The BC Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers.
The seven Prizes, plus The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, are presented annually at the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prize Gala in April.
The Prizes are administered and awarded by members of a non-profit society who represent all facets of the publishing and writing community.
The awards include:
- Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize
- Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
- Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize
- Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize
- Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
- Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize
- Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award
- Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence
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“The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“She prizes not such trifles as these are.
The gifts she looks from me are packed and locked
Up in my heart, which I have given already,
But not delivered.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)