– Shortlist: League of Canadian Poets Gerald Lampert Award (for Question & Answer) 2002 – Shortlist: Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award (for Question & Answer) 2002 – Winner: Writer's Federation of New Brunswick's Alfred G. Bailey Manuscript Prize 2003 – National Magazine (Gold) Award for Poetry 2003 – Shortlist: CBC Literary Awards (Fiction) 2005 – CBC Literary Award for Poetry (for "The Mind's Eye") 2006 – Editor's Choice': Arc Poem of the Year Contest 2007 – Finalist: National Magazine Award for Poetry 2008 – The Globe and Mail Top 100 Book (for The Sweet Edge) 2010 – Winner: Words Worthy Award for Best Novel 2011 – Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award, fiction category (for Far to Go) 2011 – Longlist: The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (for Far to Go) 2013 – Winner: Governor General's Award for Translation (Quebec edition) 2014 – Shortlist: Ontario Arts Council KM Hunter Award for Mid-Career Artist 2015 – Winner: Canadian Jewish Book Award for Non-Fiction and Memoir 2015 – Shortlisted: BC Award for Canadian Non-Fiction 2016 – Longlisted: JQ Wingate Prize 2016 – Shortlisted: JQ Wingate Prize Festivals Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts – 2015 IFOA (Toronto) – 2014, 2011, 2010, 2005 Wordfest: Calgary and Banff – 2014, 2010, 2003 Vancouver International Writers Festival – 2014, 2003 Ottawa International Writers Festival – 2014, 2010, 2008, 2005 Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival – 2014, 2003 The Bookworm International Literary Festival (Beijing, China) – 2012 Jewish Book Week (London, England) – 2012 BookFest Windsor – 2012 Festival of Words (Moose Jaw) – 2012 Prince Edward County Authors Festival – 2012 Talking Fresh (Regina) – 2012 Vancouver Jewish Book Festival – 2011 San Diego Jewish Book Fair – 2011 Tarbut: Festival of Jewish Culture (Winnipeg) – 2011 Eden Mills Writers Festival – 2015, 2011, 2003 Joe Burke Wolfe Island Literary Festival – 2011 Elora Writers Festival – 2011 GritLit (Hamilton) – 2011 Ontario Writers Conference – 2011 Kingston WritersFest – 2010 Měsíc autorského čtení" (The Month Of Authors' Readings) (Brno, Czech Republic) – 2008 Juries The Giller Prize – 2015 The Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize – 2013 CBC Literary Awards – 2011 The Journey Prize – 2011 Lampman-Scott Award (Best Book by an Ottawa Poet) – 2008 Malahat Review Novella Contest – 2008 Gerald Lampert Award for Best First Book of Poetry – 2007 Newfoundland Book Awards, Poetry Category –