The winners of 14 Saskatchewan Book Awards were announced on May 9 at Saskatoon’s TCU Place as part of the finale to the Saskatchewan Library Association’s conference.

First Book Award Honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches

• The Medicine Chest: A Physician’s Journey Towards Reconciliation by Jarol Boan (University of Regina Press)

Non-Fiction Book Award

• Because Somebody Asked Me To: Observations on History, Literature, and the Passing Scene by Guy Vanderhaeghe (Thistledown Press)

Fiction Book Award

• A Simple Carpenter by Dave Margoshes (Radiant Press)

Poetry Award Honouring Anne Szumigalski

• I Hate Parties by Jes Battis (Nightwood Editions)

Indigenous People’s Writing Award

• The Art of Faye HeavyShield by Felicia Gay (MacKenzie Art Gallery)

• Who We Are in Real Life by Victoria Koops (Groundwood Books)

• Eroding a Way of Life: Neoliberalism and the Family Farm by Murray Knuttila (University of Regina Press)

Le Prix du Livre Français (presented every second year)

• La Nation provisoire: The Provisional Nation by Laurier Gareau (Éditions de la nouvelle plume)

City of Saskatoon Book Award

• The Principle of Rapid Peering by Sylvia Legris (New Directions Publishing)

City of Regina Book Award

• I Think We’ve Been Here Before by Suzy Krause (Radiant Press)

Publishing awards:

• The Indigenous People’s Publishing Award
  Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing for Tanning Moosehides: The Northern Saskatchewan Trapline Way by Tommy Bird, Lawrence Adam, Lena Adam, and Miriam Körner.

Creative Saskatchewan Publishing Award

• University of Regina Press for The Good Walk: Creating New Paths on Traditional Prairie Trails by Matthew R. Anderson.

SaskBooks Publishing in Education Award

• MacKenzie Art Gallery for Radical Stitch by Sherry Ferrell Racette, Michelle LaVallee, and Cathy Mattes.