A five-book shortlist will be announced on April 3, with the winner to be named at a ceremony in Toronto on June 4.

The Problem With Pleasure By Billy-Ray Belcourt Most days I’ve wanted to be my desires and not merely the unrelenting density ...

The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power (Cambridge University Press) was one of five books shortlisted for this year's $50,000 award.

To celebrate the award's 25th anniversary, this year two $12,500 prizes will be awarded: one to a work of fiction and one to a work of nonfiction.

Read reviews of books by Colin N. Perkel.

After more than 40 years at the Harbourfront Centre, the festival is moving elsewhere and striking out on its own as an independent organization as of April 1.