Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award
The Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award is a literary prize awarded annually by the BC Book Prizes for the "best book in terms of public appeal, initiative, design, production and content."[1] The prize is shared by the author and publisher. To qualify, the publisher must be located in British Columbia or the Yukon and in full creative control (editing, design and production).[2] The winner, unlike the other prizes which are determined by judges, is selected by ballot sent to bookstores across the province of British Columbia.[3]
History[edit]
The award is named in honour of BC bookseller Bill Duthie who founded Duthie Books in 1957.[1] It was first awarded in 1985 and was one of the original four prizes awarded by the BC Book Prizes. The prize used to be called "BC Booksellers' Choice Award in Honour of Bill Duthie" but the name was simplified in 2010 to align with the other BC Book Prizes.
Winners and finalists[edit]
| Year | Winner | Nominees |
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| 1985 | Islands Protection Society - Islands at the Edge (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 1986 | Cameron Young et al., - The Forests of British Columbia (Whitecap Books) |
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| 1987 | Doris Shadbolt - Bill Reid (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 1988 | Hilary Stewart - The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 1989 | Michael M'Gonigle, Wendy Wickwire - Stein: The Way of the River (Talonbooks) |
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| 1990 | Western Canada Wilderness Committee - Carmanah (Western Canada Wilderness Committee) |
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| 1991 | Michael Kluckner - Vanishing Vancouver (Whitecap Books) |
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| 1992 | Robert Bringhurst and Ulli Steltzer (photographer) - The Black Canoe: Bill Reid and the Spirit of Hakla Gwaii (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 1993 | Nick Bantock - Sabine's Notebook (Chronicle Books) |
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| 1994 | Alan Haig-Brown - Fishing for a Living (Harbour Publishing) |
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| 1995 | Robert Davidson, Ulli Steltzer - Eagle Transforming (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 1996 | Bill Richardson - Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast Pillow Book (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 1997 | Richard Cannings, Sydney Cannings - British Columbia: A Natural History (Greystone Books) |
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| 1998 | Ian McAllister, Karen McAllister, Cameron Young - The Great Bear Rainforest (Harbour Publishing) |
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| 1999 | Tom Henry - Westcoasters: Boats that Built BC (Harbour Publishing) |
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| 2000 | Derek Hayes - Historical Atlas of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 2001 | Dan Francis - The Encyclopedia of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing) |
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| 2002 | Terry Reksten - Illustrated History of BC (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 2003 | Robb Douglas, Peter A. Robson, Betty Keller - Skookum Tugs: British Columbia's Working Tugboats (Harbour Publishing) |
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| 2004 | R. Samuel Bawif - The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, 1577-1580 (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 2005 | Harvey Thommasen, Kevin Hutchings, R. Wayne Campbell, Mark Hume - Birds of the Raincoast: Habits and Habitat (Harbour Publishing) |
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| 2006 | James P. Delgado - Waterfront: The Illustrated Maritime Story of Greater Vancouver (Stanton Atkins & Dosil Publishers) |
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| 2007 | David Suzuki - David Suzuki: The Autobiography (Greystone Books) |
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| 2008 | Ian McAllister - The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Great Bear Rainforest (Greystone Books) |
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| 2009 | Stephen R. Bown – Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver (Douglas & McIntyre) |
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| 2010 | Brian Brett – Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life (Greystone Books) |
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| 2011 | Grant Lawrence – Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound (Harbour Publishing) |
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| 2012 | Chuck Davis – The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver (Harbour Publishing) |
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| 2013 | Shelley Fralic, with research by Kate Bird - Making Headlines: 100 Years of The Vancouver Sun (The Vancouver Sun) [4] |
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| 2014 | Grant Lawrence - The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie (Douglas & McIntyre) [5] |
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| 2015 | Aaron Chapman - Live at the Commodore: The Story of Vancouver's Historic Commodore Ballroom (Arsenal Pulp Press) [6] |
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| 2016 | Susan Musgrave - A Taste of Haida Gwaii: Food Gathering and Feasting at the Edge of the World (Whitecap Books) [7] |
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| 2017 | Richard Wagamese - Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations (Douglas and McIntyre) [8] |
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| 2018 | Pat Carney - On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers (TouchWood Editions) [9] |
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| 2019 | Bob Joseph - 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act (Page Two Strategies) |
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| 2020 | Aaron Chapman - Vancouver After Dark: The Wild History of a City’s Nightlife (Arsenal Pulp Press) |
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| 2021 | Robert Amos, The E.J. Hughes Book of Boats[10] |
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| 2021 |  TBA September 24, 2022
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References[edit]
- ^ a b [1] Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Award criteria and description.
- ^ Joanna Karaplis (Jan 5, 2010). The Canadian Writer's Market, 18th Edition. Random House Digital, Inc. pp. 322–323.
- ^ William H. New (2002). Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 57.
- ^ "Sun columnist Shelley Fralic honoured for book on newspaper's history". The Vancouver Sun. May 6, 2013. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ^ John Goodman (May 5, 2014). "Grant Lawrence the bookseller's choice at B.C. Book Prizes". North Shore News. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- ^ Shawn Conner (April 27, 2015). "Vancouver Writers Take Home B.C. Book Prizes". Inside Vancouver. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- ^ "BC Book Prize winners announced". North Shore News. May 2, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- ^ "The late Richard Wagamese wins 2017 BC Book Prize for Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations". Kamloops This Week. April 30, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Winners of the 2018 B.C. Book Prizes revealed at downtown gala". The Georgia Straight. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ Vicky Qiao, "Billy-Ray Belcourt and Shaena Lambert among BC & Yukon Book Prizes winners". CBC Books, September 28, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Ryan Porter, "Eight shortlists announced for BC and Yukon Book Prizes". Quill & Quire, April 8, 2021.
External links[edit]
- Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, official website