At its annual conference in Toronto, the Canadian
Booksellers Association announced the winners of the 2012 Libris Awards. Chosen
by independent booksellers, the awards recognize outstanding contributions to
Canadian literature, publishing, and bookselling.
Here are a few of this year’s winners:
Fiction Book of the
Year
The Sisters Brothers by
Patrick deWitt
Non-fiction Book of
the Year
Eating Dirt: Deep
Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe by Charlotte
Gill
Author of the Year
Michael Ondaatje
Editor of the Year
Louise Dennys, executive vice-president of Knopf Random
Canada
Publisher of the
Year
Penguin Canada
Bookseller of the
Year
Blue Heron Books
Lifetime Achievement
Award
What are your thoughts on this year’s picks?
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