The Canadian Booksellers Association has revealed the nominees for this year’s Libris Awards. Voted by independent booksellers, the awards recognize literary achievement and contributions from members of the book industry.
The winners will be announced June 3 at the Toronto Congress Centre. This is the second year the CBA is holding its annual conference and awards in conjunction with the Retail Council of Canada’s STORE trade show. Last October, CBA members voted to join RCC, and in March, the organization served notice with Industry Canada to surrender its charter.
This year, Lifetime Achievement Awards will be presented to Alice Munro and Scotiabank Giller Prize founder Jack Rabinovitch.
The nominees are:
Author
- Terry Fallis
- Will Ferguson
- Alice Munro
- Nancy Richler
Fiction
- 419, Will Ferguson (Penguin Canada)
- Dear Life, Alice Munro (McClelland & Stewart)
- Revenge of the Vinyl Café, Stuart Maclean (Penguin Canada)
- The Imposter Bride, Nancy Richler (HarperCollins Canada)
Non-fiction
- The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King (Doubleday Canada)
- The Power of Why, Amanda Lang (HarperCollins Canada)
- The Universe Within, Neil Turok (House of Anansi Press)
Bookseller
- BookLore Stores (Orangeville, ON)
- Galiano Island Books (Galiano Island, BC)
- Owl’s Nest Books (Calgary, AB)
Specialty Bookseller
- Ella Minnow Books (Toronto, ON)
- Mabel’s Fables (Toronto, ON)
- Kidsbooks (Vancouver, BC)
Campus Bookseller
- Queen’s University Campus Bookstore (Kingston, ON)
- UBC Bookstore (Vancouver, BC)
- University of Toronto Bookstore (Toronto, ON)
Young Reader
- Such Wicked Intent, Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins Canada)
- The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen, Susan Nielsen (Tundra Books)
- Uncle Wally’s Old Brown Shoe, Wallace Edwards (Orca Books)
Editor
- Andrea Magyar, Penguin Canada
- Nita Pronovost, Doubleday Canada
- Iris Tupholme, HarperCollins Canada
Sales Rep
- Kathryn Wardropper, HarperCollins Canada
- Christina Winfield, Scholastic Canada
- Morgen Young, Ampersand
Picture Books
- The Stamp Collector, Jennifer Lanthier; François Thisdale, illus. (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
- This Is Not My Hat, Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press)
- Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Christmas, Mélanie Watt (Kids Can Press)
Distributor
- North 49 Books
- Penguin Canada
- Raincoast
Small Press
- Coach House Books
- Cormorant Books
- Harbour Publishing
Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada
- House of Anansi Press
- Penguin Canada
- Random House of Canada
- Scholastic Canada