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Book Awards

Each year there are many book awards given out for outstanding works of both fiction and non-fiction, both at home and abroad. Here are some of the contenders for various awards (the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Man Booker Prize, the Hugo Awards, the Edgar Awards, etc.) held by the Cape Breton Regional Library. Note: the Atlantic Book Awards for books from and about the Atlantic Provinces are featured on a separate Atlantic Book Awards board.

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Cape Breton Regional Library

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Winner 2014 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour

The Prominsed Land. Winner 2014 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour.

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Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel

Little Eve. Winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel • Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel • A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Pick!

the seven moons of maali almeda by shehan karunattiaka

Winner 2022 Booker Prize

Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. winner 2022 Booker Prize

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Finalist 2022 Writers' Trust Prize

Finalist 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction prize. Querell of Roberval.

the song of the cell an exploration of medicine and the new human

Winner 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences

Winner of the 2023 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences! Writing so vivid, lucid, and suspenseful that complex science becomes thrilling, The Song of the Cell tells the story of how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. Told in 6 parts, and laced with Mukherjee’s own experience as a researcher, a doctor, and a prolific reader, this book is a masterpiece on what it means to be human.

Winner 2014 Man Booker Prize

Winner 2014 Man Booker Prize: Narrow Road to the Deep North.

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Winner 2022 Governor General's Award: Fiction

Pure Colour by Sheila Heti. Winner 2022 GG Award for Fiction

Giller Prize '22 longlist; Shortlist '22 Indigenous Voices Awards Published Prose in English Prize

All the Quiet Places. 2022 Giller Prize shortlist; Shortlisted for the 2022 Indigenous Voices Awards Published Prose in English Prize

2021 Finalist Writer's Trust Balsillie Prize For Public Policy

2021 Finalist for the Writer's Trust Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. Indian in the Cabinet by Jody Wilson-Raybould

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Winner 2021 ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR FICTION

WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR FICTION, SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS’ CAROL SHIELDS WINNIPEG BOOK AWARD, MARGARET LAURENCE AWARD FOR FICTION, AND MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE A GLOBE & MAIL BEST BOOK

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