The Canadian Booksellers Association handed out its annual Libris Awards on Saturday as part of its three-day National Conference in Toronto. The winners were as follows:
Fiction Book of the Year:
The Bishop’s Man, by Linden MacIntyre (Random House Canada)
Non-fiction Book of the Year:
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World, by Wade Davis (House of Anansi Press)
Young Readers’ Book of the Year:
Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Third Case, by Shane Peacock (Tundra Books)
Children’s Picture Book of the Year:
When Stella Was Very, Very Small, by Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood Books)
Author of the Year:
Linden MacIntyre
Editor of the Year:
Marc Côté, Cormorant Books
Publisher of the Year:
House of Anansi Press
Small Press Publisher of the Year:
Coach House Books
Bookseller of the Year:
Bookmark II
Specialty Bookseller of the Year:
Woozles
Campus Bookseller of the Year:
The Bookstore at Western
Sales Representative of the Year:
Rorie Bruce, Kate Walker & Company
Distributor of the Year:
Raincoast Book Distribution
Chase Paymentech Young Bookseller of the Year:
Mandy Brouse, Words Worth Books