Saturday 28 March 2015

2015 CBC Bookies: Winners selected and announced!

The 2015 winners of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Bookie Awards, based on readers' choices, have been announced, including of course the two relevant youngCanLit categories.

From the 5 nominated titles in the YOUNG ADULT category:


readers selected the winner as:

This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki
Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Groundwood Books
978-1-55498-152-6
320 pp.
Ages 14+
2014




From the 5 nominated titles in the CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK category:


readers selected as the winner:
 
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
by Christine Baldacchino
Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant
Groundwood Books
978-1-55498-347-6
32 pp.
Ages 4-7
2014


2015/2016 Hackmatack nominees announced

I've been reading tweets about the nominees for next year's Hackmatack Awards for Atlantic Canada's readers in Grades 4, 5 and 6, and finally the lists have been posted here.  The titles in these shortlists will be read through public and school libraries and voted on by April of 2016, with award winners announced in May, 2016.  Lots of time to get excited, to congratulate authors and publishers on their nominations, and even to start reading, by readers who will ultimately select the winners and even by those who are curious about great more youngCanLit.  Enjoy!


English Fiction

All Fall Down: The Landslide Diary of Abby Roberts
by Jean Little
Scholastic Canada
2014









Driftwood
by Valerie Sherrard
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
2013








Graves of Ice: The Lost Franklin Expedition
by John Wilson
Scholastic Canada
2014

Kira's Secret
by Orysia Dawydiak
Acorn
2013

Pirates of the Silver Coast (Three Thieves)
by Scott Chantler
Kids Can Press
2014



The End of the Line
by Sharon E. McKay
Annick
2014

The Ghost and Max Monroe: Case #1 The Magic Box
by L.M. Falcone
Kids Can Press
2014









The Swallow: A Ghost Story
by Charis Cotter
Tundra
2014


So Much for Democracy
by Kari Jones
Orca
2014



Wereduck
by Dave Atkinson
Nimbus
2014










English Non-fiction

5 Elephants
by Rob Laidlaw
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
2014



Be a Wilderness Detective
by Peggy Kochanoff
Nimbus
2013



A Brush Full of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison
by Margriet Ruurs and Katherine Gibson
Pajama Press
2015


Haunted Canada 4: More True Tales of Terror
by Joel A. Sutherland
Scholastic Canada
2014



If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers
by David J. Smith
Kids Can Press
2014



Life or Death: Surviving the Impossible
by Larry Verstraete
Scholastic
2014




Pay it Forward: Small Acts, Big Change
by Nancy Runstedler
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
2013


Seashore Life of Eastern Canada
by Jim Cornall and Genney Simard
Nimbus
2014



Skydiver: Saving the Fastest Bird in the World
by Celia Godkin
Pajama Press
2014




Tastes Like Music: 17 Quirks of the Brain and Body
by Maria Birmingham
OwlKids
2014









Liste Roman

À nous deux!
par Yvon Brochu
FouLire
2014


La curieuse histoire d’un chat moribond
par Marie-Renée Lavoie
Éditions Hurtubise
2014


Légende d’un ogre (pas si) terrible
par Catherine Girard-Audet
Éditions Goélette
2013


Mission: Espion
par Nadine Descheneaux
Les Malins
2014


Moche Café: Destination Monstroville
par Nadine Descheneaux et Sophie Rondeau
Druide
2013


La patate cadeau ou la « vraie » histoire de la poutine râpée
par Diane Carmel Léger
Bouton d’Or Acadie
2014


Robin Dubois: rebelle pour La Cause
par Geneviève Guibault
Pierre Tisseyre
2014

Seconde terre: La fuite

par Priska Poirier
Éditions De Mortagne
2014


Vendredi, jour de défi
par Danielle Simard
Soulières
2014


Victor VIe: Pigeon voyageur
par Bryan Perro
Éditions Perro
2014










Liste Documentaires

Albert le curieux: La science
par Marc Trudel
Z’ailées
2014


Alexander Graham Bell: Inventeur de génie
par Alain Raimbault
Isatis
2014


Bienvenue à Wawa!
par François Gravel
Québec Amérique
2014


Les bonbons
par Julien Cléon
Les Malins
2013


Les chiens de traîneau
par Christel Marchand
Les Malins
2014


Contes remixés pour jeunes loups et petits chaperons malins
par Marilyn Bouchain
Tarma
2014


Les Guépards
par Alain Bergeron, Sampar et Michel Quintin
Michel Quintin
2014


Jules Verne
par Johanne Ménard
Michel Quintin
2013


Quand j’écris avec mon cœur
par Mireille Levert
Bagnole
2014


Les vertes d’Auckland (Les Dragouilles 11)
par Karine Gottot et Maxim Cyr
Michel Quintin
2013

Monday 16 March 2015

2015 BC Book Prizes nominees: Sheila A. Egoff and Christie Harris Prizes


Recently, the West Coast Book Prize Society announced the finalists for the 2015 BC Book Prizes.  Prizes will be awarded in the following seven categories:
  • Fiction 
  • Non-Fiction 
  • Poetry 
  • Regional 
  • Children's Literature 
  • Illustrated Children's Literature 
  • Booksellers' Choice 
There is also the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence which is announced separately at the BC Book Prize Soirée in April.

Nominees for all the awards can be found at http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/winners/2015

The nominees for the 2 children's awards are provided here:

 Sheila A. Egoff 
 Children’s Literature Prize 

Supported by CUPE and Friends of Sheila Egoff

Blue Gold
by Elizabeth Stewart
Annick Press



Capricious
by Gabrielle Prendergast
Orca Book Publishers




Finding Grace
by Becky Citra
Second Story Press











Rabbit Ears
by Maggie deVries
HarperCollins Canada








Sophie, in Shadow
by Eileen Kernaghan
Thistledown Press






 Christie Harris Illustrated 
 Children’s Literature Prize 

Supported by Kate Walker and Kidsbooks


Dolphin SOS
by Roy Miki and Slavi Miki
Illustrated by Julie Flett
Tradewind Books

Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
by Chieri Uegaki
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Kids Can Press


The Most Magnificent Thing
by Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press


Norman, Speak!
by Caroline Adderson
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Groundwood Books


Stop, Thief!
by Heather Tekavec
Illustrated by Pierre Pratt
Kids Can Press








The 30th Annual BC Book Prizes awards gala will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at the Pinnacle Vancouver Harbourfront Hotel.