Writers shortlisted for Sask Book Awards
College of Arts & Science faculty, students and alumni have been honoured with nominations for the 2017 awards
The Saskatchewan Book Awards celebrate authors and publishers in the province through the granting of awards annually based upon artistic excellence. The College of Arts & Science is a sponsor of the Jennifer Welsh Scholarly Writing Award, named in honour of one of the college’s alumni of influence. Welsh (BA’87) is the author of The Return of History and was the 2016 Massey lecturer.
The college congratulates its faculty, students and alumni with books on the 2017 Saskatchewan Book Award shortlist:
Regina Public Library Book of the Year Award
A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905 (Fifth House Publishers) by Bill Waiser (professor emeritus, MA’76, PhD’83, DLitt’10)
Never Mind (Turnstone Press) by Katherine Lawrence (student, MFA in writing)
Muslims for Peace and Justice Fiction Award
New Albion (Coteau Books) by Dwayne Brenna (professor, Department of Drama)
University of Saskatchewan Non-Fiction Award
100 Days of Cree (University of Regina Press) by Neal McLeod (BA’92, MA’96) with Arok Wolvengrey
A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905 (Fifth House Publishers) by Bill Waiser (professor emeritus, MA’76, PhD’83, DLitt’10)
Towards a Prairie Atonement (University of Regina Press) by Trevor Herriot (BA’79)
Young Adult Literature Award
Flickers (HarperCollins) by Arthur Slade (BA‘89)
City of Saskatoon and Public Library Saskatoon Book Award
A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905 (Fifth House Publishers) by Bill Waiser (professor emeritus, MA’76, PhD’83, DLitt’10)
Never Mind (Turnstone Press) by Katherine Lawrence (student, MFA in writing)
City of Regina Book Award
Fault Lines: Life and Landscape in Saskatchewan's Oil Economy (University of Manitoba Press) by Emily Eaton (BA’02) with photographs by Valerie Zink
Towards a Prairie Atonement (University of Regina Press) by Trevor Herriot (BA’79)
Prix du livre français
La voix de mon père (Éditions de la nouvelle plume) by Madeleine Blais-Dahlem (BA‘67, MA’71)
View the complete 2017 shortlist at the Saskatchewan Book Awards website. Winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in Regina on April 29, 2017.
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