The Saskatchewan Book Awards announced the shortlist nominations for the 30th annual Awards at the Regina Public Library with the Saskatchewan Writers Guild on March 24, 2023. SaskBooks members were recognized with 33 of the 65 shortlist nominations. SaskBooks is once again pleased to sponsor the Publishing in Education Award.
The winners of the 2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards will be announced on May 4th, 2023 in Saskatoon in partnership with the Saskatchewan Library Association. For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.bookawards.sk.ca.
SaskBooks members were recognized in the following categories:
First Book Award:
Cathedral of Stars: A Memoir of Home and Faith on the Move by Gloria Engel (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
Thickwood by Gayle M. Smith (Shadowpaw Press)
Non-Fiction Award:
I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like by David Carpenter (Thistledown Press)
Owóknage: The Story of Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation by Cega̔ K´iɳna Nakoda Oyáté (Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation) (University of Regina Press)
The Boy From Buzwah: A Life in Indian Education by Cecil King (University of Regina Press)
Scholarly Writing Award:
From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political And Economic Transformation by Dale Eisler (University of Regina Press)
Owóknage: The Story of Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation by Cega̔ K´iɳna Nakoda Oyáté (Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation) (University of Regina Press)
Saskatoon Award:
I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like by David Carpenter (Thistledown Press)
Regina Award:
Shepherd’s Call by Angie Counios and David Gane (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
The History Forest by Michael Trussler (University of Regina Press)
Poetry Award:
Shimmers of Light: New and Selected Poems by Robert Currie (Thistledown Press)
The History Forest by Michael Trussler (University of Regina Press)
Publishing in Education Award:
University of Regina Press for âhkami-nêhiyawêtân: Let’s Keep Speaking Cree by Solomon Ratt
University of Regina Press for kayās nōhcīn: I Come from a Long Time Back by Mary Louise Rockthunder
University of Regina Press for nēhiyawētān kīkināhk: Speaking Cree In The Home by Belinda Daniels and Andrea Custer
University of Regina Press for Walking Together: The Future of Indigenous Child Welfare on the Prairies by Jason Albert, Dorothy Badry, Don Fuchs, et al.
Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing for nimosôm anima | nimihšōmihš ta-minciwēnciman: Grandfather’s Reminder by Alberta-Rose Bear and Kathleen O’Reilly
Publishing Award:
Radiant Press for Bodies in Trouble by Diane Carley
Thistledown Press for The Elephant on Karlův Bridge by Thomas Trofimuk
University of Regina Press for The Ecological Buffalo: On The Trail Of A Keystone Species by Wes Olson and Johane Janelle
University of Regina Press for kayās nōhcīn: I Come from a Long Time Back by Mary Louise Rockthunder
University of Regina Press for Owóknage: The Story of Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation by Cega̔ K´iɳna Nakoda Oyáté (Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation)
Indigenous Publishing Award:
University of Regina Press for Owóknage: The Story of Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation by Cega̔ K´iɳna Nakoda Oyáté (Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation)
University of Regina Press for kayās nōhcīn: I Come from a Long Time Back by Mary Louise Rockthunder
University of Regina Press for The Boy From Buzwah: A Life in Indian Education by Cecil King
Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing for nimosôm anima | nimihšōmihš ta-minciwēnciman: Grandfather’s Reminder by Alberta-Rose Bear and Kathleen O’Reilly
Indigenous Writing Award:
nimosôm anima | nimihšōmihš ta-minciwēnciman: Grandfather’s Reminder by Alberta-Rose Bear and Kathleen O’Reilly (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
The Boy From Buzwah: A Life in Indian Education by Cecil King (University of Regina Press)
Young Adult Award:
Star Song by Edward Willett (Shadowpaw Press)
Fiction Award:
Danceland Diary by dee Hobsbawn-Smith (Radiant Press)
Prix du livre français:
Départs by David Baudemont (Les Editions de la nouvelle plume)
Le Grand Barrage by Jean-Pierre Picard (Les Editions de la nouvelle plume)
Book of the Year Award:
The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney by Rik McWhinney (University of Regina Press)
SaskBooks members secured over half the nominations in this year’s Awards– well done!. The winners of the 2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards will be celebrated on May 4th, 2023 in Saskatoon as part of the Saskatchewan Library Association Conference. For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.bookawards.sk.ca.
To see the full list of nominees, please visit www.bookawards.sk.ca
Congratulations to all the shortlist nominees and good luck in May!
