The Book Publishers Association of Alberta has revealed the recipients of its annual book publishing awards‚ commending excellence from the province’s presses. The following winners were selected from 77 entries in 11 categories:

Book Design

• NeWest Press‚ A Revision of Forward by Wendy McGrath; book design by Natalie Olsen

Cover Design

• NeWest Press‚ Meadowlark by Wendi Stewart; cover design by Michel Vrana

Book Illustration

• Renegade Arts Entertainment‚ The Loxleys and Confederation by Mark Zuehlke, Nigaanwewidam Sinclair‚ and Alexander Finbow; Claude St. Aubin & Chris Chuckry‚ ills.

Book of the Year Award – Children and Young Adult

• Renegade Arts Entertainment‚ The Loxleys and Confederation by Mark Zuehlke, Nigaanwewidam Sinclair‚ and Alexander Finbow

Book of the Year Award – Trade Fiction

• Freehand Books‚ Mystics of Mile End by Sigal Samuel

Book of the Year Award – Trade Non-fiction

• NeWest Press‚ Memory Serves by Lee Maracle

Book of the Year Award – Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry

• University of Alberta Press‚ Standard Candles by Alice Major

Book of the Year Award – Scholarly and Academic

• University of Alberta Press‚ Street Sex Work and Canadian Cities by Shawna Ferris

Book of the Year Award – Speculative Fiction

• Hades/EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy‚ The Occasional Diamond Thief by J. A. McLachlan

Publisher of the Year

• Freehand Books

Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence

• Athabasca University Press‚ Alberta Oil and the Decline of Democracy in Canada by Meenal Shrivastava and Lorna Stefanick‚ eds.; edited by Joyce Hildebrand