The short list of local authors has been unveiled for the City of VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Butler Book Prize and Bolen BooksB次元官网网址� ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Book Prize.
The winners of both prizes receive $5,000 each in recognition of the best literary work in fiction, non-fiction and poetry, and in childrenB次元官网网址檚 literature respectively.
A gala event to announce the winners will take place Oct. 10 at the Union Club of B.C. at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $15 and are available at Bolen Books in Hillside Mall, IvyB次元官网网址檚 Bookshop at 2188 Oak Bay Ave., MunroB次元官网网址檚 Books at 1108 Government St. and from the Victoria Book Prize Society by calling 250-589-8430.
City of Victoria Butler Book Prize finalists include: William Deverell, IB次元官网网址檒l See You in My Dreams (fiction), published by McClelland & Stewart; Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues (fiction), published by Thomas Allen Publishers; Rachel Fisher, Heather Stretch and Robin Tunnicliffe, All the Dirt: Reflections on Organic Farming (non-fiction), published by TouchWood Editions; Madeline Sonik, Afflictions and Departures (non-fiction), published by Anvil Press and Mark Zuehlke, Breakout from Juno: Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign, July 4-August 21, 1944 (non-fiction), published by Douglas & McIntyre.
Bolen Books ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Book Prize finalists include: Kit Pearson, The Whole Truth (fiction), published by Harper Collins; Pamela Porter, IB次元官网网址檒l Be Watching (fiction), published by Groundwood Books and Caitlyn Vernon, Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest (non-fiction), published by Orca Book Publishers.
