The QWF Literary Awards
Images from the 2008 Gala
- The musical precursor: Julia Kater and her Bon Temps Boys onstage at Le Lion d'Or.
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- 2008 Gala Host Joel Yanofsky with QWF President Marianne Ackerman and QWF board member Sherwin Tjia
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- Jeffrey Moore, Heather O'Neill and Adam Leith Gollner
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- 2008 Non-fiction juror Dorothy Williams
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- Dimitri Nasrallah, Taras Grescoe and Jaspreet Singh
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- Founding president of the QWF and current president of ELAN, Guy Rodgers
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- QWF Board member Ian Ferrier presents Peter Richardson with the 2008 A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry.
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- The Lovely Ms. Julie and 2008 QWF Community Award winner Mary Soderstrom share their love of shoes.
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- Phyllis Aronoff presents Lori Satin-Martin and Paul Gagné with the 2008 QWF Prix de traduction.
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- Rawi Hage accepts the 2008 Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction.
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- Maya Munro Byers presents Raquel Rivera with the inaugural QWF Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature.
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
- Neil Smith, Saleema Nawaz, Bob Kotyk, Katia Grubisic, J. R. Carpenter, and Jeffrey Moore.
- Photo © 2008, Studio Iris
All photographs © Studio Iris.
Many more QWF Gala photos can be viewed on the photographer's web site. To view the whole album, go to www.studioiris.ca, click on "weddings" and then "client login." The password is "qwfgala2008."
The 2008 QWF Awards
QWF Literary Prizes Awarded at Lion d'Or Ceremony
On November 19, 2008, the Quebec Writers' Federation held its annual Awards Gala at the Lion d'Or in Montreal. The event was hosted by Joel Yanofsky, with special interferences by the lovely Ms. Julie; Six literary prizes, a Community Award, and a Carte Blanche Prize were presented.
2008 QWF Award Winners
- QWF Translation Prize ($2000)
- Translated to French from English
- Lori Saint-Martin et Paul Gagné
- Big bang
- Les Allusifs
- translation of
- Bang Crunch
- de Neil Smith
- Knopf Canada
- Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction ($2000)
- Sponsored by Champlain, Dawson, Heritage, John Abbott, and Vanier Colleges
- Taras Grescoe
- Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
- McAuslan First Book Prize ($2000)
- Sponsored by McAuslan Brewing Inc.
- Adam Leith Gollner
- The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession
- Doubleday Canada
- A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry ($2000)
- Sponsored by Jacques Nolin
- Peter Richardson
- Sympathy for the Couriers
- Véhicule Press
- Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction ($2000)
- Sponsored by Paragraphe Bookstore
- Rawi Hage
- Cockroach
- House of Anansi Press
- QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature ($2000)
- Sponsored by Babar Books
- Raquel Rivera
- Orphan Ahwak
- Orca Book Publishers
- Community Award
- Mary Soderstrom
- Mary Soderstrom's Blog
- Carte Blanche Prize ($250)
- J.R. Carpenter
- "Wyoming is Haunted"
- Shortlist for the 2008 QWF awards [PDF]
- List of submissions for the 2008 QWF awards [PDF]