Mazzeo, who divides her time between Maine, New York and Vancouver Island, for Irena’s Children (Pinsky Givon Family Prize for non-fiction) Vancouver’s Watts and Shoemaker for Seeking Refuge (Jonathan and Heather Berkowitz Prize for children and youth literature) and Frie, professor of education at Simon Fraser University and affiliate professor of psychiatry at UBC, for Not in My Family: German Memory and Responsibility after the Holocaust (Kahn Family Foundation Prize for writing on the Holocaust).Īt the awards ceremony, each of the donors, or their representative, announced the winner of their sponsored award, which included a cash component. The winners were Calgary-based Willis for The Dark and Other Love Stories (Diamond Foundation Prize for fiction) Tilar J. This year, four awards were presented, as chosen by the selection committee of former librarian Linda Bonder (Victoria) author and librarian Elisabeth Kushner (Vancouver) author and poet Dave Margoshes (near Saskatoon) writer, teacher and critic Norman Ravvin (Montreal) and Judith Saltman, professor emerita at the University of British Columbia School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. Since then, we’ve already gone through the process of bringing the ideas to fruition with the help of a subcommittee and the first round of awards … a beautiful ceremony was held here two years ago, recognizing five best-deserving authors.” “As I looked for ways to enhance the Jewish Book Festival,” she said, “I had a vision that book awards would marry the goals of the festival with the celebration of, and support the achievements of, local Jewish writers from Western Canada and showcase the winning authors.
Self-proclaimed book lover Daniella Givon, who is part of the JBF committee and was chair of the awards committee, introduced the evening. The Western Canada Jewish Book Awards, presented by the Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival, took place on April 26. And, in his latest work, Roger Frie found a way to discuss a past for which, previously, “the words were missing for how to speak about it.”
Shoemaker were motivated to reimagine a decade’s-old story in light of its relevance to pressing issues of today. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay)ĭeborah Willis became a writer, in part, because it is a way “to learn about the things that you’re curious about.” Irene N. Western Canada Jewish Book Award 2018 winners, left to right: Roger Frie, Deborah Willis, Kathryn Shoemaker and Irene Watts.
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