For this year’s Alberta Book Publishing Awards shortlist, four Freehand titles have made the cut! The full shortlist and all of its categories are below. Freehand titles are in bold and hyperlinked. #ReadAlbertaBooks
Learning Book of the Year
University of Alberta Press | Canadian Performance Documents and Debates: A Sourcebook – edited by Anthony J. Vickery, Glen F. Nichols, and Allana C. Lindgren
Brush Education | Principles and Techniques for the Aspiring Surgeon: What Great Surgeons Do Without Thinking – Dr. Keegan Guidolin
Brush Education | Vancouver Notes for Internal Medicine: High Yield Consult Guides – Dr. Brandon Tang, Dr. Meiying Zhuang, and Dr. James Tessaro
Douglas Barbour Award for Speculative Fiction
Tyche Books Ltd. | The Astronaut Always Rings Twice – edited by Shannon Allen and JR Campbell
NeWest Press | Ezra’s Ghosts – Darcy Tamayose
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing | Pawns and Phantoms – Misha Handman
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing | The Rosetta Mind – Claire McCague
Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry
University of Alberta Press | Separation Anxiety – Gavin Bradley
Frontenac House Ltd. | Transcribing Moonlight – Skylar Kay
University of Alberta Press | You Might Be Sorry You Read This – Michelle Poirier Brown
Graphic Novel of the Year
Renegade Arts Entertainment | Alberta Comics: Home – edited by Alexander Finbow, Shea Proulx, and Emily Pomeroy
University of Calgary Press | Five Stalks of Grain – Adrian Lysenko, illustrated by Ivanka Theodosia Galadza
Renegade Arts Entertainment | King Warrior – Jay Bulckaert and Erika Nyyssonen, illustrated by Lucas Green
Renegade Arts Entertainment | Siegfried: Dragon Slayer – Mark Allard-Will, illustrated by Jasmine Redford
Children’s & Young Adult Book of the Year
Red Barn Books | Howdy, I’m Flores LaDue – Ayesha Clough, illustrated by Hugh Rookwood with Keegan Starlight
Renegade Arts Entertainment | King Warrior – Jay Bulckaert and Erika Nyyssonen, illustrated by Lucas Green
Durvile & UpRoute Books | Olya & Olena Escape the Invaders – Olya Illichov and Maddy Shyba, illustrated by Diana Bezukh
Eschia Books | Samuel and the Little People – Arnold James Isbister
Mystery & Thriller Book of the Year
Stonehouse Publishing | Going to Beautiful – Anthony Bidulka
NeWest Press | There Are Wolves Here Too – Niall Howell
NeWest Press | To Those Who Killed Me – J.T. Siemens
Durvile & UpRoute Books | Why Are You Still Here: A Lillian Mystery – Lynda Partridge, illustrated by Dave Nicholson
Scholarly & Academic Book of the Year
University of Alberta Press | Canadian Performance Documents and Debates: A Sourcebook – edited by Anthony J. Vickery, Glen F. Nichols, and Allana C. Lindgren
University of Calgary Press | The Joint Arctic Weather Stations: Science and Sovereignty in the High Arctic, 1946-1972 – Daniel Heidt and P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Athabasca University Press | Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North – edited by Kenneth L. Pratt and Scott A. Heyes
Trade Fiction Book of the Year
NeWest Press | Ezra’s Ghosts – Darcy Tamayose
Athabasca University Press | Grieving for Pigeons: Twelve Stories of Lahore – Zubair Ahmad, translated by Anne Murphy
Freehand Books | The Taste of Hunger – Barbara Joan Scott
Trade Non-Fiction Book of the Year
NeWest Press | Ghosts in a Photograph: A Chronicle – Myrna Kostash
Freehand Books | Modern Fables – Mikka Jacobsen
University of Calgary Press | A Stunning Backdrop: Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960 – Mary Graham
NeWest Press | Tracking the Caribou Queen: Memoir of a Settler Girlhood – Margaret Macpherson
Regional Book of the Year
Summerthought Publishing | Canadian Rockies Trail Guide – Brian Patton and Bart Robinson
Red Barn Books | Howdy, I’m Flores LaDue – Ayesha Clough, illustrated by Hugh Rookwood with Keegan Starlight
University of Calgary Press | A Stunning Backdrop: Alberta in the Movies, 1917-1960 – Mary Graham
Book Cover Design
Athabasca University Press | Grieving for Pigeons: Twelve Stories of Lahore – Zubair Ahmad, translated by Anne Murphy – book cover design by Natalie Olsen (Kisscut Design)
Athabasca University Press | Little Wet-Paint Girl – Ouanessa Younsi, translated by Rebecca L. Thompson – book cover design by Natalie Olsen (Kisscut Design)
NeWest Press | There Are Wolves Here Too – Niall Howell – book cover design by Michel Vrana
Freehand Books | Who Has Seen the Wind – W.O. Mitchell – book cover design by Natalie Olsen (Kisscut Design)
Book Illustration
Renegade Arts Entertainment | Alberta Comics: Home – edited by Alexander Finbow, Shea Proulx, and Emily Pomeroy – illustrated by various artists
Renegade Arts Entertainment | King Warrior – Jay Bulckaert and Erika Nyyssonen – illustrated by Lucas Green
Durvile & UpRoute Books | Olya & Olena Escape the Invaders – Olya Illichov and Maddy Shyba – illustrated by Diana Bezukh
Durvile & UpRoute Books | Siksikaitsitapi: Stories of the Blackfoot People – Payne Many Guns, Crystal Many Fingers, Sheena Potts, Latasha Calf Robe, Tim Fox, Marlene Yellow Horn, DerRic Starlight – illustrated by various artists
Book Design
NeWest Press | Ezra’s Ghosts – Darcy Tamayose – designed by Natalie Olsen (Kisscut Design)
NeWest Press | Ghosts in a Photograph: A Chronicle – Myrna Kostash – designed by Natalie Olsen (Kisscut Design)
Athabasca University Press | Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North – edited by Kenneth L. Pratt and Scott A. Heyes – cover design by Marvin Harder, interior design by Natalie Olsen (Kisscut Design)
Freehand Books | Wan – Dawn Promislow – designed by Natalie Olsen (Kisscut Design)
Mel Hurtig Publisher of the Year
Durvile & UpRoute Books
NeWest Press
Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence
To be announced at the 2023 Alberta Book Publishing Awards
Special Achievement in Publishing Awards
To be announced at the 2023 Alberta Book Publishing Awards
Lifetime Achievement in Publishing Award
To be announced at the 2023 Alberta Book Publishing Awards