The nominees have been announced for the 30th annual B.C. Book Prizes, which recognize authors from the province in seven categories. This year’s Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize features an all female shortlist.
The winners will be announced at a gala in Vancouver on May 3. The recipient of the 2014 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence will be announced at a second public event, the B.C. Book Prize Soirée (to be held at a later date), where nominees will collectively receive $14,000 in cash prizes. A selection of the shortlisted authors will participate in a reading tour across the province in April.
The nominees are:
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize:
- TheÌodora Armstrong, Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility (House of Anansi Press)
- Janie Chang, Three Souls (HarperCollins Canada)
- Cynthia Flood, Red Girl Rat Boy (Biblioasis)
- Ashley Little, Anatomy of a Girl Gang (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Kathryn Para, Lucky (Mother Tongue Publishing)
Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize (for the book that contributes most to the enjoyment and understanding of B.C.):
- Sean Kheraj, Inventing Stanley Park: An Environmental History (University of British Columbia Press)
- Rolf Knight, Voyage Through the Past Century (New Star Books)
- David Stouck, Arthur Erickson: An Architect’s Life (Douglas & McIntyre)
- Graeme Truelove, Svend Robinson: A Life in Politics (New Star)
- Robin K. Wright, Daina Augaitis, eds., with Robert Davidson and James Hart, Charles Edenshaw (Vancouver Art Gallery and Black Dog Publishing)
Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize:
- Arno Kopecky, The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway (D&M)
- J.B. MacKinnon, The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be (Random House Canada)
- Bev Sellars, They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School (Talonbooks)
- Jane Silcott, Everything Rustles (Anvil Press)
- David Stouck, Arthur Erickson: An Architect’s Life (D&M)
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize:
- Jordan Abel, The Place of Scraps (Talonbooks)
- Catherine Greenwood, The Lost Letters (Brick Books)
- Jennica Harper, Wood (Anvil Press)
- ReneÌe Sarojini Saklikar, children of air india: un/authorized exhibits and interjections (Nightwood Editions)
- Russell Thornton, Birds, Metals, Stones and Rain (Harbour Publishing)
Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize:
- Dan Bar-el; Tim Bowers, illus., Not Your Typical Dragon (Viking)
- Julie Flett, Wild Berries (Simply Read Books)
- Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton; Gabrielle Grimard, illus., When I Was Eight (Annick Press)
- Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read; Ian McAllister, illus., The Great Bear Sea: Exploring the Marine Life of a Pacific Paradise (Orca Book Publishers)
- Julie Morstad, How To (Simply Read)
Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize (awarded for the best non-illustrated book written for children):
- Becky Citra, If Only (Orca)
- Ari Goelman, The Path of Names (Scholastic Canada)
- Silvana Goldemberg, Victoria (Tradewind Books)
- Ashley Little, The New Normal (Orca)
- Robin Stevenson, Record Breaker (Orca)
Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award (presented to the originating publisher and author(s) of the best book in terms of public appeal, initiative, design, production, and content):
- Jesse Donaldson, This Day in Vancouver (Anvil)
- Grant Lawrence, The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie (D&M)
- Michael Layland, The Land of Heart’s Delight: Early Maps and Charts of Vancouver Island (TouchWood Editions)
- Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd, Raven Brings the Light (Harbour)
- Paula Wild, The Cougar: Beautiful, Wild and Dangerous (D&M)
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