The Canadian Booksellers Association Announces the Libris Awards Shortlist
The Canadian Booksellers Association has announced the nominees for their Libris Awards. The Libris Awards are presented each year in 13 categories and they recognize literary achievement from members of the book industry and are voted for by independent book sellers.
The nominees are:
Author
- Terry Fallis
- Will Ferguson
- Alice Munro
- Nancy Richler
Fiction
Non-fiction
Bookseller
- BookLore Stores (Orangeville, ON)
- Galiano Island Books (Galiano Island, BC)
- Owl’s Nest Books (Calgary, AB)
Specialty Bookseller
- Ella Minnow Books (Toronto, ON)
- Mabel’s Fables (Toronto, ON)
- Kidsbooks (Vancouver, BC)
Campus Bookseller
- Queen’s University Campus Bookstore (Kingston, ON)
- UBC Bookstore (Vancouver, BC)
- University of Toronto Bookstore (Toronto, ON)
Young Reader
Editor
- Andrea Magyar, Penguin Canada
- Nita Pronovost, Doubleday Canada
- Iris Tupholme, HarperCollins Canada
Sales Rep
- Kathryn Wardropper, HarperCollins Canada
- Christina Winfield, Scholastic Canada
- Morgen Young, Ampersand
Picture Books
Distributor
- North 49 Books
- Penguin Canada
- Raincoast
Small Press
- Coach House Books
- Cormorant Books
- Harbour Publishing
Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada
- House of Anansi Press
- Penguin Canada
- Random House of Canada
- Scholastic Canada
There will also be two Lifetime Achievement Awards presented to Alice Munro and Jack Rabinovitch.
The winners will be announced on June 3rd, 2013 at the Toronto Congress Centre. For further information, please view the press release here.
|
Post new comment