Congratulations to all award recipients of the 2023 SaskBook Awards, held in Saskatoon on Thursday, May 4. A special shout-out to all the SWG members whose hard work really paid off this year.
Book of the Year Award
• Only in Saskatchewan (Touchwood Editions) by Naomi Hansen
Fiction Award
• What is Written on the Tongue (ECW Press) by Anne Lazurko
First Book Award
• Only in Saskatchewan (Touchwood Editions) by Naomi Hansen
Indigenous Peoples’ Publishing Award
• Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing for nimosôm anima--nimihšōmihš taminciwēnciman: Grandfather’s Reminder by Alberta-Rose Bear and Kathleen O’Reilly
Indigenous Peoples’ Writing Award
• The Boy From Buzwah: A Life In Indian Education (University of Regina Press) by Cecil King
Nonfiction Award
• The Sunday Book (Palimpsest Press) by Michael Trussler
Poetry Award
• The History Forest (University of Regina Press) by Michael Trussler
Le Prix du Livre Français
• mon écologie (Les Éditions du Blé) by Alasdair Rees
Publishing Award
• Radiant Press for Bodies in Trouble by Diane Carley
Publishing in Education Award
• Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing for nimosôm anima--nimihšōmihš taminciwēnciman: Grandfather’s Reminder by Alberta-Rose Bear and Kathleen O’Reilly
City of Regina Book Award
• The Sunday Book (Palimpsest Press) by Michael Trussler
City of Saskatoon Book Award
• Same Ground (ECW Press) by Russell Wangersky
Scholarly Writing Award
• From Left to Right: Saskatchewan's Political and Economic Transformation
(University of Regina Press) by Dale Eisler
Young Adult Literature Award
• Sisters of the Wolf (Dundurn Press) by Patricia Miller-Schroeder