by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Becoming a Matriarch: A memoir Helen KnottPublisher: Knopf Canada Book Description Helen Knott’s debut memoir, In My Own Moccasins, wowed reviewers, award juries, and readers alike with its profoundly honest and moving account of addiction, intergenerational trauma,...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
Crushed Wild Mint Jess HoustyPublisher: Nightwood Editions Book Description Crushed Wild Mint is a collection of poems embodying land love and ancestral wisdom, deeply rooted to the poet’s motherland and their experience as a parent, herbalist and careful observer of...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Apr 11, 2024
A Season in Chezgh’un Darrel J. McLeodPublisher: Douglas & McIntyre Book Description A subversive novel by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod, infused with the contradictory triumph and pain of finding conventional success in a world that feels alien. James,...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Sep 24, 2023
Robin Stevenson Winner of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence Statement from the jury on the selection of Robin Stevenson:”The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence recognizes a writer who has produced a substantial body...
by megan@bcyukonbookprizes.com | Aug 22, 2023
Katherine Munro Winner of the Borealis Prize: The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution Statement from the jury on the selection of Katherine Munro (kjmunro):”Acclaimed poet and non-fiction writer, Katherine Munro not only represents a fresh and...
