The BC and Yukon Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia and Yukon writers, illustrators and publishers.
The 10 Prizes are presented annually at the BC and Yukon Book Prizes Gala and are administered and awarded by members of a non-profit society who represent all facets of the publishing and writing community.
Congratulations to Heritage House Publishing, Arsenal Pulp Press, Touchwood Editions, and Ronsdale Press for their nominations for the Bill Duthie Bookseller’s Choice Award.
- Always On Call: Adventures in Nursing, Ranching,a and Rural Living by Marion McKinnon Crook (Heritage House Publishing)
- A Perfect Day for a Walk by Bill Arnott (Arsenal Pulp Press)
- Lighting Strikes the Silence: A Lane Winslow Mystery by Iona Winshaw (Touchwood Editions)
- Untold Tales of Old British Columbia by Daniel Marshall (Ronsdale Press)
Congratulations to Orca Book Publishers for their nominations for the Chastie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize.
- We’re Happy You’re Here by Julie Wilkins, illustrated by Brady Sato (Orca Book Publishers)
- This Land Is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson, illustrated by Delreé Dumont (Orca Book Publishers)
Congratulations to Nightwood Editions and Talonbooks for their nominations for the Dorothy Livesay Literary Prize.
Congratulations to Ronsdale Press for their nomination for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.
- A Reluctant Mother by Deirdre Simon Dore (Ronsdale Press)
Congratulations to UBC Press and Arsenal Pulp Press for their nominations for the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes.
- Under the White Gaze: Solving the Problem of Race and Representation in Canadian Journalism by Christopher Cheung (UBC Press, Purich Books)
- Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love by Sarah Leavitt (Arsenal Pulp Press)
Congratulations to Heritage House Publishing and Hancock House Publishers for their nominations for the Rodrick Haig-Brown Regional Prize.
- A Haida Wedding by Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson with Robert Davidson (Heritage House Publishing)
- Wildlife Congregations: A Priest’s Year of Gaggles, Colonies and Murders by the Salish Sea by Laurel Dykstra (Hancock House Publishers)
Congratulations to Orca Book Publishers for their nomination for the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize.
Picture a Girl by Jenny Manzer (Orca Book Publishers)