Three USask authors among finalists for 2023 High Plains Book Awards

Three authors affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Arts and Science have been nominated for the 2023 High Plains Book Awards.

The nominees include USask professor emeritus David Carpenter (DLitt’18), Department of English professor Dr. Jeanette Lynes (PhD) and graduate Katherine Lawrence (MFA’17).

Carpenter is a finalist the Creative Nonfiction category for his memoir I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like.

Lynes is a finalist under the Woman Writer category for her book The Apothecary’s Garden. Her book was a Book of the Year finalist for the Saskatchewan Book Awards, as well as one of Indigo’s Most Anticipated books of 2022.

Lawrence, who is a graduate of the MFA in Writing program in the Department of English, is also a finalist in the Woman Writer category for Black Umbrella.

The High Plains Book Awards ceremony will be held in Billings, Mont. in October.

The High Plains Book Awards recognizes literary works, which “examine and reflect life on the High Plains.” Nominated works must be published by authors living in the High Plains region including, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta, as well as US states Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas.

Nominations are sorted under 12 categories that include art and photography, children’s books, fiction, non-fiction, poetry and short stories.

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