News & Events
April 26, 2009
Congratulations to the winners of the 25th annual BC Book Prizes:
- Lee Henderson, The Man Game
- Daphne Marlatt, The Given
- Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
- Stephen Hume, Simon Fraser: In Search of Modern British Columbia
- Katarina Jovanovic & Philippe Béha, The King Has Goat Ears
- Polly Horvath, My One Hundred Adventures
- Stephen R. Bown and Douglas & McIntyre, Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver
Visit our 2009 Prizes page for details on all the titles that were recognized this year.
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April 23, 2009
The Canadian Booksellers Association celebrates the “Best in the Business”, and the Libris Awards are voted on by members of the book industry. The Shortlist was announced April 22, and the winners will be announced on June 20, 2009. We’d like to extend our congratulations to all those shortlisted for the 2009 awards, especially those representing BC!
- Steven Galloway’s novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo (Knopf Canada) is up for Fiction Book of the Year
- Andrew Nikiforuk’s book, Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent (Greystone Books) is up for the Non-Fiction Book of the Year
- UBC Bookstore in Vancouver is shortlisted for the Campus Bookseller of the Year
- Raincoast Books / Book Express, located in Vancouver, are up for Distributor of the Year
- Two Vancouver bookstores are up for Specialty Bookseller of the Year: Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium and Vancouver Kidsbooks
- Talonbooks, located in Vancouver, is up for Small Press Publisher of the Year
Congratulations everyone!
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April 18, 2009
The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence was established in 2003 by the Honourable Iona Campagnolo. It is meant to recognize British Columbia writers who have contributed to the development of literary excellence in the Province.
Our formal congratulations to author, journalist. editor, and educator, Terry Glavin for your amazing contributions to BC culture. He has “an extraordinarily holistic vision that … shows us a world where culture and nature, human aspiration, natural beauty, language, history and social justice are inextricably intertwined.” according to this year’s jury members.
Terry Glavin lives in Victoria and is an adjunct professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia. His most recent book is Waiting for the Macaws and Other Stories from the Age of Extinctions and he is very well known for his Transmontanus Series with New Star Books. Terry Glavin is a frequent contributor to various newspapers and magazines, and his column for The Tyee, Dissent, appears twice monthly.
» Read what the 2009 jury had to say about Terry’s contribution to BC.
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April 13, 2009
Bryan Pike, Executive Director here at BC Book Prizes met four BC Book Prize finalists at the airport today. Margaret Horsfield, Katarina Jovanovic, Elise Partridge, and Robin Stevenson join Bryan on tour in Northern BC. Check out the full tour schedule here.
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April 02, 2009
We wish we could take every finalist author on tour, and it was a very hard decision…. but the authors have been confirmed for the 6th annual BC Book Prizes On Tour! Joining us from April 13-18 across Northern BC are Margaret Horsfield, Katarina Jovanovic, Elise Partridge, and Robin Stevenson. And touring throughout the Kootenays and Okanagan from April 19-24 will be Stephen Bown, Karen Hofmann, Andreas Schroeder, and Rex Weyler.
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October 03, 2008
Congratulations to Nan Gregory whose book Pink (shortlisted for Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize) has been named a finalist for the $10,000 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Joining her on the list is Christie Harris Prize winner, Robert Heidbreder (A Sea-Wishing Day), whose book Lickety-Split is also in the running.
Meanwhile, John Wilson’s book The Alchemist’s Dream (shortlisted for the Sheila Egoff Children’s Literature Prize) is a finalist for the $5,000 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People.
Both awards will be announced November 6 and are administered by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre.
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August 01, 2008
Doris Freeston is the lucky winner of a copy of Adam’s Peak by Heather Burt. Adam’s Peak was a finalist for this year’s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and is published by The Dundurn Group.
Congratulations, Doris, and enjoy this stellar BC Book!
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July 14, 2008
Laina Purcell is the lucky winner of a copy of Fortune’s A River: The Collision of Empires in the Pacific Northwest by Barry Gough. This title was a finalist for this year’s Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize.
Congratulations, Laina, and happy reading!
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July 10, 2008
On July 1, 2008, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, announced 75 new appointments to the Order of Canada. The new appointees include five Companions (C.C.), 26 Officers (O.C.), and 43 Members (C.M.), as well as one Honorary Officer. Among the Officers is three-time Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize winner, Audrey Thomas. The Galiano Island and Victoria-based short story writer and novelist won BC Book Prizes for Intertidal Life(1985), Wild Blue Yonder (1991) and Coming Down from Wa (1996). Her novel, Tattycoram, was shortlisted in 2006. Ms. Thomas has also received the $15,000 W.O. Mitchell Award (2001), the Marian Engel Award (1987), the $3,000 Canada-Australia Prize (1989), the Canada-Scotland Literary Fellowship (1985-86) and a National Magazine Award. More than 25 of her plays and stories have been broadcast on CBC. Congratulations, Audrey. More
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June 04, 2008
Alan Smith of Kelowna is the lucky winner of a copy of Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs (Finalist for the BC Booksellers’ Choice Award in Honour of Bill Duthie).
Congratulations, Alan, and happy reading!
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