Saskatchewan Book Award

Given by Saskatchewan Book Awards

Other Names: City of Regina Book Award, City of Saskatoon Award, Sask Book Awards, Saskatchewan Book Award for Children's Literature, Saskatchewan Book Award: Book of the Year, Saskatchewan Book Award: Fiction Award, Saskatchewan Book Award: Non Fiction, SaskEnergy Young Adult Fiction Award
118 Works / 136 Items 5,674 Books 217 Reviews ½ 3.7
The Saskatchewan Book Awards is a not-for-profit organization which recognizes, supports and promotes the Saskatchewan writing and publishing community. It provides its sponsors and donors with show more valuable media and public recognition throughout the year. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (99), Shortlist (36), Nominee (1)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (17), 2022 (9), 2017 (11), 2015 Young Adult Literature (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (9), 2009 (5), 2008 (6), 2007 (7), 2006 (4), 2005 (7), 2004 (6), 2003 (4), 2002 (6), 2001 (5), 2000 (6), 1999 (6), 1998 (5), 1997 (7), 1996 (6), 1995 (2), 1994 (3), 1993 (2)

Winner 99

WorkCategoryYear
Little Housewolf by Medrie Purdham PhDCity of Regina Book Award2022
Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-WilsonCity of Saskatoon/Saskatoon Public Library Saskatoon Award2022
August into Winter: A Novel by Guy VanderhaegheFiction2022
Only If We're Caught by Theressa SlindFirst Book2022
The Girl with the Cat by Beverley BrennaG. Murray and Edna Forbes Foundation Children’s Award2022
Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship by Allyson StevensonIndigenous Peoples' Publishing Award2022
Bread & Water: Essays by Dee Hobsbawn-SmithNon-fiction2022
Awâsis - Kinky and Dishevelled by Louise B. HalfePoetry2022
Intimate Integration: A History of the Sixties Scoop and the Colonization of Indigenous Kinship by Allyson StevensonUniversity of Regina Faculty of Arts/University of Saskatchewan College of Arts and Science Jennifer Welsh Scholarly Writing Award2022
Camp Outlook by Brenda BakerSaskEnergy Young Adult Fiction Award2015 Young Adult Literature
Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers by Mark Cronlund AndersonCity of Regina Book Award2011
A Hunter's Confession by David CarpenterBook of the Year2010
Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography by Alexandra PopoffCity of Saskatoon Award2010
Waiting for Joe by Sandra BirdsellFiction2010
Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography by Alexandra PopoffNon-fiction2010
Legacy of Stone: Saskatchewan's Stone Buildings by Margaret HryniukBook of the Year2009
Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds by Trevor HerriotCity of Regina Book Award2009
Niceman Cometh by David CarpenterCity of Saskatoon Award2009
Euphoria by Connie GaultFiction2009
Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds by Trevor HerriotNon-fiction2009
Love of Mirrors: Poems New and Selected by Gary HylandBook of the Year2008
This Land We Call Home by Alison LohansChildren's Literature2008
Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park by David McLennanCity of Regina Book Award2008
The Crooked Good by Louise HalfeCity of Saskatoon Award2008
Mostly Happy by Pam BustinFiction2008
Journey Without A Map: Growing up Italian: A memoir by Donna CarusoNon-fiction2008
Bix's Trumpet and Other Stories by Dave MargoshesBook of the Year2007
Feeding At Nine by R. P. MacIntyreChildren's Literature2007
Bix's Trumpet and Other Stories by Dave MargoshesCity of Regina Book Award2007
Thin Moon Psalm by Sheri BenningCity of Saskatoon Award2007
The Book of Beasts by Bernice FriesenFiction2007
I am Hutterite by Mary-Ann KirkbyNon-fiction2007
Encounters by Michael TrusslerBook of the Year2006
Megiddo's Shadow by Arthur SladeChildren's Literature2006
Encounters by Michael TrusslerCity of Regina Book Award2006
Stolen by Annette LaPointeCity of Saskatoon Award2006
fluttertongue book 3: disarray by steven ross smithBook of the Year2005
Fixed by Beth GoobieChildren's Literature2005
Bitter Embrace: White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree by Maggie SigginsCity of Regina Book Award2005
Children of the Day by Sandra BirdsellFiction2005
Lilac Moon : Dreaming of the Real West by Sharon ButalaNon-fiction2005
A Practical Guide to Prairie Reconstruction by Carl KurtzBook of the Year2004
Flux by Beth GoobieChildren's Literature2004
Room With Five Walls: The Trials of Victor Hoffman: A Poetic Drama in Two Acts by Byrna BarclayCity of Regina Book Award2004
Beware the British Serpent: The Role of Writers in British Propaganda in the United States, 1939-1945 by Robert CalderCity of Saskatoon Award2004
Princes in Waiting by Larry GasperFiction2004
Prairie: A Natural History by Candace SavageNon-fiction2004
Nobody Goes to Earth Any More by Don WardBook of the Year2003
Residual desire by Jacqueline Jill RobinsonCity of Saskatoon Award2003
Residual desire by Jacqueline Jill RobinsonFiction2003
All Hell Can't Stop Us: The On-To-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot by Bill WaiserNon-fiction2003
The Last Crossing by Guy VanderhaegheBook of the Year2002
Wizards: An Amazing Journey Through the Last Great Age of Magic by Candace SavageChildren's Literature2002
Spirit Singer by Edward WillettCity of Regina Book Award2002
The Last Crossing by Guy VanderhaegheCity of Saskatoon Award2002
The Last Crossing by Guy VanderhaegheFiction2002
A Pilgrim in Ireland: A Quest for Home by Frances GreensladeNon-fiction2002
The Russlander by Sandra BirdsellBook of the Year2001
Dust by Arthur SladeChildren's Literature2001
The Russlander by Sandra BirdsellCity of Regina Book Award2001
The Russlander by Sandra BirdsellFiction2001
Just Another Indian: A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference by Warren D. GouldingNon-fiction2001
Journeying Forward: Dreaming First Nations' Independence by Patricia Monture-AngusBook of the Year2000
River in a Dry Land: A Prairie Passage by Trevor HerriotCity of Regina Book Award2000
In her own time: A class reunion inspires a cultural history of women by Maggie SigginsCity of Regina Book Award2000
Sightlines by Edna AlfordCity of Saskatoon Award2000
Sightlines by Edna AlfordFiction2000
The world is our witness : the historic journey of the Nisga'a into Canada by Tom MolloyNon-fiction2000
To the River by Tim LilburnBook of the Year1999
The Lady at Batoche by David RichardsChildren's Literature1999
The Long Landscape by Paul WilsonCity of Regina Book Award1999
The Walnut Tree by Martha BlumCity of Saskatoon Award1999
The Maleness of God by Brenda BakerFiction1999
Living in the World as if it Were Home by Tim LilburnNon-fiction1999
Ferry Woman's History of the World by Susan Andrews GraceBook of the Year1998
Bay Girl by Betty DorionChildren's Literature1998
The Man Next Door by Britt HolmströmCity of Regina Book Award1998
The Ukrainian Wedding by Larry WarwarukFiction1998
Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Rudy WiebeNon-fiction1998
The Two Headed Calf by Sandra BirdsellBook of the Year1997
The Town That Floated Away by Sandra BirdsellChildren's Literature1997
Laterna Magika by Ven BegamudreCity of Regina Book Award1997
The Two Headed Calf by Sandra BirdsellCity of Regina Book Award1997
In the Misleading Absence of Light by Joanne GerberCity of Regina Book Award1997
In the Misleading Absence of Light by Joanne GerberFiction1997
Sermons on stones : words and images by Anne SzumigalskiNon-fiction1997
The Englishman's Boy by Guy VanderhaegheBook of the Year1996
The Secret of Sentinel Rock by Judith SilverthorneChildren's Literature1996
Inspection of a Small Village by Connie GaultCity of Regina Book Award1996
The Englishman's Boy by Guy VanderhaegheFiction1996
Courting Saskatchewan: A Celebration of Winter Feasts, Summer Loves and Rising Brookies by David CarpenterNon-fiction1996
Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools by J. R. MillerNon-fiction1996
Crosswinds by Byrna BarclayFiction1995
Buried in the silence by Connie SampsonNon-fiction1995
Casino & other stories by Bonnie BurnardBook of the Year1994
Riel: a Life of Revolution by Maggie SigginsCity of Regina Book Award1994
The Perfection of the Morning: An Apprenticeship in Nature by Sharon ButalaNon-fiction1994
A Reckless Moon by Dianne WarrenBook of the Year1993
A Reckless Moon by Dianne WarrenCity of Regina Book Award1993

Shortlist 36

WorkCategoryYear
Reasonable Doubt by Joel BernbaumBook of the Year2024
The Observer by Marina EndicottBook of the Year2024
Apparitions by Adam PottleBook of the Year2024
kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember by Solomon RattBook of the Year2024
Cheated: The Laurier Liberals and the Theft of First Nations Reserve Land by Bill WaiserBook of the Year2024
Molly Misses Nainai by Emma ChenChildren's Literature2024
Welcome to the Cypher by Khodi DillChildren's Literature2024
Fox and Bear by Miriam KörnerChildren's Literature2024
Polly Diamond and the Topsy-Turvy Day: Book 3 by Alice KuipersChildren's Literature2024
Grandview Drive by Tim BlackettFirst Book2024
Molly Misses Nainai by Emma ChenFirst Book2024
acâhkos nikamowini-pîkiskwêwina—The Star Poems by jessearchibaldbarberFirst Book2024
Lebret: Looking Back and Beyond: An Autobiography by Joan PelletierFirst Book2024
Opimotewina wina kapagamawat Witigowa / Journeys of The One to Strike the Wetigo by Ken CarriereIndigenous Peoples' Publishing Award2024
We Are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition (Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies) by Sarah HernandezIndigenous Peoples' Publishing Award2024
Waci! Dance! by Sage SpeidelIndigenous Peoples' Publishing Award2024
a beautiful rebellion by Rita BouvierPoetry2024
The Red Files by Lisa Bird-WilsonIndigenous Peoples' Publishing Award2017
Burning in this Midnight Dream by Louise Bernice HalfeIndigenous Peoples' Publishing Award2017
What's Left Behind by Gail BowenMuslims for Peace and Justice Fiction Award2017
New Albion by Dwayne BrennaMuslims for Peace and Justice Fiction Award2017
The Pain Eater by Beth GoobieRegina Public Library Book of the Year Award2017
Never Mind by Katherine LawrenceRegina Public Library Book of the Year Award2017
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann MartelRegina Public Library Book of the Year Award2017
A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905 by Bill WaiserRegina Public Library Book of the Year Award2017
Towards a Prairie Atonement (Regina Collection) by Trevor HerriotUniversity of Saskatchewan Non-Fiction Award2017
100 Days of Cree by Neal McleodUniversity of Saskatchewan Non-Fiction Award2017
Inside The Mental: Silence, Stigma, Psychiatry, and LSD (The Regina Collection) by Kay ParleyUniversity of Saskatchewan Non-Fiction Award2017
Welcome to Canada by David CarpenterBook of the Year2010
The Forest Horses by Byrna BarclayFiction2010
Prairie feast : a writer's journey home for dinner by Amy Jo EhmanFirst Book2010
A Hunter's Confession by David CarpenterNon-fiction2010
Maternity Rolls: Pregnancy, Childbirth and Disability by Heather KuttaiNon-fiction2010
City Dogs by Glenda Goertzen2007
The Prairie Dogs by Glenda Goertzen2005
Apparitions by Adam PottleBook of the Year

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The Saskatchewan Book Awards is a not-for-profit organization which recognizes, supports and promotes the Saskatchewan writing and publishing community. It provides its sponsors and donors with valuable media and public recognition throughout the year. (English, Member-written)
The City of Saskatoon Award is presented annually to a Saskatoon author for the best book. The following genres are considered: children, fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction. (English, Member-written)

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