More Canadian Awards

CANADIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION:
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrators Award

Winner
Mattland Illustrated by Dusan Petricic, author: Hazel Hutchins and Gail Herbert (Annick Press)

Honour Books
Thing Thing Illustrated Nicolas Debon, author Carl Fagan (Tundra Books)
Jenneli's Dance Illustrated Chris Auchter, author Elizabeth Denny : Theytus Books

Book of the Year for Children Award

Winner
Anne Laurel Carter - The Shepherd's Grandaughter (Groundwood Books)

Honour Books
Alma Fullerton - Libertad (Fitzhenry and Whiteside)
Kenneth Oppel Starclimber (HarperCollins)

Young Adult Canadian Book Award

Winner
Allan Stratton Chandra's Wars (HarperCollins)

Honour Books
Marthe Jocelyn Would You (Random House)
Melanie Little The Apprentice's Masterpiece (Annick Press)

2009 Arthur Ellis Awards ( for crime fiction)

Finalists
Vicki Grant Res Judicata (Orca Publishing)
Susan Juby Getting the Girl (Harper Trophy Canada)
Elizabeth MacLeod Royal Murder ( Annick Press)
Nora McClintock Dead Silence (Scholastic)
Sharon McKay War Brothers (Penguin Group Canada)

information provided by Andrea Deakin