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On Saturday, April 20th the winners of the 2023 CYGNUS Book Awards for Science Fiction were announced in Bellingham, Washington.
The winner in the Climate Fiction (CliFi) category and the overall Science Fiction winner was The Shadow of War by Timothy S. Johnston.
The CYGNUS Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Science Fiction, Steampunk, Alternative History, and Speculative Fiction. The Cygnus Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (The CIBAs).
The CYGNUS Grand Prize Winner is named Chanticleer Reviews Best Science Fiction Book of the Year, and goes on to compete for the Chanticleer Overall Grand Prize Best Book of the Year.
April 22
Yesterday was the book launch for The Go-Between at A Different Drummer Books in Burlington, Ontario. Author Jennifer Maruno did a reading from the book and a signing afterwards.
Click here to see a slideshow from the event.
April 18
Last night was the book launch for The Stradivari Formula at Ben McNally Books on Queen St, Toronto.
Click here to view a video of author Grit Laskin reading from the book.
April 1
Finalists announced today for Diamond Willow Awards (Saskatchewan Young People’s Choice awards).
Congratulations to the following authors for being nominated for the 2024 Diamond Willow Award!
Marie Etchell, author of Rescue
and
Marco Fraticelli, author of Dear Elsa
March 10
The Saskatchewan Book Award shortlists have been announced.
Finalists for the Children’s Book Award include:
By Miriam Körner
and
By Emma Chen,
Illustrated by Sean Huang
Finalists for the First Book Award include:
Finalists for the Indigenous People’s Writing Award include:
By Sage Speidel,
Illustrated by Leah Dorion
January 10
The 2023 Taste Canada book award winners were announced on October 31
Winning gold in the Single-Subject Cookbooks category was:
The Artful Pie Project: A Sweet and Savoury Book of Recipes
By Denise Marchessault with photographs by Deb Garlick
.
December 21
On October 17 the 2023 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards winners were announced. Winning in the Adult Fiction category was
by Lori Weber.
From the award jury:
The Ribbon Leaf by Lori Weber was submitted in the Youth category, but its poignancy transcends generations. This enthralling historical novel takes the reader into the events of the Holocaust through the experiences of two girls who are best friends growing up in Nazi Germany. Edie's family is Jewish. Sabine's father and brother rise in the Nazi hierarchy. Kristallnacht changes everything as Edie flees to Canada and Sabine makes a decision that goes against her family's beliefs and risks her life and freedom. Lori Weber puts her readers into the thick of World War II from two very different perspectives.
Click here to see the presentation of the award with the presenter talking about the book and Lori Weber accepting the award.
December 14
CALLING ALL WRITERS OF SHORT FICTION for YA AUDIENCES
Red Deer Press will be compiling a young adult short story anthology titled I’M HERE for publication in the fall of 2025. Submissions are invited from writers from across Canada and we encourage submissions from both established and emerging authors
Story Criteria:
- under 4000 words
- any genre (realistic fiction, speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.) but created for contemporary teen readers
- connected in some way to the theme of “identity”
- authored by a writer living in Canada
Submission Process:
- submit the entire story along with a query letter that includes a brief summary of how the story connects to this theme plus an author bio of 100 words or less
- send your submission by regular mail, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient Canadian postage for reply (plus author email, if possible) to the following address:
ATTN: Beverley Brenna, YA Anthology Editor
Red Deer Press
209 Wicksteed Avenue
Unit 51
Toronto, ON M4G 0B1
Payment:
- All authors of stories selected for the anthology will receive a one-time fee of $250.
Deadline for submission April 30, 2024.