Trillium Book Award, English

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)
Year Author Title Ref
1994 Donald Akenson Conor: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien; Volume 1 Narrative [1]
Robertson Davies The Cunning Man [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, 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 [3]
Wayson Choy The Jade Peony
George G. Blackburn The Guns of Normandy: A Soldier's Eye View [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, John de Visser Rideau
1996 Anne Michaels Fugitive Pieces [5]
Dionne Brand In Another Place, Not Here [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 [7]
Phyllis Grosskurth Byron: The Flawed Angel [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 [9]
Alice Munro The Love of a Good Woman
Barry Callaghan Barrelhouse Kings [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 [11]
Stephanie Bolster Two Bowls of Milk [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 [13]
Margaret Christakos Charisma [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 [15]
Joan Barfoot Critical Injuries [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 [17]
Nino Ricci Testament
Katherine Ashenburg The Mourner's Dance [18]
Dionne Brand Thirsty
Claudia Dey The Gwendolyn Poems
Steve McCaffery Seven Pages Missing: Volume 2
Michael Ondaatje The Conversations

Prose (2003-present)
Year Author Title Ref
2003 Thomas King The Truth About Stories [19]
Di Brandt Now You Care [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 [21]
Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown [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 [23]
F.T. Flahiff Always Someone to Kill the Doves [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 [25]
Anar Ali Baby Khaki's Wings [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 [27]
Gil Adamson The Outlander [28]
Lorna Goodison From Harvey River
Robert Hough The Culprits
Dennis Lee Yesno
Ray Robertson What Happened Later
2008 Pasha Malla The Withdrawal Method [29]
Kevin Connolly Revolver [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 [31]
Margaret Atwood The Year of the Flood [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 [33]
Emma Donoghue Room [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 [35]
Ken Babstock Methodist Hatchet [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 [37]
Tamara Faith Berger Maidenhead [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 [39]
Craig Davidson Cataract City [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 [41]
Margaret Atwood Stone Mattress [42]
Dionne Brand Love Enough
James King Old Masters
Thomas King The Back of the Turtle
Edmund Metatawabin, Alexandra Shimo Up Ghost River
2015 Kevin Hardcastle Debris [43]
Lynn Crosbie Where Did You Sleep Last Night [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 [45]
André Alexis The Hidden Keys [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 [47]
Cherie Dimaline The Marrow Thieves [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 [49]
Tamara Faith Berger Queen Solomon [50]
Claudia Dey Heartbreaker
K. D. Miller Late Breaking
Miriam Toews Women Talking
2019 Téa Mutonji Shut Up You're Pretty [51]
Christina Baillie, Martha Baillie Sister Language [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 [53]
Craig Davidson Cascade [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 [55]
Brian Francis Missed Connections: A Memoir in Letters Never Sent [56]
Catherine Graham Æther: An Out-of-Body Lyric
Sydney Hegele The Pump
Pamela Korgemagi The Hunter and the Old Woman
2022 Charlie Angus Cobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower [57]
Cliff Cardinal Shakespeare's As You Like It: A Radical Retelling
Kathy Friedman All the Shining People
Emma Healey Best Young Woman Job Book
Stuart Ross The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

Poetry (2003-present)
Year Author Title Ref
2003 Adam Sol Crowd of Sounds [19]
Adam Getty Reconciliation [20]
David O'Meara The Vicinity
2004 Maureen Scott Harris Drowning Lessons [21]
Ray Hsu Anthropy [22]
Rachel Zolf Masque
2005 Kevin Connolly drift [23]
Patria Rivera Puti/White [24]
Karen Solie Modern and Normal
2006 Ken Babstock Airstream Land Yacht [25]
Adam Dickinson Kingdom, Phylum [26]
Anita Lahey Out to Dry in Cape Breton
2007 Rachel Zolf Human Resources [27]
Emily Schultz Songs for the Dancing Chicken [28]
Rob Winger Muybridge's Horse
2008 Jeramy Dodds Crabwise to the Hounds [29]
Joanne Page Watermarks [30]
Adam Sol Jeremiah
2009 Karen Solie Pigeon [31]
Susan Holbrook Joy Is So Exhausting [32]
Matthew Tierney The Hayflick Limit
2010 Jeff Latosik Tiny, Frantic, Stronger [33]
Dani Couture Sweet [34]
Shane Neilson Complete Physical
Peter Norman At the Gates of the Theme Park
2011 Nick Thran Earworm [35]
Helen Guri Match [36]
Jacob McArthur Mooney Folk
2012 Matthew Tierney Probably Inevitable [37]
Mathew Henderson The Lease [38]
Sandy Pool Undark: An Oratorio
2013 Souvankham Thammavongsa Light [39]
Austin Clarke Where the Sun Shines Best [40]
Adam Dickinson The Polymers
2014 Brecken Hancock Broom Broom [41]
Aisha Sasha John THOU [42]
Deanna Young House Dreams
2015 Soraya Peerbaye Tell [43]
Madhur Anand A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes [44]
Damian Rogers Dear Leader
2016 Meaghan Strimas Yes or Nope [45]
Laurie D. Graham Settler Education [46]
Dane Swan A Mingus Lullaby
2017 Pino Coluccio Class Clown [47]
Puneet Dutt The Better Monsters [48]
Phoebe Wang Admission Requirements
2018 Robin Richardson Sit How You Want [49]
Gwen Benaway Holy Wild [50]
Stevie Howell I left nothing inside on purpose
2019 Roxanna Bennett Unmeaningable [51]
Doyali Islam heft [52]
Matthew Walsh these are not the potatoes of my youth
2020 Jody Chan Sick [53]
Irfan Ali Accretion [54]
Canisia Lubrin The Dyzgraphxst
2021 Bardia Sinaee Intruder [55]
Roxanna Bennett The Untranslatable I [56]
Liz Howard Letters in a Bruised Cosmos
2022 Madhur Anand Parasitic Oscillations [57]
Laurie D. Graham Fast Commute
Sanna Wani My Grief, the Sun

References
  1. "O'Brien bio author wins Ontario award". Toronto Star, April 27, 1995.
  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.
  6. "Trillium book-prize shortlist". Montreal Gazette, February 23, 1997.
  7. Finbarr O'Reilly, "Brand plucks Trillium". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1998.
  8. "Trillium Book Award nominees include famous and unfamiliar names". Hamilton Spectator, February 25, 1998.
  9. "Alice Munro, Andre Alexis share award". Waterloo Region Record, April 17, 1999.
  10. "Shortlist picked for Trillium book prize". Toronto Star, March 14, 1999.
  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.
  12. "Layton, MacLeod up for Trillium book prize". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 2000.
  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.
  14. "Trillium Prize nominees announced". Cambridge Reporter, March 22, 2001.
  15. Sandra Martin, "Wright picks up a Trillium". The Globe and Mail, June 7, 2002.
  16. "12 books shortlisted for Trillium award". The Globe and Mail, May 23, 2002.
  17. "Trillium book prize winners include Nino Ricci, Austin Clarke". Peterborough Examiner, April 25, 2003.
  18. "And the nominees are..." Ottawa Citizen, March 30, 2003.
  19. "The Truth About Stories wins Trillium Book Award". Sarnia Observer, May 15, 2004.
  20. "Trillium Book Award finalists announced". Niagara Falls Review, April 1, 2004.
  21. Anne-Marie Tobin, "Wayson Choy wins Trillium Book Prize for All That Matters". Sault Star, April 29, 2005.
  22. "Jane Jacobs, Wayson Choy, Alice Munro shortlisted for Trillium book awards". Canadian Press, April 13, 2005.
  23. Judy Stoffman, "Gibb novel set in Africa wins the Trillium". Toronto Star, April 26, 2006.
  24. "Lewis nominated for Trillium award". Ottawa Citizen, April 6, 2006.
  25. "Mark Frutkin wins Trillium award for Fabrizio's Return". Prince George Citizen, June 13, 2007.
  26. James Adams, "Trillium short list announced". The Globe and Mail, May 16, 2007.
  27. "Barbara Gowdy wins the Trillium". Harbour City Star, June 18, 2008.
  28. "Trillium Book Award announces finalists". The Globe and Mail, May 24, 2008.
  29. "Malla, Dodds among Trillium winners". Montreal Gazette, June 18, 2009.
  30. "Nino Ricci novel among Trillium Prize contenders". The Globe and Mail, May 28, 2009.
  31. Mark Medley, "Good things happen when you follow through; Trillium Prize; Karen Solie, Ian Brown among winners". National Post, June 25, 2010.
  32. "Munro and Atwood are among finalists for award". The Daily Gleaner, June 9, 2010.
  33. "Absorbing Boy wins Trillium Book award". Calgary Herald, June 21, 2011.
  34. Mark Medley, "Emma Donoghue, Michael Winter among nominees for Trillium Book Award". Postmedia News, May 30, 2011.
  35. "Poet Phil Hall wins $20,000 Trillium Book Award for Killdeer". Prince George Citizen, June 22, 2012.
  36. "Bezmozgis, Babstock among finalists for $20,000 Trilliums". Kamloops Daily News, May 10, 2012.
  37. "Alice Munro wins Ontario’s Trillium Book Award". The Globe and Mail, June 19, 2013.
  38. "Finalists for Trillium Book Award announced". Canada NewsWire, May 30, 2013.
  39. "Playwright Hannah Moscovitch among 2014 Trillium Book Award winners". The Globe and Mail, June 18, 2014.
  40. "Finalists for 2014 Trillium Book Award announced". Canada NewsWire, May 21, 2014.
  41. Mark Medley, "Author Kate Cayley wins $20,000 Trillium Book Award". The Globe and Mail, June 18, 2015.
  42. "Hamilton author shortlisted for Trillium prize". Hamilton Spectator, June 3, 2015.
  43. Mark Medley (June 22, 2016). "Kevin Hardcastle's Debris wins 2016 Trillium Book Award". The Globe and Mail.
  44. "Six English books, three poetry titles shortlisted for Trillium Book Award". Canadian Press, May 25, 2016.
  45. Mark Medley, "Melanie Mah Wins 2017 Trillium Book Award". The Globe and Mail, June 24, 2017.
  46. "Six English books, three poetry titles shortlisted for Trillium Book Award". Canadian Press, May 9, 2017.
  47. Deborah Dundas, "Kyo Maclear wins $20,000 Trillium Book Award". Waterloo Region Record, June 23, 2018.
  48. Deborah Dundas, "Toronto's Cherie Dimaline, Catherine Hernandez are among Trillium Book Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 24, 2018.
  49. "Lisa L’Heureux et Diya Lim, prix littéraire Trillium de l’Ontario". L'Express, June 14, 2019.
  50. "Doom, L’Heureux, Latour, Malette, Ménard finalistes du Prix littéraire Trillium". L'Express, May 14, 2009.
  51. Ryan Porter, "Téa Mutonji, Roxanna Bennett win 2020 Trillium Book Awards". Quill & Quire, June 17, 2020.
  52. Erin Balser, "Téa Mutonji wins $20K Trillium Book Award, which recognizes best book in Ontario". CBC Books, June 18, 2020.
  53. Cassandra Drudi, "Souvankham Thammavongsa wins $20,000 Trillium Book Award". Quill & Quire, June 16, 2021.
  54. "Craig Davidson, Souvankham Thammavongsa and Canisia Lubrin among finalists for 2021 Trillium Book Awards". CBC Books, May 11, 2021.
  55. Deborah Dundas, "Toronto writer Ann Shin wins $20,000 Trillium Prize for North Korean novel ‘The Last Exiles’". Toronto Star, June 21, 2022.
  56. Sadaf Ahsan, "Gothic stories, genre-defying memoirs among Trillium Book Award finalists". Toronto Star, May 10, 2022.
  57. "MP Charlie Angus, poet Cliff Cardinal among Trillium Book Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 9, 2023.
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