Celebrating Spring and Summer 2021 Award Nominations

Many UAlberta Press books have received a nod from various award committees in the last few months. Some are still in the adjudication process, so we are holding our breath!

Congratulations to all of the authors on their achievements.


Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih: Stories from the People of the Land
Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year, Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta – Short-listed

Laws of the Constitution: Consolidated
Donald F. Bur
Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing – Short-listed

An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading
Dionne Brand
Trade Non-Fiction Book of the Year, Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta – Short-listed
Caribbean Readers’ Awards Best Non-Fiction Books of 2020 Books – Short-listed

I Am Still Your Negro
Valerie Mason-John
AUPresses Book, Jacket, & Journal Show – Poetry and Literature – Winner
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, BC and Yukon Book Prizes, West Coast Book Prize Society – Short-listed
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, League of Canadian Poets – Long-listed

Ghosts Still Linger
Kat Cameron
Stephan G. Stephanson Award for Poetry, Writers Guild of Alberta – Short-listed
High Plains Book Awards – Short-listed

All the Feels / Tous les sens: Affect and Writing in Canada / Affect et écriture au Canada
Marie Carrière, Ursula Mathis-Moser and Kit Dobson
Book Design | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta – Short-listed

The Flying Zoo: Birds, Parasites, and the World They Share
Michael Stock
Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society’s Best Wildlife Publication Award in the Popular Category – Winner