by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
A Soft Place to Fall Tanya Christenson Publisher: Red Deer Press Book Description When he was five years old, Creighton’s mother left. He and his father know she has started a career as a singer but not much more than that. Dad’s work with a carnival...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
Astra Cedar BowersPublisher: McClelland & Stewart | Penguin Random House Canada Book Description Born and raised on a remote British Columbia commune, Astra Brine has long struggled to find her way in the world, her life becoming a study of the thin line between...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
Victoria Sees It Carrie Jenkins Publisher: Strange Light | Penguin Random House Canada Book Description A queer psychological thriller from a beguiling, fresh new voice. Victoria is unraveling. Her best friend is missing, and she’s the only one who seems to...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
Boy from Buchenwald The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor Robbie Waisman and Susan McClelland Publisher: Bloomsbury | Raincoast Books Inc. Book Description It was 1945 and Romek Wajsman had just been liberated from Buchenwald, a brutal concentration camp where more...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 13, 2022
Possessing Meares Island A Historian’s Journey into the Past of Clayoquot Sound Barry Gough Publisher: Harbour Publishing Book Description A fascinating account that links early maritime history, Indigenous land rights, and modern environmental advocacy in the...