2019 WINNERS
At the 16th annual Victoria Book Prize Gala, Kathy Page was awarded the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for Dear Evelyn (Biblioasis), and Aidan Cassie was awarded the Victoria Children’s Book Prize for Sterling, Best Dog Ever (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
Victoria Children’s Book Prize
AIDAN CASSIE
Sterling, Best Dog Ever
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
(Fiction)
JUROR’S CITATION
Engagingly told and beautifully illustrated, Sterling will speak to any child (or adult) struggling to find their own place in the world. The story has a lively rhythm and is full of laugh-out-loud moments.
City of Victoria Butler Book Prize
KATHY PAGE
Dear Evelyn
Biblioasis
(Fiction)
JUROR’S CITATION
A flawlessly executed novel that draws the arc of a man’s life, measured by interruptions of history and the inevitable changes that the years impose on us all. Nimble, engaging and deeply perceptive, Dear Evelyn is wise and widely appealing.
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WINNERS
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GALA
The 2020 Victoria Book Prizes gala will be held on October 8, 2020. Learn more and see photos from previous years’ celebrations.
2019 SHORTLISTED TITLES
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