Twelve authors from Greater Victoria are nominated for 2012 Lieutenant GovernorB次元官网网址檚 BC Book Prizes. Books written by the authors have made the shortlist in all seven categories from childrenB次元官网网址檚 literature to adult fiction.
Colwood novelist Esi EdugyanB次元官网网址檚 book, Half-Blood Blues, about jazz musicians in the months leading up to the Second World War is nominated for the Ethel Wilson Prize for fiction. The book has already won the Giller Prize and is nominated for three other prestigious prizes, including the Man Booker. Her husband, Steven Price, is nominated in the same category for Into That Darkness.
Victoria-based food magazine editor Gary Hynes is nominated for the Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice award for Island Wineries of British Columbia, as is Robert Wiersema for Walk Like a Man: Coming of Age with the Music of Bruce Springsteen.
In poetry, North Saanich resident Patrick Lane is nominated for his Collected Poems, as is poet Susan McCaslin for Demeter Goes Skydiving.
Former Oak Bay resident now living on Thetis Island Gary Geddes is nominated for his non-fiction book, Drink the Bitter Root. Salt Spring Island author Sheryl Salloum is one of five authors vying for the Roderick Haig Regional Prize for her book, The Life and Art of Mildred Valley Thornton. Victoria author Mike DeasB次元官网网址� illustrated childrenB次元官网网址檚 book, Dalen&Gole: Scandal in Port Angus, published by VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 Orca Publishers, is up for a childrenB次元官网网址檚 literature prize.
Also published by Orca is Karen RiversB次元官网网址� What is Real, nominated in best non-illustrated childrenB次元官网网址檚 book. Victoria author Caitlyn VernonB次元官网网址檚 book about the Great Bear Rainforest is also shortlisted in that category.
BC Book Prizes gala will be held Saturday, May 12 in Vancouver.
