The Lane Anderson Award has announced the shortlists for its 2026 prizes.

The awards honour the best science writing in Canada both in the adult and young reader categories. The winner in each category receives $10,000.

The shortlisted titles for the young readers award are:

• The Buzz on Wild Bees: The Little-Known Pollinators that Keep Our Planet Humming by Kira Vermond, illustrated by June Steube (Owlkids Books)
  
• The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body’s Goops, Juices, and Hormones by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer (Greystone Kids)
  
• The Story and Science of Hope by Andrea Curtis, illustrated by Ana Suárez (Groundwood Books)

The shortlisted titles for the adult award are:

• The Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for a Seafood on the Brink by Greg Mercer (McClelland & Stewart/Penguin Random House Canada)
  
• Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist by Sarah Boon (University of Alberta Press)
  
• The Mind Mappers: Friendship, Betrayal and the Obsessive Quest to Chart the Brain by Eric Andrew-Gee (Random House Canada)

The prize, awarded since 2011, is administered by the Fitzhenry Family Foundation, a private charitable foundation “devoted to the promotion of human rights and education, animal welfare, culture, and the protection of the earth and its resources from overzealous development.”

The award winners will be announced in January 2027 at an event in Toronto.

This article contains affiliate links. Quill & Quire has partnered with Booksellers.ca, a network of more than 180 independent bookstores across Canada, so we may earn a small commission when you purchase through links on our site — at no additional cost to you. More about Booksellers.ca.