BC and Yukon Book Prizes
@bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social
Our mission is to recognize and promote the achievements of the book community in BC and Yukon through the BC and Yukon Book Prizes and related programs. The 10 Prizes are presented annually recognizing authors, illustrators, and publishers.
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Hey friends, our next reading is 3 weeks away! It will feature Betsy Warland (reading H.D.), Justyna Krol (reading Adam Zagajewski), Cabil Martinez (reading Jim-Wong Chu), and Kyle McKillop (reading Bill Knott).
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Hey friends, our next reading is 3 weeks away! It will feature Betsy Warland (reading H.D.), Justyna Krol (reading Adam Zagajewski), Cabil Martinez (reading Jim-Wong Chu), and Kyle McKillop (reading Bill Knott).
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
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Dear @theglobeandmail.com Please bring back poetry reviews that reflect the complexity and deep engagement of our thriving CanPo world! We need discussion, critique, and space not mini synopses, and coverage of primarily non Canadian writers.
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dear @theglobeandmail.com Please bring back poetry reviews that reflect the complexity and deep engagement of our thriving CanPo world! We need discussion, critique, and space not mini synopses, and coverage of primarily non Canadian writers.
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The Vancouver Writers Fest (@writersfest.bc.ca) is almost here!
From Oct. 20-26, over 130 authors will descend upon Granville Island for 87 events.
The Tyee has covered many of the participating festival authors. Check this thread for more! 🧵📖🚀
From Oct. 20-26, over 130 authors will descend upon Granville Island for 87 events.
The Tyee has covered many of the participating festival authors. Check this thread for more! 🧵📖🚀
October 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Vancouver Writers Fest (@writersfest.bc.ca) is almost here!
From Oct. 20-26, over 130 authors will descend upon Granville Island for 87 events.
The Tyee has covered many of the participating festival authors. Check this thread for more! 🧵📖🚀
From Oct. 20-26, over 130 authors will descend upon Granville Island for 87 events.
The Tyee has covered many of the participating festival authors. Check this thread for more! 🧵📖🚀
Are you interested in helping to choose the winners and shortlists for the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes? Nominations are now open! Nominate yourself or someone you know. For more information visit: bcyukonbookprizes.com/juror-nomina...
October 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Are you interested in helping to choose the winners and shortlists for the 2026 BC and Yukon Book Prizes? Nominations are now open! Nominate yourself or someone you know. For more information visit: bcyukonbookprizes.com/juror-nomina...
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On September 30, we share links to resources for National Truth and Reconciliation Day.
The Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection: https://bit.ly/3PPLIRI ##UAlberta Press books: https://bit.ly/4e7NHMb
Department of Canadian Heritage: https://bit.ly/3o5GDZa
##TRC #NTRD @abbookpub.bsky.social
The Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection: https://bit.ly/3PPLIRI ##UAlberta Press books: https://bit.ly/4e7NHMb
Department of Canadian Heritage: https://bit.ly/3o5GDZa
##TRC #NTRD @abbookpub.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On September 30, we share links to resources for National Truth and Reconciliation Day.
The Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection: https://bit.ly/3PPLIRI ##UAlberta Press books: https://bit.ly/4e7NHMb
Department of Canadian Heritage: https://bit.ly/3o5GDZa
##TRC #NTRD @abbookpub.bsky.social
The Prairie Indigenous eBook Collection: https://bit.ly/3PPLIRI ##UAlberta Press books: https://bit.ly/4e7NHMb
Department of Canadian Heritage: https://bit.ly/3o5GDZa
##TRC #NTRD @abbookpub.bsky.social
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Today and every day, we have a responsibility to learn the ongoing impacts of colonization on this land colonially known as "Canad". Here are some books to read for National Truth and Reconciliation Day and all days with titles: 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #DiverseCanLit
Some Books for Truth and Reconciliation Day · Lists · 49th Shelf
Books to read for National Truth and Reconciliation Day 2025
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September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today and every day, we have a responsibility to learn the ongoing impacts of colonization on this land colonially known as "Canad". Here are some books to read for National Truth and Reconciliation Day and all days with titles: 49thshelf.com/Lists/Member... #DiverseCanLit
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(5/5) 🏆 Dana Claxton and Dr. Curtis Collins have won the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award for “Curve!: Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast” (@figure1publishing.bsky.social)
September 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
(5/5) 🏆 Dana Claxton and Dr. Curtis Collins have won the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award for “Curve!: Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast” (@figure1publishing.bsky.social)
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(4/5) 🏆 Sarah Leavitt has won the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes for “Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love” (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social)
September 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
(4/5) 🏆 Sarah Leavitt has won the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes for “Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love” (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social)
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(3/5) 🏆 Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson and Robert Davidson have won the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize for “A Haida Wedding” (@heritagehouse.bsky.social)
September 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
(3/5) 🏆 Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson and Robert Davidson have won the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize for “A Haida Wedding” (@heritagehouse.bsky.social)
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(2/5) 🏆 Vancouver poet Fred Wah is recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. Fred Wah has a long publishing history with @talonbooks.bsky.social.
🏆 Talonbooks' Leanne Dunic has also won an award - the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for “wet”
🏆 Talonbooks' Leanne Dunic has also won an award - the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for “wet”
September 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
(2/5) 🏆 Vancouver poet Fred Wah is recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. Fred Wah has a long publishing history with @talonbooks.bsky.social.
🏆 Talonbooks' Leanne Dunic has also won an award - the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for “wet”
🏆 Talonbooks' Leanne Dunic has also won an award - the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for “wet”
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Congratulations to Leanne Dunic on winning the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (@bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social) for her book "Wet."
You can read my interview with Leanne about the book over at @readlocalbc.bsky.social:
You can read my interview with Leanne about the book over at @readlocalbc.bsky.social:
Amphibious Poetics: An Interview with Leanne Dunic
Poets Leanne Dunic and Rob Taylor talk about genre-crossing art, mask wearing, and desire and restraint.
www.readlocalbc.ca
September 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Congratulations to Leanne Dunic on winning the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (@bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social) for her book "Wet."
You can read my interview with Leanne about the book over at @readlocalbc.bsky.social:
You can read my interview with Leanne about the book over at @readlocalbc.bsky.social:
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(1/5) The West Coast Book Prize Society announced the winners of the 41st @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social. 🏆 Congratulations to our members, @talonbooks.bsky.social, @heritagehouse.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, and @figure1publishing.bsky.social!
More details below and at buff.ly/ZxafZpf
More details below and at buff.ly/ZxafZpf
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September 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
(1/5) The West Coast Book Prize Society announced the winners of the 41st @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social. 🏆 Congratulations to our members, @talonbooks.bsky.social, @heritagehouse.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social, and @figure1publishing.bsky.social!
More details below and at buff.ly/ZxafZpf
More details below and at buff.ly/ZxafZpf
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I decided to read and review each of my fellow nominees for the BC Yukon Book Prize. Some seriously good books here! 😃 @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @sharigreen.bsky.social @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I decided to read and review each of my fellow nominees for the BC Yukon Book Prize. Some seriously good books here! 😃 @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @sharigreen.bsky.social @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social
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Beyond Canadian classics, contemporary authors like John Green and Emily Henry also have titles on the list.
#Books with 2SLGBTQ+ themes like Gender Queer and Two Boys Kissing are also deemed sexually explicit and will be removed.
#Books with 2SLGBTQ+ themes like Gender Queer and Two Boys Kissing are also deemed sexually explicit and will be removed.
August 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Beyond Canadian classics, contemporary authors like John Green and Emily Henry also have titles on the list.
#Books with 2SLGBTQ+ themes like Gender Queer and Two Boys Kissing are also deemed sexually explicit and will be removed.
#Books with 2SLGBTQ+ themes like Gender Queer and Two Boys Kissing are also deemed sexually explicit and will be removed.
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In #Edmonton, more than 200 books deemed sexually explicit are slated for removal from library shelves for students in kindergarten to Grade 12.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In #Edmonton, more than 200 books deemed sexually explicit are slated for removal from library shelves for students in kindergarten to Grade 12.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It's hard to watch our neighbours to the East ban books that aren't just important teaching tools, but also have helped students see themselves and build community. We stand with authors and readers who deserve the freedom to read!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...
www.cbc.ca
August 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's hard to watch our neighbours to the East ban books that aren't just important teaching tools, but also have helped students see themselves and build community. We stand with authors and readers who deserve the freedom to read!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Mark your calendars! September 21st is @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social 's 41st Gala! 🎉 More details and tickets here: buff.ly/6T4ZAeh
August 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Mark your calendars! September 21st is @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social 's 41st Gala! 🎉 More details and tickets here: buff.ly/6T4ZAeh
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Really looking forward to meeting the other local writers and readers at this event. In Enderby, BC, September 13! Let me know if you'll be there too!
August 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Really looking forward to meeting the other local writers and readers at this event. In Enderby, BC, September 13! Let me know if you'll be there too!
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We’re thrilled to welcome these authors to #VWF2025 in October!
∙ Linda Bailey
∙ Martha Bátiz @mbatiz.bsky.social
∙ Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social
∙ Vince Beiser @vincebeiser.bsky.social
∙ Billy-Ray Belcourt
∙ Michael Bennett
Browse the full list: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...
∙ Linda Bailey
∙ Martha Bátiz @mbatiz.bsky.social
∙ Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social
∙ Vince Beiser @vincebeiser.bsky.social
∙ Billy-Ray Belcourt
∙ Michael Bennett
Browse the full list: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...
August 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome these authors to #VWF2025 in October!
∙ Linda Bailey
∙ Martha Bátiz @mbatiz.bsky.social
∙ Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social
∙ Vince Beiser @vincebeiser.bsky.social
∙ Billy-Ray Belcourt
∙ Michael Bennett
Browse the full list: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...
∙ Linda Bailey
∙ Martha Bátiz @mbatiz.bsky.social
∙ Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social
∙ Vince Beiser @vincebeiser.bsky.social
∙ Billy-Ray Belcourt
∙ Michael Bennett
Browse the full list: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...
Submissions are open! If you published, wrote, or illustrated a book in 2025, be sure to consider submitting it for the 42 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! For more information visit: bcyukonbookprizes.com/how-to-enter/
August 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Submissions are open! If you published, wrote, or illustrated a book in 2025, be sure to consider submitting it for the 42 BC and Yukon Book Prizes! For more information visit: bcyukonbookprizes.com/how-to-enter/
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Congratulations to our affiliates: @sarahbleav.bsky.social & @zoewhittall.bsky.social on being shortlisted for this year's Lambda Literary Awards!
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...
Announcing the Finalists for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
This year marks 37 years
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August 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Congratulations to our affiliates: @sarahbleav.bsky.social & @zoewhittall.bsky.social on being shortlisted for this year's Lambda Literary Awards!
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Artisanal Writer's Sabyasachi Nag talks to Dallas Hunt about his newest poetry collection: Teeth artisanalwriter.com/2025/07/05/t...
Teeth
The title of the collection is meant to gesture at the many meanings of “teeth:” a smile, bearing one’s teeth as a sign of aggression, a bite (in its many valences and meanings). Given the many way…
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August 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Artisanal Writer's Sabyasachi Nag talks to Dallas Hunt about his newest poetry collection: Teeth artisanalwriter.com/2025/07/05/t...
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NeWest Press is excited to announce the launch of Barbour Books, our new speculative fiction imprint. Edited by award-winning author and scholar Jenna Butler. Authors looking to submit manuscripts to the imprint can do so now at our manuscript site.
#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit
#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit
August 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
NeWest Press is excited to announce the launch of Barbour Books, our new speculative fiction imprint. Edited by award-winning author and scholar Jenna Butler. Authors looking to submit manuscripts to the imprint can do so now at our manuscript site.
#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit
#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit
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Applications due in ten days!
The University of the Fraser Valley is looking for our 2026 Writer in Residence! The deadline is August 15th.
To learn more and to apply, visit: www.ufv.ca/english/writ...
To learn more and to apply, visit: www.ufv.ca/english/writ...
August 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Applications due in ten days!
Have you heard the most recent episodes of Writing the Coast? Over the past few weeks we've featured conversations with Kayla Czaga, Loghan Paylor, and Minelle Mahtani. Listen to these episodes and more here: soundcloud.com/bcyukonbookp...
Writing the Coast: BC & Yukon Book Prizes podcast
Welcome to Writing the Coast! This is the weekly podcast where we chat with the authors and illustrators of the books who make up the shortlist of the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. On the episodes
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August 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Have you heard the most recent episodes of Writing the Coast? Over the past few weeks we've featured conversations with Kayla Czaga, Loghan Paylor, and Minelle Mahtani. Listen to these episodes and more here: soundcloud.com/bcyukonbookp...