FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
CANADIAN BOOK CLUB AWARDS ANNOUNCES 2023 FINALISTS
Canada’s largest reader’s choice award sees strong turnout from BC authors
Vancouver, BC – Today, Canadian Book Club Awards (CBCA), Canada’s largest reader’s choice award, announces the finalists for its 2023 awards.
Following an extraordinary year that broke previous submission records, CBCA has selected the top three books in each of the 12 literary categories. Over the next three months, The Canadian Book Club Awards’ Verified Readers will read all finalists’ books within their chosen categories and vote for their top choices, determining the category winners.
“In a world where books are in constant competition for people’s attention – the number of readers and books participating in this year’s award is a wonderful indicator that books still have a stronghold on what entertainment we reach for.” Shares CBCA Program Director, Kristain Oliveria-Barnes.
The finalists for The 2023 Canadian Book Club Awards are:
FICTION
The List of Last Chances – Christina Myers (Caitlin Press)
Finding Callidora – Stella Leventoyannis Harvey (Signature Editions)
Stork Lake: Tales from a Wall of Hats – L.C. Reid (Independently Published)
NONFICTION/MEMOIR
Mom On Wheels – Marjorie Aunos (Ingenium Books Publishing)
Making the Rounds: Defying Norms in Love and Medicine – Patricia Grayhall (She Writes Press)
Fuse – Hollay Ghadery (Guernica Editions)
SPIRITUALITY/ HEALTH & WELLNESS
Does This Divorce Make Me Look Fat? – Marcella Dodge Webster (TSPA The Self Publishing Agency Inc)
Soul Excavation: An Exploration and Discovery of Self Through Fear, Failure, and Quantum Physics – Lesia Daria Kohut (Hybrid Global Publishing)
The Promise of Psychedelics: Science-Based Hope for Better Mental Health – Dr. Peter Silverstone (Ingenium Books Publishing Inc)
BUSINESS/SELF HELP
At Home Anywhere: Feel At Home Wherever Life Takes You – Rachael Lynn (The Dreamwork Collective)
It’s Not You It’s Your Brain (How mental processing limits your success) – Keith Cornies (AIM Consulting)
Seventeen To Millionaire – Douglas Price (Independently Published)
ANTHOLOGY
Music from a Strange Planet – Barbara Black (Caitlin Press)
Awfully Hilarious – Heather Hendrie (Independently Published)
The MomBabes: A Motherhood Anthology Volume 3 – Christina Walsh and Carolyn Turkington (TSPA, The Self Publishing Agency Inc.)
ROMANCE
How to Love Your Neighbor – Sophie Sullivan (St. Martin’s Griffin)
What’s Not Lost: A Novel. – Valerie Taylor (Aspetuck Publishing)
The Outcast – Eve. M Riley (Snugrox Publishing)
MYSTERY/THRILLER
All The Broken People – Amy Rivers (Compathy Press)
Box of Secrets – Susan Jane Wright (Ozzy Imprint)
2359 Hours – Jack B.S. North (SA Jeejeebhoy)
FANTASY/SCI-FI
The New Empire – Alison McBain (Woodhall Press)
Mantle of the World Ruler – Kate Gateley (Friesen Press)
Stage Fright – Diane L Kowalyshyn (Independently Published)
POETRY
Time Has Come – Graham Wardle (Guiding Light Publishing)
Blooming: Poetry for Seasons of Change – Chiara Mason (TSPA, The Self Publishing Agency Inc.)
Perfectly Flawed: poetry for change – Malak Kalmoni Chehab (FriesenPress)
CHILDRENS
The Three Canadian Pigs: A Hockey Story. – Jocelyn Watkinson (Sleeping Bear Press)
The Little Girl – Hieu Pham-Fraser (Friesen Press)
Igor Beaver – Don Smith (CritteraWeek)
EARLY READERS
The Dinosaur Encounter: The Alberta Episode – Lisa Oatway (Tellwell Talent)
River of Crows – N.P. Thompson (Inky Cove)
Monster Match: Frankinschool Book 1 – Caryn Rivadeneira (Red Chair Press)
YA
No Ordinary Cats – Lisa Erixon (Friesen Press)
In One Life and Out Another – J Mercer (Bare Ink)
Falling Star – Michele Kwasniewski (Rand-Smith)
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Winners will be announced in December 2023. For more information, visit thecanadianbookclubawards.ca. |
MEDIA INQUIRES:
The Canadian Book Club Awards
Kristain Oliveria-Barnes, Program Director
marketing@thecanadianbookclubawards.ca