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2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners announced

The logo for the BC and Yukon Book Prizes

The winners of the 38th annual B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes were announced at an in-person gala hosted by poet Jillian Christmas in Vancouver.

The winners of the 2022 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes are:

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (literary fiction)

Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (literary nonfiction)

Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize

Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize

Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize 

Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize 

Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes

  • Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia (Fernwood Publishing)

Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award

Award-winning B.C. author Audrey Thomas was named the winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, honouring a career that has spanned four decades.

Yukon poet Tara Borin was named the winner of the Borealis Prize: The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution.

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September 26th, 2022

11:53 am

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