Ottawa Book Awards

Based on information provided on the City of Ottawa website, the Ottawa Book Awards have been given to Ottawa authors since 1986 in English and since 1989 in French (Prix du livre d'Ottawa).  It has been awarded 65 times including 32 women. From 1986 to 2003, the award alternated between fiction and non-fiction books on a yearly basis.

1986 (non-fiction)

• Jean Bruce, Back to the Attack! Canadian Women During the Second World War.
• Joan Finnigan, Legacies: Legends and Lies.

1988 (non-fiction)

• Patricia Morley, Kurelek: A Biography.

1991 (fiction)

• Rita Donovan, Dark Jewels.

1993 (fiction)

• Rita Donovan, Daisy Circus.
• Nadine McInnis, The Litmus Body.
• Gabrielle Poulin, Petites fugues pour une saison sèche.

1994 (non-fiction)

• Penelope Williams, That Other Place: A Personal Account of Breast Cancer.
• Gilberte Paquette, Dans le sillage d’Élizabeth Bruyère.

1995 (fiction)

• Frances Itani, Man Without Face.
• Andrée Christensen, Noces d’ailleurs.

1996 (non fiction)

• Dr. Elizabeth J. Lacelle, L’incontournable échange. Conversations oecuméniques et pluridisciplinaires.

2000 (non fiction)

• Patricia Smart, Les femmes du Refus Global.

2001 (fiction)

• Nicole Champeau, Dans les pas de la louve.
• Michèle Matteau, Quatuor pour cordes sensibles.

2002 (non-fiction)

• Anna Heilman, Never Far Away.
• Françoise Lepage, Histoire de la littérature pour la jeunesse.

2003 (fiction)

• Nancy Vickers, La Petite Vieille aux poupées.

2004

• Madelaine Drohan, Making a Killing: How and Why Corporations Use Armed Force To Do Business. (non-fiction)
• Mila Younes, Ma mere, ma fille, ma soeur. (non fiction)
• Elizabeth Hay, Garbo Laughs. (fiction)

2005

• Frances Itani, Poached Egg on Toast. (fiction)
• Valerie Knowles, From Telegrapher to Titan: The Life of William C. Van Horne. (non-fiction)

2006

• Heather Menzies, NO TIME: Stress and the Crisis of Modern Life. (non-fiction)

2007

• Charlotte Gray, Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell. (non-fiction)
• Janet Lunn, A Rebel’s Daughter. (fiction)

2008

• Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air. (fiction)
• Andrée Christensen, Depuis toujours, j’entendais la mer. (fiction)

2009

• Margaret Michèle Cook, Chronos à sa table de travail. (fiction)

2010

• Claire Rochon, Fragments de Sifnos. (fiction)

2011

• Gabriella Goliger, Girl Unwrapped. (fiction)
•  Lucie Joubert, L’envers de landau : Regard extérieur sur la maternité et ses débordements (fiction)

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