Toronto Book Award

Given by City of Toronto

Other Names: The City of Toronto Book Award
254 Works 78,071 Books 2,405 Reviews ½ 3.9
Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, The Toronto Book Awards honour authors of books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto.
Stages:
All, Winner (72), Shortlisted (1), Nominee (181)
Categories:
All, Shortlisted (1), No Category (253)
Years:
All, 2019 (4), 2018 (10), 2017 (5), 2016 (5), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (4), 2012 (4), 2011 (5), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (4), 2005 (5), 2004 (5), 2003 (5), 2002 (6), 2001 (5), 2000 (5), 1999 (5), 1998 (6), 1997 (4), 1996 (6), 1995 (4), 1994 (6), 1993 (5), 1992 (7), 1991 (7), 1990 (7), 1989 (7), 1988 (5), 1987 (6), 1986 (6), 1985 (7), 1984 (3), 1983 (5), 1982 (7), 1981 (7), 1980 (8), 1979 (9), 1978 (4), 1977 (2), 1976 (7), 1975 (3), 1974 (8)

Winner 72

WorkYear
Theory by Dionne Brand2019
Brother by David Chariandy2018
In the Black: My Life by B. Denham Jolly2017
On the Shores of Darkness, There Is Light: A Novel by Cordelia Strube2016
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel2015
The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country by Charlotte Gray2014
Intolerable by Kamal Al-Solaylee2013
Copernicus Avenue by Andrew Borkowski2012
The Amazing Absorbing Boy by Rabindranath Maharaj2011
The Carnivore: A Novel (Misfits) by Mark Sinnett2010
More by Austin Clarke2009
Loyalty Management by Glen Downie2008
Consolation by Michael Redhill2007
What We All Long For by Dionne Brand2006
Natasha: And Other Stories by David Bezmozgis2005
Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould by Kevin Bazzana2004
Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen by Kate Taylor2004
The Song Beneath the Ice by Joe Fiorito2003
Run Over: A Boy, his Mother and an Accident by Douglas Bell2002
Courage My Love: A Novel by Sarah Dearing2002
The Spinster and the Prophet: H.G. Wells, Florence Deeks, and the Case of the Plagiarized Text by A. B. McKillop2001
Mouthing the Words by Camilla Gibb2000
Benedict abroad by Richard Outram1999
Leaving Earth by Helen Humphreys1998
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels1997
Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen by Rosemary Sullivan1996
Sir Ernest MacMillan : the importance of being Canadian by Ezra Schabas1995
Headhunter by Timothy Findley1994
The Night Hazel Came to Town by John Ibbitson1994
Intimate grandeur : one hundred years at Massey Hall by William Kilbourn1994
Voice-over by Carole Corbeil1993
China blues : poems and stories by David Donnell1993
Hearts of Flame by Katherine Govier1992
Streets of attitude : Toronto stories by Cary Fagan1991
Double Take: Story of Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres by Hilary Russell1990
Homesick by Guy Vanderhaeghe1990
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood1989
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje1988
Toronto observed : its architecture, patrons, and history by William Dendy1987
Our Lady of the Snows by Morley Callaghan1986
What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies1986
Who goes to the park by Warabe Aska1985
Toronto to 1918 : an illustrated history by J. M. S. Careless1985
The Engineer of Human Souls by Josef Škvorecký1985
Toronto in art : 150 years through artists' eyes by Edith G. Firth1984
David Boyle: From Artisan to Archaeologist by Gerald Killan1984
The Night the Gods Smiled by Eric Wright1984
The Discovery of Insulin by Michael Bliss1983
The face of early Toronto : an archival record, 1797-1936 by Lucy Booth Martyn1983
The Young Vincent Massey by Claude Bissell1982
Lunatic villas by Marian Engel1982
Big Daddy: Frederick G. Gardiner and the building of Metropolitan Toronto by Timothy J. Colton1981
Young Mr. Smith in Upper Canada by Larratt William Smith1981
Basic Black with Pearls by Helen Weinzweig1981
Hanging in by Raymond Souster1980
The Jews of Toronto: A history to 1937 by Stephen A. Speisman1980
A Canadian Millionaire: The Life and Business Times of Sir Joseph Flavelle, Bart., 1858-1939 by Michael Bliss1979
Lost Toronto by William Dendy1979
Fun Tomorrow: Learning to be a Publisher and Much Else by John Morgan Gray1979
Landmarks of Canadian Art by Peter Mellen1979
The Revenge of the Methodist Bicycle Company: Sunday Streetcars and Municipal Reform in Toronto, 1888-1897 by Christopher Armstrong1978
The Wars by Timothy Findley1978
Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood1977
The Butterfly Ward by Margaret Gibson1977
Immigrants : a portrait of the urban experience, 1890-1930 by Robert F. Harney1976
The Swing in the Garden by Hugh Hood1976
Women at work : Ontario, 1850-1930 by Janice Acton1975
Halfway up Parnassus: A personal account of the University of Toronto, 1932-1971 by Claude Thomas Bissell1975
The Learning Machine: A Hard Look at Toronto Schools by Loren Jay Lind1975
O Toronto: Paintings and notes by William Kurelek1974
Mayor Howland: the citizens' candidate by Desmond Morton1974
In the Middle of a Life by Richard B. Wright1974

Shortlisted 1

Nominee 181

WorkYear
Be With: Letter to a Caregiver by Mike Barnes2019
The Student by Cary Fagan2019
Reproduction by Ian Williams2019
The Unpublished City: Volume I by Dionne Brand2018
The Bone Mother by David Demchuk2018
Why Young Men: Rage, Race and the Crisis of Identity by Jamil Jivani2018
That Time I Loved You: Stories by Carrianne Leung2018
My Conversations with Canadians by Lee Maracle2018
The legendary Horseshoe Tavern : a complete history by David McPherson2018
Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill2018
Floating City by Kerri Sakamoto2018
The Videofag Book by Jordan Tannahill2018
I Hear She's a Real Bitch by Jen Agg2017
Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer by Stephanie Chambers2017
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez2017
Life on the Ground Floor by James Maskalyk2017
Men of Action (Exploded Views) by Howard Akler2016
Kay's Lucky Coin Variety by Ann Y. K. Choi2016
The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood by John Lorinc2016
Heyday by Marnie Woodrow2016
Fifteen Dogs: An Apologue by André Alexis2015
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood2015
All the Broken Things by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer2015
The Last Hockey Game by Bruce McDougall2015
The Wondrous Woo by Carrianne Leung2014
Kicking the Sky by Anthony De Sa2014
The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement by Nick Saul2014
The Hungry Ghosts by Shyam Selvadurai2014
Full frontal T.O.: exploring Toronto's architectural vernacular by Patrick Cummins2013
Giant by Aga Maksimowska2013
Everybody Has Everything by Katrina Onstad2013
Writing Gordon Lightfoot: The Man, the Music, and the World in 1972 by Dave Bidini2012
Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor2012
Writing the Revolution by Michele Landsberg2012
What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past by James Fitzgerald2011
Etienne's Alphabet by James King2011
The Parabolist: A Novel by Nicholas Ruddock2011
Fauna by Alissa York2011
The Prince of Neither Here Nor There by Sean Cullen2010
Valentine's Fall by Cary Fagan2010
Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner2010
Diary of Interrupted Days by Dragan Todorovic2010
Girls Fall Down by Maggie Helwig2009
Unbuilt Toronto: A History of the City That Might Have Been by Mark Osbaldeston2009
Barnacle Love by Anthony De Sa2009
In the Land of Long Fingernails: A Gravedigger in the Age of Aquarius by Charles Wilkins2009
And Beauty Answers: The Life of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle by Elspeth Cameron2008
Soucouyant by David Chariandy2008
Long Story Short: A Novella and Stories by Elyse Friedman2008
Helpless by Barbara Gowdy2008
Inside Toronto: Urban Interiors 1880s to 1920s by Sally Gibson2007
Toronto by Geoffrey James2007
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures: Stories by Vincent Lam2007
Uptown Downtown by Raymond Souster2007
The City Man by Howard Akler2006
Raymond and Hannah by Stephen Marche2006
When She Was Queen by M. G. Vassanji2006
The Heiress vs the Establishment: Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice by Constance Backhouse2005
Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall2005
Doctor Bloom's Story by Don Coles2005
Muriella Pent by Russell Smith2005
Old Toronto Houses by Tom Cruickshank2004
The Perpetual Ending by Kristen Den Hartog2004
The Five Books of Moses Lapinsky by Karen X. Tulchinsky2004
Thirsty by Dionne Brand2003
The Dutch Wife by Eric McCormack2003
Better to have loved : the life of Judith Merril by Judith Merril2003
The Heart Does Not Bend by Makeda Silvera2003
Joyce Wieland: Artist on Fire by Jane Lind2002
Sheep's Vigil by a Fervent Person: A Translation of Alberto Caeiro/Fernando Pessoa's O Guardador de Rebanhos by Eirin Moure2002
Martin Sloane by Michael Redhill2002
Ten Good Seconds of Silence: A novel by Elizabeth Ruth2002
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood2001
The Rules of Engagement by Catherine Bush2001
Kensington by Jean Cochrane2001
Dragons Cry by Tessa McWatt2001
Sanctuary & Other Stories (Dc New Writers Series) by Jennifer Alexandra Duncan2000
Toronto: A Literary Guide by Greg Gatenby2000
Special Places: The Changing Ecosystems of the Toronto Region by Betty I. Roots2000
Young Men by Russell Smith2000
Olympia by Dennis Bock1999
The Man Who Ate Toronto by James Chatto1999
Wild Mouse by Derek McCormack1999
Home from the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean1999
In the Wings by Carole Corbeil1998
In the Misleading Absence of Light by Joanne Gerber1998
Thin Ice: Coming of Age in Canada by Bruce McCall1998
Dippers by Barbara Nichol1998
Buying on Time by Antanas Sileika1998
Chump Change by David Eddie1997
Looks Perfect by Kim Moritsugu1997
Crosstown by Richard Scrimger1997
The Piano Man's Daughter by Timothy Findley1996
Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto by Robert Fulford1996
Toronto the Wild: Field Notes of an Urban Naturalist by Wayne Grady1996
The Pursemonger of Fugu: A Bathroom Mystery by Greg Kramer1996
The Maestro by Tim Wynne-Jones1996
The Leafs: An Anecdotal History of the Toronto Maple Leafs by Jack Batten1995
The Animals' Waltz by Cary Fagan1995
Moodie's tale by Eric Wright1995
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood1994
Kiss of the Vampire by Nancy Baker1994
Minus Time by Catherine Bush1994
Paint Cans by Paul Donovan1993
Ellen/Elena/Luna by Paul Kropp1993
North Toronto by Don Ritchie1993
Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood1992
How Boys See Girls by David Gilmour1992
Cosimo Cat by Kenneth Oppel1992
Bag Babies by Allan Stratton1992
The Carpet King by Gregory Ward1992
Next of Kin by Marianne Langner Zeitlin1992
City hall & Mrs. God : a passionate journey through a changing Toronto by Cary Fagan1991
Say to the Darkness, We Beg to Differ by Mary Jo Leddy1991
The Toronto Story by Claire Mackay1991
From police headquarters : true tales from the big city crime beat by Jocko Thomas1991
St. Farb's Day by Morley Torgov1991
Tales for an Unknown City: Stories from 1001 Friday Nights of Storytelling by Dan Yashinsky1991
Northrop Frye : a biography by John Ayre1990
Memories of Margaret - My friendship with Margaret Laurence by Don Bailey1990
The Morningside World of Stuart McLean by Stuart McLean1990
Harriet's Daughter by Marlene Nourbese Philip1990
Dear M: Letters from a Gentleman of Excess by Jack Pollock1990
A basket of apples and other stories by Shirley Faessler1989
Best seat in the House: Memoirs of a lucky man by Robert Fulford1989
The Dead Pull Hitter by Alison Gordon1989
Toronto, the way it was by Michael Kluckner1989
A Man of Little Faith by Rick Salutin1989
The Storms Below: The Turbulent Life and Times of Hugh Garner by Paul Stuewe1989
The lion's tale: a history of the Wellesley Hospital, 1912-1987 by Joan Hollobon1988
The riot at Christie Pits by Cyril Levitt1988
Never Let Go The Tragedy of Kristy McFarlen by Tom MacDonnell1988
Mortal Sins by Anna Porter1988
Sir Charles God Damn: The Life of Sir Charles G.D. Roberts by John Coldwell Adams1987
Twelve Weeks in Spring: The Inspiring Story of Margaret and Her Team by June Callwood1987
The museum makers : the story of the Royal Ontario Museum by Lovat Dickson1987
Not a One-Horse Town: 125 Years of Toronto and its Streetcars by Mike Filey1987
Hospital: Life & Death in a Major Medical Center by Martin O'Malley1987
Digging Up the Mountains by Neil Bissoondath1986
Spadina Avenue by Rosemary Donegan1986
Toronto Since 1918: An Illustrated History by James Lemon1986
Toronto Architecture: A City Guide by Patricia McHugh1986
Sir John Beverley Robinson: Bone and sinew of the compact by Patrick Brode1985
Toronto: Carved in Stone by Margaret McKelvey1985
E.J. Pratt: The Truant Years, 1882-1927 by David G. Pitt1985
Forging a consensus : historical essays on Toronto by Victor L. Russell1985
The Witts : an affectionate look at Toronto's original Red Rockets by Larry Partridge1983
William Arthur Deacon : A Canadian Literary Life by Clara Thomas1983
The Knot by Tim Wynne-Jones1983
The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies1982
I Remember Sunnyside (The Toronto Sketches Series) by Mike Filey1982
That Scatterbrain Booky by Bernice Thurman Hunter1982
Remembering the Don : a rare record of earlier times within the Don River Valley by Charles Sauriol1982
If You Can't Beat 'Em In The Alley by Conn Smythe1982
Toronto workers respond to industrial capitalism, 1867-1892 by Gregory S. Kealey1981
The Privileged Few: The Grange and Its People in Nineteenth Century Toronto by John Lownsbrough1981
Jarvis Street: A Story of Triumph and Tragedy by Austin Seton Thompson1981
Final Things by Richard B. Wright1981
From Front Street to Queen's Park: The story of Ontario's Parliament Buildings by Eric Ross Arthur1980
Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood1980
Everything in the Window by Shirley Faessler1980
Reservoir Ravine by Hugh Hood1980
Upper Canada College, 1829-1979 : Colborne's legacy by Richard B. Howard1980
G. Blair Laing Memoirs of an Art Dealer. Vol. 1 (only) by G. Blair Laing1980
No Man's Meat & the Enchanted Pimp by Morley Callaghan1979
The Tangled Garden: The Art of J.E.H. MacDonald by Paul Duval1979
The Glassy Sea by Marian Engel1979
The Developers by James Lorimer1979
City boys: Stories by David Lewis Stein1979
Close To The Sun Again by Morley Callaghan1978
By Persons Unknown: The Strange Death of Christine Demeter by George Jonas1978
A Fine and Private Place by Morley Callaghan1976
The Bigger Light by Austin Clarke1976
Poet cop by Hans Jewinski1976
Gabriel : a novel by Harry J Pollock1976
Sandwich, The by Ian Wallace1976
Storm of Fortune by Austin Clarke1974
Passengers must not ride on fenders: a fond look at Toronto by Mike Filey1974
The Governor's Bridge is closed by Hugh Hood1974
Cities by George Jonas1974
Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee1974

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