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Wayne McCrory has won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for his book The Wild Horses of the Chilcotin: Their History and Future. The $3,500 prize, given by UBC ...
Read moreNightwood Editions author Tim Blackett has been shortlisted for two Saskatchewan Book Awards—the Fiction Award and the First Book Award—for his debut story collection, Grandview Drive. The shortlist was presented in partnership with the Regina Public Library on Friday, March 1, 2024.
Read moreThe readers have voted, and Sam Wiebe’s Sunset and Jericho has made the shortlist for a Crime Fiction Lover Award. Sunset and Jericho is the fourth installment of the Wakeland detective series that explores ...
Read moreAmanda Swinimer's book, The Science and Superpowers of Seaweed: A Guide for Kids has been nominated for the Forest of Reading® Yellow Cedar Award for nonfiction aimed at grades 5-8. This colourful, activity-...
Read moreBC authors Samantha Beynon, Philippa Joly, and Amanda Swinimer Awarded Top Honours in the 2023 Moonbeam Prize! Gold Medal in the Cultural Experience Category Oolichan Moon by Samantha Beynon, illustrated ...
Read moreThe Victoria Book Prize Society has announced the shortlist for the 2023 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize. Maleea Acker’s poetry collection Hesitating Once to Feel Glory (Nightwood Editions, 2022) has been shortlisted for the award.
Read moreMenaka Raman-Wilms' novel, The Rooftop Garden, has been longlisted for the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize. “The Rooftop Garden adroitly weaves the themes of friendship, responsibility, and climate change into ...
Read moreHarbour Publishing would like to congratulate Robin Fisher on winning the 40th annual Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing. On Saturday, former Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon presented the ...
Read moreWorkboats for the World: The Robert Allan Story wins John Lyman Book Award Harbour Publishing would like to congratulate Robert G. Allan and Peter A. Robson for winning the John Lyman Book Award
Read moreGriffin Poetry Prize has announced that The Emily Riddle, author of The Big Melt, is the winner of the 2023 Canadian First Book Prize!
Read moreSam Wiebe has received a silver medal at the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards for his book, Hell and Gone—part of the critically-acclaimed Wakeland Detective Series Hell and Gone is a mystery book about Dave Wakeland, a PI who has his life upended after he’s caught in a shooting.
Read moreDélani Valin has been shortlisted for the 2023 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for her book, Shapeshifters.
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