Category Archives: awards
Oy Vey! Deadline approaching for funniest book award
The deadline for entries for the second bi-annual Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’ sBook Award is October 24, 2018 (AKA International BolognaDay). There are TWO prizes now! Please see below for details . . . Joan … Continue reading
Graphic novel about the rescue of Jewish children wins award
Kathryn Shoemaker and Irene N. Watts have won a second award for their graphic novel Seeking Refuge, published by Tradewind Books. The book has won in the category of “Children & Youth” for the Jonathan & Heather Berkowitz Prize. Seeking Refuge … Continue reading
Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize 2018
Congratulations to BC Book Prizes finalists Norma Charles and Kallie George, who are shortlisted for the 2018 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize! Runner: Harry Jerome, World’s Fastest Man by Norma Charles Publisher: Red Deer Press Harry Jerome is one … Continue reading
Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature Honours Irene Watts and Kathryn Shoemaker
Following a successful re-launch in 2016, the Vine Awards for Jewish Literature honoured four Canadian writers on October 3rd, 2017 at the Park Hyatt in Toronto. Each of the winning authors at the luncheon was presented with a unique glass Vine Awards … Continue reading
Glen Huser: CWILL BC’s president loves “offbeat humour,” by Pam Withers
With a schoolteacher mother who wrote poetry, perhaps Glen Huser was always destined to be a writer. “She read to us every night. We definitely grew up with literature around us.” The second of four children, Glen grew up in … Continue reading
2018 Celebration of Award Winning Children’s Authors and Illustrators
The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable and CWILL BC invite you to their 2018 Celebration of Award Winning BC Children’s Authors and Illustrators: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 | 7 – 9 pm University Golf Club | Point Grey Room 5185 University … Continue reading
