On April 16, the Saskatchewan Book Awards announced the shortlist nominations for the 2021 Awards, and we are pleased to see SaskBooks members very well represented on the shortlists.
SaskBooks members were recognized in the following categories:
First Book
Tiny Ruins by Nicole Haldoupis – Radiant Press
Road to La Prairie Rond by Cort Dogniez – Gabriel Dumont Institute Press
City of Regina Book Award
Loss of Indigenous Eden by Blair Stonechild – U of R Press
Genocidal Love by Bevann Fox – U of R Press
Indigenous Peoples Writing Award
Field Notes for the Self by Randy Lundy – U of R Press
Genocidal Love by Bevann Fox – U of R Press
Loss of Indigenous Eden by Blair Stonechild – U of R Press
Cry Wolf by Harold Johnson – U of R Press
Indigenous Peoples Publishing Award
Loss of Indigenous Eden by Blair Stonechild – U of R Press
Cry Wolf by Harold Johnson – U of R Press
Genocidal Love by Bevann Fox – U of R Press
Nakón-i’a wo!: Beginning Nakoda Vincent Collette (ed) with Armand McArthur and Wilma Kennedy – U of R Press
Saskatoon Book Award
Small Reckonings by Karin Melberg Schwier – Burton House Books
Fiction Award
Tiny Ruins by Nicole Haldoupis – Radiant Press
The Teller From the Tale by Ven Begamudre – Radiant Press
Non-Fiction Award
A Radiant Life by Merle Massie – U of R Press
Genocidal Love by Bevann Fox – U of R Press
Loss of Indigenous Eden by Blair Stonechild – U of R Press
Poetry Award
The Vivian Poems by Bruce Rice – Radiant Press
Field Notes for the Self by Randy Lundy – University of Regina Press
Publishing in Education
Road to La Prairie Ronde by Cort Dogniez – Gabriel Dumont Institute Press
The Gardener’s Universe by Victor Cicansky – MacKenzie Art Gallery
Arrows in a Quiver by James Frideres- U of R Press
Nakón-i’a wo!: Beginning Nakoda Vincent Collette (ed) with Armand McArthur and Wilma Kennedy – U of R Press
Publishing Award
Tiny Ruins by Nicole Haldoupis- Radiant Press
Nature’s Broken Clocks by Paul Huebener – U of R Press
Uncertain Harvest by Ian Mosby, Sarah Rotz, and Evan D.G. Fraser – U of R Press
Genocidal Love by Bevann Fox – U of R Press
Until We Are Free Edited by Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson, and Syrus Marcus Ware- U of R Press
Prix Du Livre Francais
Will & Ernest (la nouvelle plume) by Martine Noël-Maw.
Book of the Year
Genocidal Love by Bevann Fox – U of R Press
Field Notes for the Self by Randy Lundy – U of R Press
Tiny Ruins by Nicole Haldoupis- Radiant Press
All in all, SaskBooks members were recognized with 36 of the 64 shortlist nominations, or more than half. To see the full list of nominees, please visit the Shortlist Announcement.
The winners of the 2021 will be announced at an online ceremony on Thursday, June 17, 2021. Visit the SBA Facebook page to watch it live!
Congratulations to all the shortlist nominees, and good luck in June!
