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Shortlist for the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal Announced!
- Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston
- Mindful of Murder by Susan Juby
- Jameela Green Ruins Everything by Zarqa Nawaz

Shortlist for the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal Announced!
The BC and Yukon Book Prizes celebrate the achievements of British Columbia and Yukon writers, illustrators and publishers. The prizes are presented annually at the BC and Yukon Book Prizes Gala and are administered and awarded by members of a non-profit society who represent all facets of the publishing and writing community.
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) devotes their programming to the work of marginalized and underrepresented authors and storytellers and takes place annually in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Winner for Published prose in English:
All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac
Winner for Published Graphic Novels, Comics, and Illustrated Books:
Treaty Words: For As Long As the Rivers Flow by Aimée Craft
Read available longlisted titles for the 2023 Toronto Book Awards!