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CBA Libris Awards
2010
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TORONTO (29 May 2010) – It was Atlantic Canada’s
year, as Newfoundland-born author Linden MacIntyre and
Halifax bookstores Bookmark II and Woozles Ltd. found
themselves among the big winners at Canadian Booksellers
Association’s (CBA's)
Libris Awards 2010 Presentation, which took place on May 29, at the
Delta Toronto Airport West Hotel during
CBA’s
National Conference, in a gala event hosted by CBC Radio One’s
Shelagh Rogers.
Unique in their commitment to acknowledging the best among the
talented professionals who deliver great books to Canadian readers,
and nominated and voted on by members of the Canadian bookselling
community, CBA Libris Awards honour outstanding achievement by
authors and editors, sales reps and distributors, booksellers and
publishers.
Linden MacIntyre was the night’s only double-winner.
His critically acclaimed The Bishop’s Man won the Fiction
Book of the Year Award, and he won Author of the Year
honours for his outstanding literary work and his contribution to
Canadian culture and support of the
bookselling industry. Winning in this year’s revised
children’s book categories—Picture Book and Young Readers’
Book of the Year—were When Stella Was Very, Very Small
(Marie-Louise Gay, Groundwood Books) and Vanishing Girl: The
Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Third Case (Shane Peacock, Tundra
Books).
In the Non-fiction category anthropologist Wade Davis’
exploration of the wisdom of the world's indigenous cultures,
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
(House of Anansi Press), came out on top.
This year’s Sales Rep winner, covering the Prairies, was
Kate Walker & Company’s Rorie Bruce, and the Editor of the
Year recipient (for the second year in a row) was Cormorant
Books’ Marc Côté.
In the Bookseller categories, winners include
Specialty
Bookseller of the Year
honouree Woozles Ltd. (Halifax) and The Book Store at
Western (London ON), which took The Campus Bookseller of
the Year title. The industry’s pick for Bookseller of the Year
is Bookmark II (Halifax).
In the publishing arena, the reigning Small Press and
Publisher of the Year are Toronto’s Coach House Books
and House of Anansi Press (for the second year in a row),
respectively, while Raincoast Book Distribution has earned
Distributor of the Year bragging rights.
This year’s ceremony featured the presentation of a brand new award:
Chase Paymentech Young Bookseller of the Year, recognizing
outstanding achievement from a bookseller under 30, which was
awarded to Mandy Brouse from
Words Worth Books in Waterloo, ON.
CBA Libris Awards 2010 – The Winners
Bookseller of the Year
Presented in Memory of Roy Britnell
Bookmark II, Halifax, NS
Campus Bookseller of the Year
The Book Store at Western, London, ON
Specialty Bookseller of the Year
Woozles Ltd., Halifax, NS
Fiction Book of the Year
The Bishop’s Man, by Linden MacIntyre (Random House Canada)
Non-Fiction Book of the Year
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World,
by Wade Davis (House of Anansi Press)
Author of the Year
Linden MacIntyre
Children’s Picture Book of the Year
When Stella Was Very, Very Small, By Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood
Books)
Young Readers’ Book of the Year
Vanishing Girl: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Third Case, by
Shane Peacock (Tundra Books)
Small Press Publisher of the Year
Coach House Books
Publisher of the Year
House of Anansi Press
Distributor of the Year
Raincoast Book Distribution Ltd.
Editor of the Year
Marc Côté, Cormorant Books
Sales Representative of the Year
Presented in Memory of Gordon S. Garner (Prairie Region)
Rorie Bruce, Kate Walker & Company
Chase Paymentech Young Bookseller of the Year
Mandy Brouse, Words Worth Books, Waterloo, ON
View
the CBA Libris Awards 2010 Shortlist
View profiles of the 2010 CBA Libris Awards nominees
For more information on CBA Libris Awards Reception and
Presentation, please contact CBA at 416-467-7883, ext. 230, or
esinkins@cbabook.org.
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