The Alex Awards, awarded by the Young Adult Library Services Association, are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.

Here are some of the winning titles that I thought looked particularly intriguing. If you like these books and are looking for more, you can check out the full list of winners or even the shortlist.

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The Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers have announced the Manitoba Book Awards shortlists. Winners will be announced at the Manitoba Book Awards Gala on Sunday, April 25, 2010, at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 boulevard Provencher. A pre-awards reception will begin at 7:00 p.m. and the ceremony will run from 8:00-10:00 p.m. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. This year's ceremony will be hosted by Neil Besner, Vice President and former Dean of Arts of the University of Winnipeg. Since the event's inception in 1989, during which a single award (the McNally Robinson Book of the Year) was presented, The Manitoba Book Awards has grown to feature 13 categories. Nominees and winners are selected by jurors drawn from across Manitoba and Canada.

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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced their shortlists in all categories for the Nebula Awards. The Nebula Awards are voted on by active members of the SFWA, and are considered one of the "big three" awards for the genre, alongside the Hugos and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Winners will be announced May 15th.

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The Prix Aurora Awards, Canada's highest honour in the field of speculative fiction, are now accepting nominations for all categories. To nominate, you must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident. The ballot will remain open until February 15th. You can find a partial list of eligible titles here for works in English, and here for works in French.

Some eligible titles that have been reviewed by McNally Robinson include: Indigo Springs by A.M. Dellamonica, Warden of Greyrock by K.V. Johansen, The King's Daughters by Nathalie Mallet, Wake by Robert J. Sawyer, Steel Whispers by Hayden Trenholm, and The World More Full of Weeping by Robert J. Wiersema.

Not reviewed on this site, but still excellent reads and deserving books are Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong, Terra Insegura by Edward Willett and Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson.

This year, Winnipeg's annual science fiction and fantasy convention, Keycon will be hosting the Aurora Awards.