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2022 Alberta Book Publishing Awards winners announced

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA) announced the winners of the 2022 Alberta Book Publishing Awards at a live gala at Hotel Arts in Calgary on September 16.

Among the winners were The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour by Dawn Dumont for trade fiction book of the year and Impact: Women Writing After Concussion, edited by E. D. Morin and Jane Cawthorne, for trade non-fiction book of the year. The newly renamed Douglas Barbour Award for Speculative Fiction was awarded to Water: Selkies, Sirens, and Sea Monsters edited by Rhonda Parrish, and there was an unusual tie for book design (Coconut by Nisha Patel and On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s Pilgrimage by Ken Haigh).

Edmonton-based Laberinto Press was named the emerging publisher of the year and the award for lifetime achievement was given to Carol Holmes, the former executive director of the Writers Guild of Alberta, for her long-standing contributions to Alberta’s literary and publishing community.

The full list of winners follows:
 
Learning Book of the Year
  • Introduction to Early Childhood Education and Care: An Intercultural Perspective by Carole Massing and Mary Lynne Matheson (Brush Education)
Trade Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Trade Fiction Book of the Year
Douglas Barbour Award for Speculative Fiction
  • Water: Selkies, Sirens, and Sea Monsters edited by Rhonda Parrish (Tyche Books )
Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry
Graphic Novel of the Year

Children’s & Young Adult Book of the Year

Scholarly & Academic Book of the Year
Regional Book of the Year
Book Cover Design
  • The Party Is Here by Georgina Beaty; design by Natalie Olsen/Kisscut Design (Freehand Books)
Book Illustration
Book Design
  • Coconut by Nisha Patel; designed by Natalie Olsen/Kisscut Design (NeWest Press)
  • On Foot to Canterbury: A Son’s Pilgrimage by Ken Haigh; designed by Alan Brownoff (University of Alberta Press)

Emerging Publisher of the Year

  • Laberinto Press, Publisher Luciana Erregue Sacchi
Lifetime Achievement in Publishing Award
  • Carol Holmes
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