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April 06, 2008

Gala Presenters Announced

Authors Maggie deVries, Dennis Foon and Anosh Irani (pictured here) are among those who will have the honour of presenting the BC Book Prizes to the winners on stage on Saturday, April 26. The complete list of prize presenters is as follows:

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize: novelist and playwright, Anosh Irani
• Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: BC Teachers’ Federation President, Irene Lanzinger
• Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize: CBC Radio One BC Almanac host, Mark Forsythe
• Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize: publisher (Stanton, Atkins & Dosil), Mark Stanton
• BC Booksellers’ Choice in Honour of Bill Duthie: Duthie Books owner, Cathy Legate
• Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize: author, screenwriter and playwright,
  Dennis Foon
• Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize: author Maggie deVries
• Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence: The Honourable Steven L. Point

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