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FICTION AWARDS

The Slap

Let the Great World Spin

Far North

Wolf Hall

The Corrections

Home

The Book of Negroes

Coventry

The Colour of Lightning

Wanting

The Lacuna

2009 National Book Award
Winner
Let the Great World Spin - Collum McCann
Finalist
Far North - Marcel Theroux

2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Winner

Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Overall Best Book Award
Winner 

The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
Shortlisted
Breath - Tim Winton

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
Selection

Let the Great World Spin - Collum McCann
The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

The Seattle Times Best Books of 2009
Selection

The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

New York Magazine's Best Books of 2009
Selection
This is How - M.J Hyland

The Chicago Tribune Favourite Fiction of 2009
Selection

The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

2009 Globe and Mail Top Books
Selection
Suddenly - Bonnie Burnard
The Colour of Lightning - Paulette Jiles

The Times Hundred Best Books of the Decade
Selection

The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
Home - Marilynne Robinson

Entertainment Weekly's list of 10 Best Books of the Decade
Selection

The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen

Canada Reads 2009
Winner

The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill

2009 Orange Prize for Fiction
Winner

Home - Marilynne Robinson

2009 Trillium Book Award
Finalist

Coventry - Helen Humphreys

2009 Giller Prize
Longlisted

The Colour of Lightning - Paulette Jiles

2009 OLA Evergreen Award
Winner of the Distinction of Honour Book

Coventry - Helen Humphreys

2009 The Miles Franklin Literary Award
Shorlisted

Wanting - Richard Flanagan
The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
Breath - Tim Winton

2009 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
Shorlisted

The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas

2009 Book-of-the-Month First Fiction Award
Winner

A Reliable Wife - Robert Goolrick

21st Annual Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Fiction Category)
Winner

The Sealed Letter - Emma Donoghue

2010 National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award
Winner

Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

2010 Orange Prize for Fiction
Winner

The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver
Shortlisted
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
Longlisted
Twisted Heart - Rebecca Gowers
This is How - M.J Hyland

2010 PEN/Faulkner Award
Shortlisted

The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver

2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Shortlisted

Home - Marilynne Robinson
Out Backward - Ross Raisin

2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (South Asia and Europe Category)
Shortlisted

The Hungry Ghosts - Anne Berry

2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award
Shortlisted

Far North - Marcel Theroux

2010 Arthur Ellis Award (First Novel Category)
Shortlisted

Darkness at the Stroke of Noon - Dennis Richard Murphy

2010 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
Shortlisted

Atmospheric Disturbances - Rivka Galchen

2010 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Winner

Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

CHILDRENS AWARDS

Thora and the Green Sea-Unicorn

Wondrous Strange

The Hunchback Assignments

Airborn

Getting the Girl

Chanda's Wars

Night Runner

Starclimber

Not Suitable for Family Viewing

Farley Follows his Nose

The Odds Get Even

Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter

The Ship of Lost Souls

2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards
Finalist

The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade

2009 Blue Spruce Award
Shortlisted

Farley Follows His Nose - Lynn Johnston and Beth Cruickshank
The King's Taster - Kenneth Oppel

2009/2010 Red Cedar Book Award
Shortlisted

Darkwing - Kenneth Oppel
Thora and the Green Sea-Unicorn - Gillian Johnson

2009 White Pine Award
Shortlisted

Wondrous Strange - Lesley Livingston

2009 Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and Teens
Selection

The One and Only Zoe Lama - Tish Cohen
Starclimber - Kenneth Oppel
Jolted - Arthur Slade

2009 Virginia's Readers Choice Award (Middle-Grade Category)
Winner

Airborn - Kenneth Oppel

2009 Silver Birch Award
Shortlisted

Jolted - Arthur Slade

2009 Sunburst Award (Young Adult Category)
Shortlisted

Night Runner - Max Turner

2009 Red Maple Award
Shortlisted

Night Runner - Max Turner
Starclimber - Kenneth Oppel

2009 Edgar Award (Young Adult Category)
Shortlisted

Getting the Girl - Susan Juby

2009 White Ravens/International Youth Library Award (Canadian Library Association)
Shortlisted

Getting the Girl - Susan Juby

2009/2010 Stellar Book Award (B.C.'s Teen Readers' Choice Award)
Shortlisted

Another Kind of Cowboy - Susan Juby

2009 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award
Shortlisted

Starclimber - Kenneth Oppel

2009 Children's Book of the Year (Canadian Library Association)
Shortlisted

Starclimber - Kenneth Oppel

2009 IODE Violet Downey Award
Shortlisted

Starclimber - Kenneth Oppel

2009 CLA Young Adult Book Award
Winner

Chanda's Wars - Allan Stratton
Shortlisted
After River - Donna Milner

2010 CLA Young Adult Book Award
Winner

Wondrous Strange - Lesley Livingstone
Finalist
Not Suitable for Family Viewing - Vicki Grant
Haunted - Barbara Haworth-Attard
Dragon Seer - Janet McNaughton
The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade

2010 Rocky Mountain Book Award
Shortlisted

Jolted - Arthur Slade

2010 Arthur Ellis Awards (Best Juvenile Category)
Shortlisted

Getting the Girl - Susan Juby
Not Suitable for Family Viewing - Vicki Grant
Haunted - Barbara Haworth-Attard
The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade

2010 IODE Violet Downey Award
Shortlisted

The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade

2010 Book of the Year for Children Award
Finalist

Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter - R.J. Anderson
Dragon Seer - Janet McNaughton
The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade

2010 Snow Willow Award
Shortlisted

The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade
Not Suitable for Family Viewing - Vicki Grant

2010 Diamond Willow Award
Shortlisted

Jolted - Arthur Slade

2010 White Pine Award
Shortlisted

Getting the Girl - Susan Juby

2010 Forest of Reading Award
White Pine Honour Book

Wondrous Strange - Lesley Livingstone

2010 Shining Willow Award
Shortlisted

Farley Follows His Nose - Lynn Johnston and Beth Cruikshank

2010 Sheila E. Egoff Award for Children's Literature
Shortlisted

The Ship of Lost Souls - Rachelle Delaney

2010 Silver Birch Award
Shortlisted

The Odds Get Even - Natalie Ghent

2010 B.C. Chocolate Lily Award
Shortlisted

The Ship of Lost Souls - Rachelle Delaney

2010 Bookland Press Emerging Writer Award
Winner

The Ship of Lost Souls - Rachelle Delaney

2011 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award
Shortlisted

The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade
Not Suitable for Family Viewing - Vicki Grant
Faery Rebels: Spell Hunter - R.J. Anderson


NON FICTION AWARDS

The Man Who Forgot How to Read

Grass, Sky, Song

Manhood for Amateurs

Freakonomics

French Taste

Bottomfeeder

Anita Stewart's Canada

The Curse of the Labrador Duck

A Soldier First

The Weight of a Mustard Seed

The Girl in Saskatoon

CBC Radio's National Book Club
Featured

The Man Who Forgot How to Read- Howard Engel

2009 Globe and Mail Top Books
Selection

Manhood for Amateurs - Micheal Chabon
Grass, Sky, Song - Trevor Herriot
A Soldier First - General Rick Hillier

The Times' Hundred Best Books of the Decade
Selection

Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009
The Weight of a Mustard Seed - Wendell Steavenson

The Quill and Quire Top 15 Books of 2009
Grass, Sky, Song - Trevor Herriot

2009 Saskatchewan Book Awards (Non-Fiction Book Award and Regina Book Award)
Winner

Grass, Sky, Song - Trevor Herriot

Best French Cuisine Cookbook category - Canada (Gourmand World Cookbook Awards)
Winner

French Taste - Laura Calder

Canadian Culinary Book Awards (Silver - Special Interest Category)
Winner

Bottomfeeder - Taras Grescoe

2009 IACP Cookbook Awards (Literary Food Writing Category)
Winner

Bottomfeeder - Taras Grescoe

Golden Whisk Award - The Toronto Star's Top 10 Recipes of the Year (Beef Bourguinon recipe)
Winner

Anita Stewart's Canada - Anita Stewart

Canadian Culinary Book Awards (Gold - Canadian Food Culture Category)
Winner

Anita Stewart's Canada - Anita Stewart

Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize
Finalist

Grass, Sky, Song - Trevor Herriot

Governor General's Literary Award
Finalist

Grass, Sky, Song - Trevor Herriot

Arthur Ellis Awards (Best Non-Fiction Category)
Shortlisted

The Girl in Saskatoon - Sharon Butala

2009 National Business Book Award
Shortlisted

Izzy - Peter C. Newman
Relentless - Ted Rogers

CAA/Lela Common Award for Canadian History (Canadian Author Association Awards)
Shortlisted

The Fighting Canadians - David J. Bercuson

2010 James Beard Award (Television Show, In Studio or Fixed Location)
Winner

French Food at Home - Laura Calder

2010 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (Non-Fiction)
Shortlisted

The Curse of the Labrador Duck - Glen Chilton
Grass, Sky, Song - Trevor Herriot
Bottomfeeder - Taras Grescoe

2010 CBA Libris Awards (Non-Fiction Book of the Year)
Shortlisted

Playing with Fire - Theoren Fleury and Kirstie McClellan Day
A Soldier First - General Rick Hillier

2010 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award (Manitoba Book Awards)
Shortlisted

Grizzlyville - Jake MacDonald

2010 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction (Manitoba Book Awards)
Shortlisted

Grizzlyville - Jake MacDonald

2010 National Business Book Award
Shortlisted

Laying it on the Line - Buzz Hargrove

2010 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor
Shortlisted

The Curse of the Labrador Duck - Glen Chilton

Gold Ladle Award - 2010 Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards (Best Food Book)
Finalist

Bottomfeeder - Taras Grescoe

Gold Ladle Award - 2010 Le Cordon Bleu World Food Media Awards (Best Hardcover Cookbook Over 35 Euro)
Finalist

French Taste - Laura Calder