The winners of this year’s BC Book Prizes were feted at a gala April 26 at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver. Prizes were awarded in seven categories at the ceremony, where the annual Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence was also presented.
Ian McAllister, who won the Booksellers Choice Award for his memoir The Last Wild Wolves (Greystone Books), and Harbour Publishing owner Howard White.
Fiction nominees Heather Burt and Mary Novik. Novik won for her historical novel Conceit (Doubleday Canada).
George McWhirter, poetry nominee and poet laureate of Vancouver.
Author and award presenter Dennis Foon with Meg Tilly, a finalist for her kids’ book Porcupine (Tundra Books).
Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence recipient Gary Geddes, West Coast Book Prize Society president Sally Harding, and B.C. Lieutenant Governor Steven Point.
Illustrated children’s literature finalist Lisa Cinar, author Michael Turner, and poetry finalist Gillian Wigmore.
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