This article is about a Canadian award. For the Dutch award with a similar name, see Libris Prize.
A Libris Award is a prize for Canadian literature. It is awarded by the Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) on an annual basis. Nominations are solicited from CBA members, and the three candidates with the most nominations are put to a vote.[1]
There are 13 categories of awards available:[1]
Author
Fiction Book
Non-Fiction Book
Specialty Bookseller
Campus Bookseller
Bookseller
Editor
Salesperson
Distributor
Small Press Publisher
Publisher
Children's Book
Young Readers' Book
The CBA Lifetime Achievement Award is also associated with the Libris Awards, although not officially a category.[2]
The awards are presented at the national CBA conference gala.[3] Notable previous winners include Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, senator and former United Nations peacekeeping commander Roméo Dallaire, politician and diplomat Stephen Lewis, and environmentalist David Suzuki.[4][5][6][7]
The bookseller awards, meant to recognize "excellence in book retailing",[1] are not necessarily indicative of profit: as a National Post article noted, one Toronto-based bookstore announced that it was closing only a few days after receiving the Specialty Bookseller award.[8]
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