by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 10, 2023
A is for Acholi Otoniya J. Okot BitekPublisher: Wolsak & Wynn Book Description A Is for Acholi is a sweeping collection exploring diaspora, the marginalization of the Acholi people, the dusty streets of Nairobi and the cold grey of Vancouver. Playfully upending...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 10, 2023
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies Tsering Yangzom LamaPublisher: McClelland & Stewart | Penguin Random House Canada Book Description For readers of Homegoing and The Boat People, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family’s journey...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Sep 24, 2022
Audrey Thomas Winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence Statement from the jury on the selection of Audrey Thomas:”Covering a 55 year span career, Audrey Thomas has been a short story writer, a radio dramatist and a novelist....
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Jun 13, 2022
Tara Borin Winner of the Borealis Prize: The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution Statement from the jury on the selection of Tara Borin:”Tara Borin has made significant contributions to Yukon’s culture. They are a hard-working, talented writer...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
blue gait shauna paull Publisher: Mother Tongue Publishing Book Description blue gait offers witness to another way of living where human and material concerns are not at the centre of things and where human ascendency and heroic catharsis is redressed. Here is sung...
