Libris Award

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Canadian literary award

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A Libris Award is a prize for Canadian literature. It is awarded by the Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) on an annual basis. Nominations are solicited from CBA members, and the three candidates with the most nominations are put to a vote.

There are 13 categories of awards available:

  1. Author
  2. Fiction Book
  3. Non-Fiction Book
  4. Specialty Bookseller
  5. Campus Bookseller
  6. Bookseller
  7. Editor
  8. Salesperson
  9. Distributor
  10. Small Press Publisher
  11. Publisher
  12. Children's Book
  13. Young Readers' Book

The CBA Lifetime Achievement Award is also associated with the Libris Awards, although not officially a category.

The awards are presented at the national CBA conference gala. Notable previous winners include Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, senator and former United Nations peacekeeping commander Roméo Dallaire, politician and diplomat Stephen Lewis, and environmentalist David Suzuki.

The bookseller awards, meant to recognize "excellence in book retailing",

References

References

  1. "CBA Libris Awards Criteria". CBA.
  2. "Stephen King CBA Libris Award". Clive Barker.
  3. (2 April 2010). "Lyon, Macintyre, Crummey vie for Libris award". CBC.
  4. "Congratulations to the Winners of CBA Libris Awards 2004". CBA.
  5. "Congratulations to the Winners of CBA Libris Awards 2006". CBA.
  6. "Congratulations to the Winners of CBA Libris Awards 2007". CBA.
  7. "CBA Libris Award Winners, 1998–2002". CBA.
  8. Medley, Mark. (2 June 2011). "The end of bookstores?". National Post.

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