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BC Book Prizes

Briony Penn, author of BC Book Prize winner, "The Real Thing."

BC Book Prizes 2016 Winners Announced

The West Coast Book Prize Society is pleased to announce the names of the winners of the 32nd Annual BC Book Prizes. Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize awarded to the author of the best work of fiction:...
Patrick Lane is shortlisted for the 2015 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize

BC Book Prizes announces 2015 literary award shortlists

The 2015 BC Book Prizes shortlist awards prizes in seven categories, celebrating BC writers, illustrators, and publishers.
Winners of the 2014 BC Book Prizes

Two local authors snag double wins at BC Book Prizes gala

Literary surprises at the annual BC Book Prizes Gala, which awards eight prizes for literary excellence in the province.

BC Book Prizes announce 30th annual shortlist

The 2014 BC Book Prizes shortlist includes several new authors as well as literary veterans in seven categories, celebrating BC writers and publishers.