For 12 years, the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards have been celebrating excellence in Newfoundland and Labrador writing. Awards are given for children’s/young adult literature and for fiction in even numbered years, and in alternating, odd-numbered years for non-fiction and for poetry.
Since 2006, the awards have been presented jointly by the Writers’ Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Literary Arts Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Literary Arts Foundation thanks the sponsors and supporters whose generosity allows us to celebrate and honour the creative achievements of our writers.
2009 Winners - Congratulations!
Rogers Cable Award for Non-Fiction, sponsored by Rogers Cable
Winner
♦ Russell Wangersky, Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself (Thomas Allen, 2008)
Runners Up:
♦ Ray Guy for Ray Guy: The Smallwood Years (Boulder Publications, 2008)
♦ Marie Wadden for Where the Pavement Ends (Douglas & McIntyre, 2008)
EJ Pratt Award for Poetry, sponsored by Kathy Legrow, KA Pratt Group of Companies
Winner
♦ Randall Maggs, Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems (Brick, 2008)
Runners Up:
♦ Agnes Walsh,Going Around with Bachelors (Brick Books, 2007)
♦ George Murray, The Rush to Here (Nightwood Editions, 2007)
Thanks to our sponsors, and to Distinguished Patron of the Awards, The Honourable John C. Crosbie, PC, OC, ONL, QC, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, for hosting the award. Also, thanks to The Telegram for their continuing generous support of the awards, and Alex Pierson for his fantastic new design of the posters, bookmarks and ads!
2008 Winners
Bruneau Family Children’s/Young Adult Literature Award, sponsored by the Bruneau Family
Winner
Janet McNaughton, The Raintree Rebellion (HarperCollins Canada, 2006)
Runners Up:
♦ Catherine Hogan Safer, What if Your Mom Made Raisin Buns (Creative Book Publishing, 2006)
♦ Robin McGrath, Livyers World (Creative Book Publishing, 2007)
Downhome Fiction Award, sponsored by Downhome Inc.
Winner
Bernice Morgan, Cloud of Bone (Knopf Canada, 2007)
Runners Up:
♦ Russell Wangersky,The Hour of Bad Decisions (Coteau Books, 2006)
♦ Kathleen Winter, boYs (Biblioasis, 2007)
Distinguished Patron of the Awards, The Honourable John C. Crosbie, PC, OC, ONL, QC, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, presented a cheque for $1,500 to each winner and for $500 to each finalist at Government House on May 26, 2008.
Vivid Communications and The Telegram generously support the awards with in-kind contributions.
2007 Winners
Rogers Cable Non-fiction Award, sponsored by Rogers Cable
Winner
Gerhard P. Bassler, Vikings to U-Boats: The German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006)
E. J. Pratt Poetry Award, sponsored by Kathy LeGrow, LeGrow Travel
Winner
Patrick Warner, There, there (Véhicule Press, 2005)
For more on the 2007 awards, see the press release. To see a list of all past winners, click here.
