Lhù’áán Mân Ye Shäw (Kluane First Nation Elders) Winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence Jury statement: “Individually and together, members of the Kluane First Nation Elders have contributed to the storytelling, literary, and...
Keith Maillard Winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence Statement from the jury on the selection of Keith Maillard:”The jury carefully reviewed all nominees, discussed their excellent work, and came to a unanimous decision. We were...
Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast John VaillantPublisher: Vintage Canada Book Description In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s petroleum industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. The multi-billion-dollar...
Hopeless in Hope Wanda John-KehewinPublisher: HighWater Press Book Description We live in a hopeless old house on an almost-deserted dead-end street in a middle-of-nowhere town named Hope. This is the oldest part of Hope; eventually it will all be torn down and...
My Baba’s Garden Jordan Scott, illustrated by Sydney SmithPublisher: Neal Porter Books Book Description The bond between a child and his grandmother grows as they tend her garden together. A young boy spends his mornings with his beloved Baba, his grandmother. She...
