Libris Award

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A Libris Award is a prize for Canadian literature. It is awarded by the Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) on an annual basis. Nominations are solicited from CBA members, and the three candidates with the most nominations are put to a vote. [1]

There are 13 categories of awards available: [1]

  1. Author
  2. Fiction Book
  3. Non-Fiction Book
  4. Specialty Bookseller
  5. Campus Bookseller
  6. Bookseller
  7. Editor
  8. Salesperson
  9. Distributor
  10. Small Press Publisher
  11. Publisher
  12. Children's Book
  13. Young Readers' Book

The CBA Lifetime Achievement Award is also associated with the Libris Awards, although not officially a category. [2]

The awards are presented at the national CBA conference gala. [3] Notable previous winners include Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, senator and former United Nations peacekeeping commander Roméo Dallaire, politician and diplomat Stephen Lewis, and environmentalist David Suzuki. [4] [5] [6] [7]

The bookseller awards, meant to recognize "excellence in book retailing", [1] are not necessarily indicative of profit: as a National Post article noted, one Toronto-based bookstore announced that it was closing only a few days after receiving the Specialty Bookseller award. [8]

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References

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  2. "Stephen King CBA Libris Award". Clive Barker. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  3. "Lyon, Macintyre, Crummey vie for Libris award". CBC. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  4. "Congratulations to the Winners of CBA Libris Awards 2004" (PDF). CBA. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  5. "Congratulations to the Winners of CBA Libris Awards 2006" (PDF). CBA. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  6. "Congratulations to the Winners of CBA Libris Awards 2007" (PDF). CBA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  7. "CBA Libris Award Winners, 1998–2002" (PDF). CBA. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  8. Medley, Mark (2 June 2011). "The end of bookstores?". National Post. Retrieved 6 April 2012.