneer|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“7” |1985| ’|Who Goes to the Park|Winner’ | “Three authors share city award”. Toronto Star, March 1, 1985. |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|Toronto to 1918|Winner’ |
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style="background:#FAEB86” | |Winner |
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| Sir John Beverley Robinson|Finalist | William French, “Awards plagued by controversy”. The Globe and Mail, February 12, 1985. |
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| Merlyn McKelvey|Toronto: Carved in Stone|Finalist |
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| E.J. Pratt: The Truant Years 1882-1927|Finalist |
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| Forging a Consensus|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“6” |1986| ’|Our Lady of the Snows|Winner’ | “Davies, Callaghan share prize”. Toronto Star, February 28, 1986. |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|What’s Bred in the Bone|Winner’ |
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| Digging Up the Mountains|Finalist | “Finalists announced for book awards”. Toronto Star, January 22, 1986. |
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| Spadina Avenue|Finalist |
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| Toronto Since 1918: An Illustrated History|Finalist |
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| Toronto Architecture: A City Guide|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“6” |1987| and William Kilbourn|Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons and History|Winner| “Architectural book takes civic award”. The Globe and Mail, May 1, 1987. |
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| Sir Charles God Damn: The Life of Sir Charles G.D. Roberts|Finalist | |
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| Twelve Weeks in Spring|Finalist |
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| Not a One-Horse Town: 125 Years of Toronto and Its Streetcars|Finalist |
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| Hospital: Life and Death in a Major Medical Centre|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |1988| ’|In the Skin of a Lion|Winner’| Ken Adachi, “Michael Ondaatje’s novel wins city prize”. Toronto Star, April 22, 1988. |
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| |Finalist | H.J. Kirchhoff, “Finalists named for book awards”. The Globe and Mail, February 25, 1988. |
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| William Shaffir | |Finalist |
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| Never Let Go: The Tragedy of Kristy McFarlane|Finalist |
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| Mortal Sins|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“7” |1989 | Cat’s Eye (novel)>Cat’s Eye|Winner| “Atwood takes Toronto book prize”. The Globe and Mail, April 27, 1989. |
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| |Finalist | “Three double nominees for major book awards”. Toronto Star, February 28, 1989. |
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| Best Seat in the House|Finalist |
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| Toronto The Way It Was|Finalist |
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1990s {| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible” width100%|+Toronto Book Awards winners and finalists, 1990-1999
!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.|
style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“7” |1990| ’|Double Take: The Story of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres|Winner’ | “Novelist, historian take book prizes”. The Globe and Mail, April 26, 1990. |
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style=background:#FAEB86| ’|Homesick|Winner’ |
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| Northrop Frye|Finalist | “Contest finalists announced”. Toronto Star, February 28, 1990. |
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| Memories of Margaret|Finalist |
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| Harriet’s Daughter|Finalist |
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| Dear M|Finalist |
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style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“7” |1991| and Robert MacDonald (writer)>Robert MacDonald (eds.)|Streets of Attitude: Toronto Stories|Winner| Philip Marchand, “Short stories collection wins Toronto book prize”. Toronto Star, May 23, 1991. |
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| City Hall and Mrs. God: A Passionate Journey Through a Changing Toronto|Finalist | “Toronto Book Awards finalists named”. Toronto Star, April 3, 1991. |
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| Say to the Darkness, We Beg to Differ|Finalist |
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| Johnny Wales | |Finalist |
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| From Police Headquarters|Finalist |
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| St. Farb’s Day|Finalist |
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| Tales for an Unknown City|Finalist |
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style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“7” |1992| ’|Hearts of Flame|Winner’| “Govier wins Toronto Book Award”. Toronto Star, May 21, 1992. |
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| Wilderness Tips|Finalist | |
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| How Boys See Girls|Finalist |
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| Regolo Ricci|Cosimo Cat|Finalist |
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| Bag Babies|Finalist |
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| Next of Kin|Finalist |
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style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“5” |1993| ’|Voice-Over|Winner’ | Michael Smith, “Word on the Street festival celebrates 4th successful year”. Toronto Star, September 27, 1993. |
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style=background:#FAEB86| ’|China Blues|Winner’ |
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| Paint Cans|Finalist | “T.O.’s Best Books”. Toronto Star, September 21, 1993. |
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| Ellen/Elena/Luna|Finalist |
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| North Toronto|Finalist |
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style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“6” |1994 | Headhunter (novel)>Headhunter|Winner| “Findley’s Headhunter wins book award”. The Globe and Mail, September 27, 1994. |
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| |Finalist | “’94 book fair features words in the street”. The Globe and Mail, September 17, 1994. |
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| Minus Time|Finalist |
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| Intimate Grandeur|Finalist |
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style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“4” |1995| ’|Sir Ernest MacMillan: The Importance of Being Canadian|Winner’| “Schabas wins Toronto book award”. Montreal Gazette, September 27, 1995. |
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| |Finalist | “Four book finalists named”. Toronto Star, August 24, 1995. |
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| Moodie’s Tale|Finalist |
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style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“6” |1996| ’|Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen|Winner’| “Biography wins Toronto Book award”. The Globe and Mail, September 30, 1996. |
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| |Finalist | “City of Toronto Book Award finalists announced”. Vancouver Sun, August 24, 1996. |
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| Accidental City|Finalist |
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| Toronto the Wild, Field Notes of an Urban Naturalist|Finalist |
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style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“5” |1997| ’|Fugitive Pieces|Winner’| Elizabeth Renzetti, “Fugitive Pieces collects award: Anne Michaels wins $15,000 book prize”. The Globe and Mail, September 29, 1997. |
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| Chump Change|Finalist | |
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| Looks Perfect|Finalist |
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| Crosstown|Finalist |
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style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“6” |1998| ’|Leaving Earth|Winner’| “Humphreys wins book award for her first novel”. The Globe and Mail, September 28, 1998. |
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| In the Wings|Finalist | “Book prize finalists named”. Ottawa Citizen, September 3, 1998. |
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| In the Misleading Absence of Light|Finalist |
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| Thin Ice|Finalist |
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| Dippers|Finalist |
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| Buying on Time|Finalist |
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style=background:#FAEB86!rowspan=“5” |1999| ’|Benedict Abroad|Winner’| “Poet wins Toronto Award at literary festival”. The Globe and Mail, September 27, 1999. |
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| Olympia|Finalist | Jennifer Prittie, “Toronto Book Award shortlist chosen from 76 entries”. National Post, September 9, 1999. |
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| Chris Chambers|Wild Mouse|Finalist |
2000s {| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible” width100%|+Toronto Book Awards winners and finalists, 2000-2009
!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.|
style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2000| ’|Mouthing the Words|Winner’|“First time novelist wins Toronto literary festival book prize”. Prince Rupert Daily News, September 25, 2000. |
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| Sanctuary and Other Stories|Finalist | 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. |
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| Toronto - A Literary Guide|Finalist |
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| Betty Ida Roots, and Donald A. Chant|Betty Ida Roots and Donald A. Chant, Special Places: The Changing Ecosystems of the Toronto Region|Finalist |
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| Young Men|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2001 | |Winner|“Historian wins $10,000 book award”. Moose Jaw Times-Herald, October 1, 2001. |
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| |Finalist | “Five finalists on the list for $15,000 in prizes in the 2001 Toronto Book Awards”. National Post, September 6, 2001. |
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| Vincenzo Pietropaolo|Kensington|Finalist |
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| Dragons Cry|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“6” |2002| ’|Courage My Love|Winner’| James Adams, “’Bittersweet’ win for author”. The Globe and Mail, September 30, 2002. |
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| Run Over: A Boy, His Mother and An Accident|Finalist | |
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| Joyce Wieland: Artist on Fire|Finalist |
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| Sheep’s Vigil by a Fervent Person|Finalist |
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| Martin Sloane|Finalist |
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| Ten Good Seconds of Silence|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2003 | |Winner| “Toronto book award goes to Joe Fiorito”. Brantford Expositor, September 20, 2003. |
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| thirsty|Finalist | “Fiorito, four others bid for Toronto book award”. Toronto Star, June 18, 2003. |
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| Emily Pohl-Weary|Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2004| ’|Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould|Winner’ | “Bazzana, Taylor win 2004 Toronto Book Awards”. Nelson Daily News, September 10, 2004. |
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style="background:#FAEB86”| ’|Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen|Winner’ |
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| John de Visser|Old Toronto Houses|Finalist | Rob Shaw, “Authors share book prize”. The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2004. |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2005| ’|Natasha and Other Stories|Winner’| Guy Dixon, “Bezmozgis wins 2005 Toronto Book Award”. The Globe and Mail, September 9, 2005. |
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| Nancy L. Backhouse | |Finalist | |
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| Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown|Finalist |
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| Doctor Bloom’s Story|Finalist |
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| Muriella Pent|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2006| ’|What We All Long For|Winner’| “Brand wins book award”. Prince George Citizen, September 8, 2006. |
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| |Finalist | “Dionne Brand, M.G. Vassanji on shortlist for Toronto Book Awards”. Canadian Press, June 5, 2006. |
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| Raymond and Hannah|Finalist |
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| Alana Wilcox (eds.)|uTOpia: Towards a New Toronto|Finalist |
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| When She Was Queen|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2007| ’|Consolation|Winner’| James Adams, “Consolation wins Toronto Book Awards”. The Globe and Mail, September 6, 2007. |
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| Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s to 1920s|Finalist | “Toronto Book Award nominees announced”. The Globe and Mail, June 21, 2007. |
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| Toronto|Finalist |
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| Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures|Finalist |
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| Uptown Downtown|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2008| ’|Loyalty Management|Winner’| Vit Wagner, “Downie wins Toronto Book Award; Loyalty Management takes $15,000 prize”. Toronto Star, October 18, 2008. |
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| And Beauty Answers: The Life of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle|Finalist | |
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| Soucouyant|Finalist |
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| Long Story Short|Finalist |
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| Helpless|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2009| ’|More|Winner’| Adam McDowell, “Austin Clarke wins Toronto Book Award”. National Post, October 16, 2009. |
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| Barnacle Love|Finalist | “2009 finalists named for Toronto Book Awards”. The Globe and Mail, September 16, 2009. |
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| Girls Fall Down|Finalist |
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| Unbuilt Toronto|Finalist |
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| In the Land of Long Fingernails|Finalist |
2010s {| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible” width100%|+Toronto Book Awards winners and finalists, 2000-2009
!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.|
style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2010 | |Winner|“Mark Sinnett wins Toronto Book Award”. Toronto Star, October 15, 2010. |
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| |Finalist | Mark Medley, “Sean Cullen, Mark Sinnett among 2010 Toronto Book Award Nominees”. National Post, September 17, 2010. |
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| Valentine’s Fall|Finalist |
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| Where We Have to Go|Finalist |
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| Diary of Interrupted Days|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2011 | |Winner| Andrew Gorham, “Rabindranath Maharaj wins Toronto Book Award”. The Globe and Mail, October 13, 2011. |
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| What Disturbs Our Blood|Finalist | “Toronto Book Awards finalists named”. Toronto Star, September 7, 2011. |
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| Étienne’s Alphabet|Finalist |
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| Fauna|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2012| ’|Copernicus Avenue|Winner’| “Borkowski wins Toronto Book Award”. Toronto Star, October 12, 2012. |
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| Writing Gordon Lightfoot: The Man, the Music, and the World in 1972|Finalist | “Bidini vies for Toronto Book Award”. Toronto Star, August 28, 2012. |
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| Six Metres of Pavement|Finalist |
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| Writing the Revolution|Finalist |
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| Paramita, Little Black|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2013| ’|Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes|Winner’ | | URL=HTTPS://WWW.THESTAR.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/BOOKS/2013/10/09/KAMAL_ALSOLAYLEE_WINS_TORONTO_BOOK_AWARD.HTML | TORONTO STAR >LANGUAGE=EN, |
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| Shawn Micallef|Full Frontal T.O.|Finalist | Deborah Dundas, “Six finalists vying for 2014 Toronto Book Awards: Winner will be announced at celebration in October”. Toronto Star, August 23, 2014. |
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| Viewing Tom Thomson, A Minority Report|Finalist |
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| Giant|Finalist |
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| Everybody Has Everything|Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2014 | |Winner|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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| Kicking the Sky|Finalist | |
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| Andrea Curtis | |Finalist |
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style="background:#FAEB86“! rowspan=“5” |2015| ’|Station Eleven|Winner’ | | DATE=OCTOBER 15, 2015 | URL=HTTPS://WWW.THESTAR.COM/ENTERTAINMENT/BOOKS/2015/10/15/EMILY-ST-JOHN-MANDEL-WINS-2015-TORONTO-BOOK-AWARD.HTML | TORONTO STAR >LANGUAGE=EN, |
