2013 Chocolate Lily Book Awards winners finally announced!

Unlike the British Columbia book awards of Red Cedar and the Stellar Award programs, the Chocolate Lily Book Awards promote children's fiction by B. C. authors and B. C. illustrators. The two award categories for 2012/2013 were:

1. Novels - for Grades 5-8
2. Picture Books - for K to Grade 5

On June 13, Heath Traditional Elementary school in North Delta British Columbia held the Chocolate Lily Award gala at which the winners of these awards were announced.  Thanks to Tanya Lloyd Kyi for announcing the award winners today at http://cwillbc.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/on-the-red-carpet-4/

In the Picture Book Category (Kindergarten to Grade 3)

the winner is. . .

I Want to Go to the Moon
by Tom Saunders
Illustrated by Cynthia Nugent
Simply Read Books
978-1-897476-56-7

32 pp. + CD

Ages 4-8

2011

In the Novels Category (Grades 5-8)

the winner is . . .

Ghosts of the Titanic

by Julie Lawson

Scholastic Canada
978-1443100410

193 pp.

Ages 9-12
2011

Second Place wins in the Novels category were awarded to:

Run, Marco, Run

by Norma Charles

Ronsdale Press

978-1-55380-131-3

183 pp.

Ages12-17

2011

 

The Runaway

by Glen Huser

Tradewind Books

978-1-896580-21-0

147 pp.

Ages 11-14

2011

 Congratulations 

authors, illustrators and publishers 

on your nominations and wins

2013 BC Stellar Award winner announced!

With very little fanfare, the winner of the British Columbia's Teen Readers' Choice Award, the Stellar Book Award, was announced (and I only caught wind of it through a BC librarian's tweet on June 13).  BC teen readers of ages 13 to 19 had the opportunity to read, review, and discuss their reading of eleven nominated titles before on-line voting opened in April. 

The winner of  the 2012/2013 Stellar Book Award is

Blood Red Road 

by Moira Young

Doubleday Canada

978-0-385-67183-5

459 pp.

Ages 14+

2011

Reviewed here on CanLit for LittleCanadians on December 27, 2011.

2013 IODE Violet Downey Book Award winner announced!

The National Chapter of Canada IODE (Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire), a women's charitable organization, has been offering the Violet Downey Book Award since 1985.  This award of $3000 is offered annually for the best English language book for children up to age 13 containing at least 500 words of text published in Canada in the previous year and selected from submitted books.

In March, the short list of books nominated for the  2013 Violet Downey Book Award were announced. And on May 31, the winner was announced at IODE Canada’s 113th National Annual Meeting held at the Carriage House Inn in Calgary.

The 2013 Violet Downey Book Award winner is

The Green Man

by Michael Bedard

Tundra Books

304 pp.

Ages 11-14

2012

2013 CBA Libris Award Winners of youngCanLit

On Monday, June 3, 2013, the Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) presented its Libris Awards at the CBA Libris Gala held at the Toronto Congress Centre.  Winners were selected by members of the Canadian Booksellers Association who submitted their ballots in APril, voting for one of three nominees in twelve award categories. 

The twelve CBA Libris Award categories, which all include a component related to the bookselling industry, include:

• Author of the Year
• Fiction Book of the Year
• Non-Fiction Book of the Year
• Campus Bookseller of the Year
• Bookseller of the Year
• Editor of the Year
• Sales Rep of the Year (n.b. the qualifying region rotates between BC, the Prairies, Central Canada and the Atlantic provinces)
• Distributor of the Year
• Small Press Publisher of the Year
• Publisher of the Year
• Children's Picture Book of the Year
• Young Readers' Book of the Year

Congratulations 
to the winners of these two awards,
 specific to younger readers!



The Winner of the

CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK of the Year

For a Canadian picture book from the previous year whose imaginative storyline and creative visuals engaged, entertained and delighted young children while generating customer attention and strong sales

is

This is Not My Hat

by Jon Klassen

Candlewick/Random House

 

The Winner of the

YOUNG READERS' Book of the Year
For an outstanding Canadian literary work for young readers in the previous year that combines readability with strong sales—a book that captivated its intended reading audience with skillful, inventive and gripping storytelling

is
 

Such Wicked Intent

The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein, Book 2

by Kenneth Oppel 

Simon & Schuster

More information about these awards can be found at the Canadian Booksellers Association website