BC and Yukon Book Prizes Shortlist Celebrates BC Authors and Illustrators

The British Columbia and Yukon Book Prizes shortlist was announced in Spring, celebrating the achievements of writers, illustrators, and publishers.  The 2022 shortlist under eight categories is represented this year entirely by BC authors and illustrators. Winners will be announced at a gala in Vancouver on September 24.

In anticipation, the BC and Yukon Book Prizes is hosting the event Storied: On Writing When History Becomes A Character. On Wednesday, July 27th, 2022, Jordan Abel, author of NISHGA, Barry Gough, author of Possessing Meares Island, and Susan McClelland, co-author of Boy from Buchenwald, will discuss writing when history becomes a character. This discussion will be moderated by JJ Lee, author of The Measure of a Man, a finalist for the 2012 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. Abel’s book NISHGA is a finalist for the 2022 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize and the 2022 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize,  Possessing Meares Island is a finalist for the 2022 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize and McClelland’s Boy from Buchenwald is a finalist for the 2022 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize.

The event begins at 7 pm (PT).
This is a free event, but registration is required.

The Shortlist of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes:

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (literary fiction)

Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (literary nonfiction)

Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize

  • Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicine by Dr. Luschiim Arvid Charlie and Nancy J. Turner (Harbour Publishing)
  • Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art by Karen Duffek, Bill McLennan, and Jordan Wilson, in collaboration with the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia (Figure 1 Publishing)
  • Possessing Meares Island: A Historian’s Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound by Barry Gough (Harbour Publishing)

Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize

Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes

  • Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity by Darrel J. McLeod (Douglas & McIntyre)
  • Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala by Catherine Nolin and Grahame Russell, eds. (Between the Lines)
  • Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia (Fernwood Publishing)

Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize 

Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize 

Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award

  • Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicine by Dr. Luschiim Arvid Charlie and Nancy J. Turner (Harbour Publishing)
  • Island Eats: Signature Chefs’ Recipes from Vancouver Island and the Salish Sea by Dawn Postnikoff and Joanne Sasvari (Figure 1 Publishing)

 

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