2014 MYRCA List Now Up

by Shanleigh K - Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:55pm

We are thrilled to make the next few MYRCA announcements:

Firstly, we are pleased to announce that the winner for the 2013 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award has been awarded to Chris McMahen for Box of Shocks! Many congratulations!

We would also like to congratulate runners up
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier and Undergrounders by David Skuy.

Finally, the much anticipated 2014 MYRCA list is now live! Check out our new nominees right here.

The Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award (M.Y.R.C.A.) aims to promote reading and Canadian literature by giving young people the opportunity to vote for their favorite Canadian book from an annual preselected list. The books are nominated based on their quality and reader appeal.

This year's winner will be announced in May 2014.

Categories: Awards, Winnipeg

Young Adult Indies Choice Award Winner

by Shanleigh K - Friday, Apr 19, 2013 at 6:22pm

The American Booksellers Association have announced the winners of the 2013 Indies Choice Book Awards, as voted by independent booksellers.

The Indies Choice Book Award for Young Adult Book of the Year, which reflects the spirit of independent booksellers and the IndieBound movement, went to
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.

John Green was also awarded the Indie Champion Award, recognizing the author or illustrator that has both the best sense of the importance of independent bookstores to their communities at large and the strongest personal commitment to foster and support the mission and passion of independent booksellers.

Check out the other Indies Choice award winners here.

Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, Winnipeg

GG Awards Announced!

by Shanleigh K - Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:42pm

The winners for the Governor General's Literary Awards have been announced!

For Children's Text, congratulations goes to Susin Nielsen for The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen.

For Children's Illustration, congratulations goes to Isabelle Arsenault for Virginia Wolf (text by Kyo Maclear).

Huge kudos to all the nominees!

Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, Winnipeg

Children's Finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards

by Shanleigh K - Friday, Oct 05, 2012 at 10:20pm

The finalists for the 2012 Governor General's Literary Awards have been announced! And the nominees are...

For children's text:

For children's illustration:

Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, Winnipeg

Finalists Announced for the 2012 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards

by Alexandra K - Tuesday, Jul 03, 2012 at 10:09am

The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) has just announced the finalists for its seven major children's book awards - the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l'enfance et la jeunesse, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, John Spray Mystery Award and the inaugural Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy.

The winners will be announced in the fall.

See the CCBC press release for a full listing of the finalists, but here is a list of our favourites:

  • The Dragon Turn by Shane Peacock (TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, $25,000; John Spray Mystery Award, $5,000)
  • No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis (TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, $25,000)
  • Picture a Tree by Barbara Reid (Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, $20,000)
  • Small Saul by Ashley Spires (Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, $20,000)
  • True Blue by Deborah Ellis (John Spray Mystery Award, $5,000)
  • This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel (Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People, $5,000)
  • Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier (Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, $5,000)

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