Trillium Book Award, English

Canadian literary award

The following is a list of winners and nominees in English-language categories for the Trillium Book Award, a Canadian literary award presented by Ontario Creates to honour books published by writers resident in the province of Ontario. Separate awards have been presented for French-language literature since 1994; for the winners and nominees in French-language categories, see Trillium Book Award, French.

## All-genre (1994-2002)

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1994  | Donald Akenson | Conor: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien; Volume 1 Narrative | Winner | [1]
Robertson Davies | The Cunning Man | Nominee  | [2]
Bronwyn Drainie | My Jerusalem: Secular Adventures in the Holy City
Douglas Fetherling | Travels by Night
Katherine Govier | The Immaculate Conception Photography Gallery
Christina McCall and Stephen Clarkson | Trudeau and Our Times: Volume 2, The Heroic Delusion
Alice Munro | Open Secrets
Oakland Ross | Guerrilla Beach
Russell Smith | How Insensitive
M. G. Vassanji | The Book of Secrets
1995  | Margaret Atwood | Morning in the Burned House | Winner | [3]
Wayson Choy | The Jade Peony | Winner
George G. Blackburn | The Guns of Normandy: A Soldier's Eye View | Nominee  | [4]
Judith Fitzgerald | River
Cecil Foster | Sleep On, Beloved
Robert Fulford | Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto
Barbara Gowdy | Mister Sandman
Denis Smith | Rogue Tory: The Life and Legend of John G. Diefenbaker
Rosemary Sullivan | Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
Larry Turner and John de Visser | Rideau
1996  | Anne Michaels | Fugitive Pieces | Winner | [5]
Dionne Brand | In Another Place, Not Here | Nominee  | [6]
Matt Cohen | Last Seen
Katherine Govier | Angel Walk
Janette Turner Hospital | Oyster
Ann Ireland | The Instructor
Ann-Marie MacDonald | Fall on Your Knees
Alice Munro | Selected Stories
1997  | Dionne Brand | Land to Light On | Winner | [7]
Phyllis Grosskurth | Byron: The Flawed Angel | Nominee  | [8]
Elizabeth Hay | Small Change
Michael Helm | The Projectionist
Mary Jo Leddy | At the Border Called Hope
Paul Quarrington | The Boy on the Back of the Turtle
John Ralston Saul | Reflections of a Siamese Twin
The STORM Coalition | Oak Ridges Moraine
1998  | André Alexis | Childhood | Winner | [9]
Alice Munro | The Love of a Good Woman
Barry Callaghan | Barrelhouse Kings | Nominee  | [10]
Alan Cumyn | Man of Bone
Sandra Gulland | Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe
Michael Ondaatje | Handwriting
Shyam Selvadurai | Cinnamon Gardens
Linda Spalding | The Follow
1999  | Alistair MacLeod | No Great Mischief | Winner | [11]
Stephanie Bolster | Two Bowls of Milk | Nominee  | [12]
Elyse Friedman | Then Again
Catherine Gildiner | Too Close to the Falls
David Gilmour | Lost Between Houses
David Layton | Motion Sickness
Stuart Ross | Farmer Gloomy's New Hybrid
2000  | Don Coles | Kurgan | Winner | [13]
Margaret Christakos | Charisma | Nominee  | [14]
Deborah Ellis | The Breadwinner
Dennis Lee | Bubblegum Delicious
Nega Mezlekia | Notes from the Hyena's Belly
David Adams Richards | Mercy Among the Children
Darren Wershler-Henry | The Tapeworm Foundry
2001  | Richard B. Wright | Clara Callan | Winner | [15]
Joan Barfoot | Critical Injuries | Nominee  | [16]
Lee Gowan | Make Believe Love
Robert Hough | The Final Confession of Mabel Stark
Chris Jones | Falling Hard: A Rookie's Year in Boxing
Alice Munro | Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Michael Redhill | Martin Sloane
2002  | Austin Clarke | The Polished Hoe | Winner | [17]
Nino Ricci | Testament
Katherine Ashenburg | The Mourner's Dance | Nominee  | [18]
Dionne Brand | Thirsty
Claudia Dey | The Gwendolyn Poems
Steve McCaffery | Seven Pages Missing: Volume 2
Michael Ondaatje | The Conversations

## Prose (2003-present)

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2003  | Thomas King | The Truth About Stories | Winner | [19]
Di Brandt | Now You Care | Nominee  | [20]
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco | The Dark Time of Angels
Barbara Gowdy | The Romantic
Djanet Sears | Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God
M. G. Vassanji | The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
2004  | Wayson Choy | All That Matters | Winner | [21]
Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall | Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown | Nominee  | [22]
Roo Borson | Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida
Catherine Bush | Claire's Head
Jane Jacobs | Dark Age Ahead
Alice Munro | Runaway
Michael Winter | The Big Why
2005  | Camilla Gibb | Sweetness in the Belly | Winner | [23]
F. T. Flahiff | Always Someone to Kill the Doves | Nominee  | [24]
David Gilmour | A Perfect Night to Go to China
Sheila Heti | Ticknor
Stephen Lewis | Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa
Alayna Munce | When I Was Young & In My Prime
2006  | Mark Frutkin | Fabrizio's Return | Winner | [25]
Anar Ali | Baby Khaki's Wings | Nominee  | [26]
Dionne Brand | Inventory
Bernice Eisenstein | I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors
Charlotte Gray | Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention
Wayne Johnston | The Custodian of Paradise
2007  | Barbara Gowdy | Helpless | Winner | [27]
Gil Adamson | The Outlander | Nominee  | [28]
Lorna Goodison | From Harvey River
Robert Hough | The Culprits
Dennis Lee | Yesno
Ray Robertson | What Happened Later
2008  | Pasha Malla | The Withdrawal Method | Winner | [29]
Kevin Connolly | Revolver | Nominee  | [30]
Helen Humphreys | Coventry
Ibi Kaslik | The Angel Riots
Nino Ricci | The Origin of Species
Charles Wilkins | In the Land of the Long Fingernails
2009  | Ian Brown | The Boy in the Moon | Winner | [31]
Margaret Atwood | The Year of the Flood | Nominee  | [32]
Alexandra Leggat | Animal
Anne Michaels | The Winter Vault
Alice Munro | Too Much Happiness
Emily Schultz | Heaven Is Small
Cordelia Strube | Lemon
2010  | Rabindranath Maharaj | The Amazing Absorbing Boy | Winner | [33]
Emma Donoghue | Room | Nominee  | [34]
James FitzGerald | What Disturbs Our Blood
Ken Sparling | Book
Paul Vermeesch | The Reinvention of the Human Hand
Michael Winter | The Death of Donna Whalen
2011  | Phil Hall | Killdeer | Winner | [35]
Ken Babstock | Methodist Hatchet | Nominee  | [36]
David Bezmozgis | The Free World
Tony Burgess | Idaho Winter
Kristen den Hartog | And Me Among Them
David Gilmour | The Perfect Order of Things
2012  | Alice Munro | Dear Life | Winner | [37]
Tamara Faith Berger | Maidenhead | Nominee  | [38]
Steven Heighton | The Dead Are More Visible
Thomas King | The Inconvenient Indian
Emily Schultz | The Blondes
Linda Spalding | The Purchase
2013  | Hannah Moscovitch | This Is War | Winner | [39]
Craig Davidson | Cataract City | Nominee  | [40]
Barry Dempster | The Outside World
Lorna Goodison | Supplying Salt and Light
Helen Humphreys | Nocturne
Peter Unwin | Life Without Death and Other Stories
2014  | Kate Cayley | How You Were Born | Winner | [41]
Margaret Atwood | Stone Mattress | Nominee  | [42]
Dionne Brand | Love Enough
James King | Old Masters
Thomas King | The Back of the Turtle
Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo | Up Ghost River
2015  | Kevin Hardcastle | Debris | Winner | [43]
Lynn Crosbie | Where Did You Sleep Last Night | Nominee  | [44]
Andrew Forbes | What You Need
Robert Hough | The Man Who Saved Henry Morgan
Janette Platana | A Token of My Affliction
Karen Solie | The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
2016  | Melanie Mah | The Sweetest One | Winner | [45]
André Alexis | The Hidden Keys | Nominee  | [46]
Kamal Al-Solaylee | Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (To Everyone)
Danila Botha | For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known
Leesa Dean | Waiting for the Cyclone
Susan Holbrook | Throaty Wipes
2017  | Kyo Maclear | Birds Art Life | Winner | [47]
Cherie Dimaline | The Marrow Thieves | Nominee  | [48]
Catherine Hernandez | Scarborough
James Maskalyk | Life on the Ground Floor
Rebecca Rosenblum | So Much Love
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | This Accident of Being Lost
2018  | Dionne Brand | The Blue Clerk | Winner | [49]
Tamara Faith Berger | Queen Solomon | Nominee  | [50]
Claudia Dey | Heartbreaker
K. D. Miller | Late Breaking
Miriam Toews | Women Talking
2019  | Téa Mutonji | Shut Up You're Pretty | Winner | [51]
Christina Baillie and Martha Baillie | Sister Language | Nominee  | [52]
Sara Peters | I Become a Delight to My Enemies
Zalika Reid-Benta | Frying Plantain
Seth | Clyde Fans
2020  | Souvankham Thammavongsa | How to Pronounce Knife | Winner | [53]
Craig Davidson | Cascade | Nominee  | [54]
Farzana Doctor | Seven
Emma Donoghue | The Pull of the Stars
A. F. Moritz | As Far As You Know
2021  | Ann Shin | The Last Exiles | Winner | [55]
Brian Francis | Missed Connections: A Memoir in Letters Never Sent | Nominee  | [56]
Catherine Graham | Æther: An Out-of-Body Lyric
Sydney Hegele | The Pump
Pamela Korgemagi | The Hunter and the Old Woman
2022  | Stuart Ross | The Book of Grief and Hamburgers | Winner | [57]
Charlie Angus | Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower | Nominee  | [58]
Cliff Cardinal | Shakespeare's As You Like It: A Radical Retelling
Kathy Friedman | All the Shining People
Emma Healey | Best Young Woman Job Book
2023  | Nina Dunic | The Clarion | Winner | [59]
Mike Barnes | Sleep is Now a Foreign Country: Encounters with the Uncanny | Nominee  | [60]
D. A. Lockhart | North of Middle Island
Kathryn Mockler | Anecdotes
Zalika Reid-Benta | River Mumma

## Poetry (2003-present)

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2003  | Adam Sol | Crowd of Sounds | Winner | [19]
Adam Getty | Reconciliation | Nominee  | [20]
David O'Meara | The Vicinity | Nominee
2004  | Maureen Scott Harris | Drowning Lessons | Winner | [21]
Ray Hsu | Anthropy | Nominee  | [22]
Rachel Zolf | Masque | Nominee
2005  | Kevin Connolly | drift | Winner | [23]
Patria Rivera | Puti/White | Nominee  | [24]
Karen Solie | Modern and Normal | Nominee
2006  | Ken Babstock | Airstream Land Yacht | Winner | [25]
Adam Dickinson | Kingdom, Phylum | Nominee  | [26]
Anita Lahey | Out to Dry in Cape Breton | Nominee
2007  | Rachel Zolf | Human Resources | Winner | [27]
Emily Schultz | Songs for the Dancing Chicken | Nominee  | [28]
Rob Winger | Muybridge's Horse | Nominee
2008  | Jeramy Dodds | Crabwise to the Hounds | Winner | [29]
Joanne Page | Watermarks | Nominee  | [30]
Adam Sol | Jeremiah | Nominee
2009  | Karen Solie | Pigeon | Winner | [31]
Susan Holbrook | Joy Is So Exhausting | Nominee  | [32]
Matthew Tierney | The Hayflick Limit | Nominee
2010  | Jeff Latosik | Tiny, Frantic, Stronger | Winner | [33]
Dani Couture | Sweet | Nominee  | [34]
Shane Neilson | Complete Physical | Nominee
Peter Norman | At the Gates of the Theme Park | Nominee
2011  | Nick Thran | Earworm | Winner | [35]
Helen Guri | Match | Nominee  | [36]
Jacob McArthur Mooney | Folk | Nominee
2012  | Matthew Tierney | Probably Inevitable | Winner | [37]
Mathew Henderson | The Lease | Nominee  | [38]
Sandy Pool | Undark: An Oratorio | Nominee
2013  | Souvankham Thammavongsa | Light | Winner | [39]
Austin Clarke | Where the Sun Shines Best | Nominee  | [40]
Adam Dickinson | The Polymers | Nominee
2014  | Brecken Hancock | Broom Broom | Winner | [41]
Aisha Sasha John | THOU | Nominee  | [42]
Deanna Young | House Dreams | Nominee
2015  | Soraya Peerbaye | Tell | Winner | [43]
Madhur Anand | A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes | Nominee  | [44]
Damian Rogers | Dear Leader | Nominee
2016  | Meaghan Strimas | Yes or Nope | Winner | [45]
Laurie D. Graham | Settler Education | Nominee  | [46]
Dane Swan | A Mingus Lullaby | Nominee
2017  | Pino Coluccio | Class Clown | Winner | [47]
Puneet Dutt | The Better Monsters | Nominee  | [48]
Phoebe Wang | Admission Requirements | Nominee
2018  | Robin Richardson | Sit How You Want | Winner | [49]
Gwen Benaway | Holy Wild | Nominee  | [61]
Stevie Howell | I left nothing inside on purpose | Nominee
2019  | Roxanna Bennett | Unmeaningable | Winner | [51]
Doyali Islam | heft | Nominee  | [52]
Matthew Walsh | these are not the potatoes of my youth | Nominee
2020  | Jody Chan | Sick | Winner | [53]
Irfan Ali | Accretion | Nominee  | [54]
Canisia Lubrin | The Dyzgraphxst | Nominee
2021  | Bardia Sinaee | Intruder | Winner | [55]
Roxanna Bennett | The Untranslatable I | Nominee  | [56]
Liz Howard | Letters in a Bruised Cosmos | Nominee
2022  | Sanna Wani | My Grief, the Sun | Winner | [57]
Madhur Anand | Parasitic Oscillations | Nominee  | [58]
Laurie D. Graham | Fast Commute | Nominee
2023  | A. Light Zachary | More Sure | Winner | [59]
Britta Badour | Wires That Sputter | Nominee  | [60]
Catriona Wright | Continuity Errors

## References

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2. ^ Murray Hogben, "Kingston writers in line for Trillium". Kingston Whig-Standard, March 6, 1995.
3. ^ "Atwood and Choy share Trillium prize". Ottawa Citizen, April 24, 1996.
4. ^ "Authors nominated". The Globe and Mail, March 8, 1996.
5. ^ "Anne Michaels wins Trillium". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, April 19, 1997.
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9. ^ "Alice Munro, Andre Alexis share award". Waterloo Region Record, April 17, 1999.
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11. ^ Paul Gessell, "Ottawa-area poets share French-language Trillium award: Alistair MacLeod of Windsor, Ont., wins the English prize for his first novel". Ottawa Citizen, April 27, 2000.
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13. ^ Finbarr O'Reilly, "Finding success at a mug's game: 'I feel more comfortable saying that I write poetry, rather than that I am a poet,' says Don Coles". National Post, May 10, 2001.
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