Each year, the Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) presented the CBA Libris Awards,
twelve awards for which each has a shortlist of nominees selected and
announced in the spring. Members of the Canadian Booksellers
Association submitted their ballots in April for the announcement of the
winners in June. The Canadian Booksellers Association is now part of the Retail Council of Canada, though the Libris Awards are still voted on by members of the Canadian book publishing industry.
The twelve 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
CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK of the Year NOMINEES
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.
The Dark
by Lemony Snicket
Illustrated by Jon Klassen
HarperCollins Canada
The Night Before Christmas
by Clement C. Moore
Illustrated by Barbara Reid
Scholastic Canada
Lasso the Wind
by George Elliott Clarke
Illustrated by Susan Tooke
Nimbus Publishing
This Little Hamster
by Kass Reich
Orca Book Publishers
Warning: Do Not Open This Book!
by Adam Lehrhaupt
Illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
Simon & Schuster
YOUNG READERS' Book of the Year NOMINEES
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.
Jane, the Fox and Me
by Fanny Britt
Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Groundwood Books
by Fanny Britt
Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
Groundwood Books
A Taste of Heaven
by Meg Tilly
Puffin Canada
The Road to Afghanistan
by Linda Granfield
Illustrated by Brian Deines
North Winds Press
The Hypnotists
by Gordon Korman
Scholastic Press
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
by Teresa Toten
Doubleday Canada
The winners will be announced on Monday, June 2, 2014 at the Retail Council of Canada’s annual Store Conference.
The winners will be announced on Monday, June 2, 2014 at the Retail Council of Canada’s annual Store Conference.
More information about these awards can be found at the Libris 2014 announcement posting.
