FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2025

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: THE 2026 CANADIAN BOOK CLUB AWARDS

We’ve skipped a ChatGPT supported press release in the name of true literary celebration. 

The Canadian Book Club Awards are proud to announce the winners of Canada’s largest reader’s choice awards. 


CANADA – In a social and media news climate that is riddled with generalized information from language learning modules, surface-level captions, and 15-second clips, The Canadian Book Club Awards are injecting the success of this year’s most enjoyed books as voted on by Canadian readers. 

We say it every year, because it’s true:

The Canadian Book Club Awards are in its 8th year of eye-opening growth in both the number of books and readers participating in the awards.

2 reasons the CBCA’s differ from other national awards: 

  1. Finalists and winners are voted on by readers, not a literary panel or committee.

  2. The awards are publishing agnostic. Meaning, books can be submitted by authors, publishers, independent presses or self-published authors.

2 noteworthy statistics about this year’s submissions and winners: 

  1. There was a 50/50 split of independently published and trade published titles submitted.

  2. 82% of the titles submitted were written by Canadian authors. CBCA is open to authors worldwide, but judged exclusively by Canadian readers.

What people are saying about the awards: 

“As Mark Carney recently highlighted in his address in Davos, Canada has THE most educated population in the world.” Reflects Megan Williams, CBCA Board Chair. “And education begins and continues with literacy. The year-over-year growth of a reader’s choice awards like these, indicates just how willing and open Canadians are to expand their literacy and support of the literary arts.” 

HERE ARE THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 CANADIAN BOOK CLUB AWARDS:

Fiction

  • Monday Rent Boy — Susan Doherty (Random House Canada)

Romance

  • Two Weeks in Toronto — Amelia Doyle (BRINKLEY Verlag)


Thriller / Mystery

  • Red Herrings — Gail Hulnick (The WindWord Group)


Sci-Fi / Fantasy

  • Chaos Calling — E.M. Williams (Circle Star Publishing)


Young Adult (YA)

  • A Thief Among Liars — E.A. Whyte (Independently Published)


Non-Fiction / Memoir

  • Halfway Home — Christina Myers (House of Anansi Press)


Non-Fiction / Education

  • Disability Is Human: The Vital Power of Accessibility in Everyday Life — Stephanie W. Cawthon (TSPA The Self Publishing Agency)


Business / Self-Help

  • Startup Different — David Sinkinson (Page Two Press)

Spirituality / Wellness

  • Five Minute Psychotherapy Techniques — Jenny H. Hsueh (FriesenPress)

Poetry

  • No More Second Chances: poems to heal your heart — Chiara Mason (TSPA The Self Publishing Agency)

Anthology / Short Story

  • The Broken Chronicles Part 1: Soldiers — W.H. Bruce (Independently Published)

Early Readers

  • Armando and the Amazing Animal Race— Diana Schaffter (Sea Otter Press)

Children’s

  • The Who That I Am — Cynthia Carla (FriesenPress)

 

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