by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Sep 28, 2024
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...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Sep 26, 2024
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...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
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...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
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...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
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...