The winners will be named on May 1 at the 33rd Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala and Ceremony in Regina.

The shortlisted titles are:

Book of the Year Award

• How I Bend Into More by Tea Gerbeza (Anstruther Books/Palimpsest Press)
• Touching Grass by Kristy Jackson and Rhael McGregor, illus. (HarperCollins)
• The Paper Birds by Jeanette Lynes (HarperAvenue)
• The Art of War by Yvette Nolan (Playwrights Canada Press)
• The Chorus Beneath Our Feet by Melanie Schnell (Radiant Press)

• How To Know A Crow: Teh Biography of a Brainy Bird by Candace Savage and Rachel Hudson, illus. (Greystone Kids)
• Mortified by Kristy Jackson and Rhael McGregor, illus. (HarperCollins)
• Touching Grass by Kristy Jackson and Rhael McGregor, illus. (HarperCollins)
• Rez Kid by Andrea Landry and Isabella Fassler, illus. (Kids Can Press)
• Whitey’s Journey: A Four-legged Soldier in the Second World War by Kelsey Lonie and Renée Hansen, illus. (Heritage House)
• Butterfly on the Wind by Adam Pottle and Ziyue Chen, illus. (Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan Publishers) 

• Theories of Everything by Dwayne Brenna (Shadowpaw Press)
• She’s a Lamb by Meredith Hambrock (ECW Press)
• The Paper Birds by Jeanette Lynes (HarperAvenue)
• The Chorus Beneath Our Feet by Melanie Schnell (Radiant Press)
  
• Everything Is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe (House of Anansi Press)

• Awakening Through Grief: A Spiritual Journey of Healing and Transformation After Loss by Angela Clement (Awaken Your Soul’s Journey Press)
• How I Bend Into More by Tea Gerbeza (Anstruther Books/Palimpsest Press)
• A Fondness for the Reckless by Jennifer Jacoby-Smith (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
• Seventhblade by Tonia Laird (ECW Press)
• Everything Is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe (House of Anansi Press)

• Joe by Carol Rose GoldenEagle (BookLand Press)
  
• Touching Grass by Kristy Jackson (HarperCollins)
  
• What Shade of Brown? by John Brady McDonald (Radiant Press)
  
• A Line Runs Through It: A Story of Sexual Abuse, Addiction, and Redemption by Niall Schofield (Wood Dragon Books)
• Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community by Cheryl Troupe  (University of Manitoba Press)

• Building Bridges: A Big City Mayor Reflects on Leadership by Donald Atchison (Wood Dragon Books)
• Transforming Pain into Purpose: My Story of Mental Illness, Addiction and Redemption by Allan Kehler (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
• Saskatchewan Superwomen: Challengers and Champions by Vera Pezer (Owl Imprints)
  
• Putting Down Roots: Métis Agency, Land Use, and Women’s Food Labour in a Qu’Appelle Valley Road Allowance Community by Cheryl Troupe  (University of Manitoba Press)
• Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place from the Side of the Road by Ken Wilson (University of Regina Press)

• How I Bend Into More by Tea Gerbeza (Anstruther Books/Palimpsest Press)
• Green by Zachari Logan (Radiant Press)
  
• Walking Upstream by Lloyd Ratzlaff (Thistledown Press)
  
• First Light, Last Light by Glen Sorestad (Shadowpaw Press)

• Banana Capital: Stories, Science, and Poison at the Equator by Ben Brisbois (University of Regina Press)
• Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau by Erin Fay, Nic Wilson, and David Garneau (University of Regina Press)
  
• Tunnel Island by Bill Gaston (Thistledown Press)
• The Discovery of Finnegan Wilde by Caroline Pignat (Thistledown Press)
• The Chorus Beneath Our Feet by Melanie Schnell (Radiant Press)

Publishing In Education Award

• Kohkum’s Royal Bannock by Wilfred Burton (Thistledown Press)
• Stitching Our Stories Together: Journeys Into Indigenous Social Work by Jeannine Carriere (University of Regina Press)
• In the Light of Dawn: The History and Legacy of a Black Canadian Community by Marie Carter (University of Regina Press)
• The A Word: A Global History of the Abortion Struggle by Elizabeth Casillas and Higinia Garay; translated by Karen Simon (University of Regina Press)
• Changing Care: Advancing Social Justice in the Health Professions by Jennifer Brady and Jacqui Gingras, eds. (University of Regina Press)

• The Solitary Friend: A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery by Gail Bowen (ECW Press)
• The Chorus Beneath Our Feet by Melanie Schnell (Radiant Press)
• Everything Is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe (House of Anansi Press)
• Walking the Bypass: Notes on Place from the Side of the Road by Ken Wilson (University of Regina Press)

• She’s a Lamb by Meredith Hambrock (ECW Press)
• A Fondness for the Reckless by Jennifer Jacoby-Smith (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
• The Paper Birds by Jeanette Lynes (HarperAvenue)
• The Art of War by Yvette Nolan (Playwrights Canada Press)
• Standing Up to Big Nickel: The Story of the Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Strike, 1958  by Elizabeth Quinlan (McGill-Queen’s University Press)