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Announcing the jurors of the 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes
The BC and Yukon Book Prizes are grateful to the hard work and consideration of the jurors for the 2022 Book Prizes. The jurors were: Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize: Nazanine Hozar Sarah James Hanako Masutani Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize: Claudia Cornwall JJ Lee Yasuko...
Announcing the winners of the 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes
The West Coast Book Prize Society is thrilled to announce the winners of the 38th annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Prizes are awarded annually to recognize the achievements of BC and Yukon authors, illustrators and publishers. Award winners are selected through a...
Attend the 38th Annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes Gala
The 38th Annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes Gala will take place on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 at 6:00PM at the University Golf Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Your ticket includes entry to our reception, awards ceremony, dinner, and two bottles of wine per...
Borealis Prize: The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution Recipient announced
The West Coast Book Prize Society is pleased to announce that the third recipient of the Borealis Prize is Tara Borin. A resident of Dawson City, Yukon, Tara published their debut full-length poetry collection, The Pit, in 2021. Their poems have been published...
BC and Yukon Book Prizes 2021 Winners Announced
The West Coast Book Prize Society is thrilled to announce the winners of the 37th annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Prizes are awarded annually to recognize the achievements of BC authors and publishers. Award winners are selected through a juried system, with five...
Join the BC and Yukon Book Prizes Board of Directors
If you're interested in joining the BC and Yukon Book Prizes board or would like more information email info@bcyukonbookprizes.com
What’s new with the finalists of the 2021 BC and Yukon Book Prizes?
It's hard to believe it's been three months since we announced the finalists of the 2021 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! Over the last three months, the shortlisted authors and illustrators have been busy doing events, interviews, receiving reviews and more! This is a...
Statement about Residential Schools and Call for Action
The BC and Yukon Book Prizes stands with the Indigenous communities of British Columbia and Yukon, as well as those across this land we now call Canada, as we grieve the tragedy of the discovery at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Institutional and colonial...
Borealis Prize deadline for nominations extended to June 25, 2021
The nomination deadline for the 2021 Borealis Prize: The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution has been extended to midnight on June 25, 2021. If you know someone who meets the criteria and deserves special recognition, consider nominating them for the...
BC and Yukon Book Mail
The BC and Yukon Book Prizes and the Historic Joy Kogawa House present BC Yukon Book Mail. BC Yukon Book Mail invites readers to write letters to Joy Kogawa and Julie Flett, the winners of the 2020 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, who will respond...