Awards
Governor General's Literary Awards
Award-Winning Books published by OBPO members:
2004
Short Journey Upriver Toward Õishida (Poetry, McClelland & Stewart)
Jabberwocky (Children's Literature-Illustration, Kids Can Press)
2003
Kill-site (Poetry, McClelland & Stewart)
Einstein's Gift (Drama, Playwrights Canada Press)
Stitches (Children's Literature-Text, Groundwood Books)
2002
Surrender (Poetry, The Mercury Press)
Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil (Nonfiction, MFW/McClelland & Stewart)
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl (Children's Literature-Text, Groundwood Books)
Alphabeasts (Children's Literature-Illustration, Kids Can Press)
Thunder and Light (Translation from French to English, House of Anansi Press)
2001
The Harps of God (Drama, Playwrights Canada Press)
An Island in the Soup (Children's Literature-Illustration, Groundwood Books)
2000
Anil's Ghost (Fiction, McClelland & Stewart)
Another Gravity (Poetry, McClelland & Stewart)
Looking for X (Children's Literature-Text, Groundwood Books)
Just Fine (Translation from French to English, House of Anansi Press)
1999
Songs for Relinquishing the Earth (Poetry, Brick Books)
The Drawer Boy (Drama, Playwrights Canada Press)
A Screaming Kind of Day (Children's Literature-Text, Fitzhenry & Whiteside) The Great Poochini (Children's Literature-Illustration, Groundwood Books) Gabrielle Roy: A Life (Translation from French to English, McClelland & Stewart)
1998
Monsieur Ilétaitunefois (Littérature jeunesse-illustrations, Annick Press)
A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (Children's Literature-Illustration, Kids Can Press)
1997
The Underpainter (Fiction, McClelland & Stewart)
Land to Light On (Poetry, McClelland & Stewart)
1996
The Englishman's Boy (Fiction, McClelland & Stewart)
The Monument (Drama, Playwrights Canada Press)
The Unconscious Civilization (Nonfiction, House of Anansi Press)
Ghost Train (Children's Literature-Text, Groundwood Books)
The Rooster's Gift (Children's Literature-Illustration, Groundwood Books)
Stone and Ashes (Translation from French to English, Coach House Press)
1995
Three in the Back, Two in the Head (Drama, Playwrights Canada Press)
The Maestro (Children's Literature-Text, Groundwood Books)
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (Children's Literature-Illustration, Tundra Books)
Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex? (Translation from French to English, Coach House Press)
Sho et les dragons d'eau (Littérature jeunesse-illustrations, Annick Press)
A Forest of ReadingTM
(The Ontario Library Association's Reading Initiative)
Award-Winning Books published by OBPO member publishers:
Blue Spruce Award (ages 4-8)
2005 Drumheller Dinosaur Dance (Kids Can Press)
2004 Stanley's Party (Kids Can Press)
Silver Birch Award (ages 8-11)
Fiction:
2001 After Hamelin (Annick Press)
2000 The Secret of Gabi's Dresser (Second Story Press)
Non-fiction:
2003 Hana's Suitcase (Second Story Press)
2002 Ha! Ha! Ha! (Maple Tree Press)
2001 Adventure in the Middle Ages (Kids Can Press)
Red Maple Award (ages 11-15)
2005 Scams! (Annick Press)
2003 Losing Forever (Kids Can Press)
2002 Clara's War (Second Story Press)
1999 Janey's Girl (Kids Can Press)
White Pine Award (grades 9-12)
2005 More Than You Can Chew (Tundra Books)
2003 A Foreign Field (Kids Can Press)
Golden Oak Award (adult learners)
2005 Tales From the Isle of Spice (Annick Press)
2004 Parvana's Journey (Groundwood Books)
2003 Hana's Suitcase (Second Story Press)
Giller Prize
Award-Winning Books published by OBPO members:
2004
Runaway (McClelland & Stewart)
2000
Anil's Ghost (McClelland & Stewart)
1998
The Love of a Good Woman (McClelland & Stewart)
1995
A Fine Balance (McClelland & Stewart)
1994
The Book of Secrets (McClelland & Stewart)
Trillium Book and Poetry Prize
Award-Winning Books published by OBPO members:
2004
Drowning Lessons (Pedlar Press)
2003
The Truth About Stories (House of Anansi Press)
Crowd of Sounds (House of Anansi Press)
2000
Kurgan (The Porcupine's Quill)
1999
No Great Mischief (McClelland & Stewart)
1998
Childhood (McClelland & Stewart)
The Love of a Good Woman (McClelland & Stewart)
1997
Land to Light On (McClelland & Stewart)
1996
Fugitive Pieces (McClelland & Stewart)
1995
Morning in the Burned House (McClelland & Stewart) (Children's Literature-Text, Groundwood Books)
Alphabeasts (Children's Literature-Illustration, Kids Can Press)
Thunder and Light (Translation from French to English, House of Anansi Press)
2001
The Harps of God (Drama, Playwrights Canada Press)
An Island in the Soup (Children's Literature-Illustration, Groundwood Books)
2000
Anil's Ghost (Fiction, McClelland & Stewart)
Another Gravity (Poetry, McClelland & Stewart)
Looking for X (Children's Literature-Text, Groundwood Books)
Just Fine (Translation from French to English, House of Anansi Press)
1999
Songs for Relinquishing the Earth (Poetry, Brick Books)
The Drawer Boy (Drama, Playwrights Canada Press)
A Screaming Kind of Day (Children's Literature-Text, Fitzhenry & Whiteside) The Great Poochini (Children's Literature-Illustration, Groundwood Books) Gabrielle Roy: A Life (Translation from French to English, McClelland & Stewart)
1998
Monsieur Ilétaitunefois (Littérature jeunesse-illustrations, Annick Press)
A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (Children's Literature-Illustration, Kids Can Press)
1997
The Underpainter (Fiction, McClelland & Stewart)
Land to Light On (Poetry, McClelland & Stewart)
1996
The Englishman's Boy (Fiction, McClelland & Stewart)
The Monument (Drama, Playwrights Canada Press)
The Unconscious Civilization (Nonfiction, House of Anansi Press)
Ghost Train (Children's Literature-Text, Groundwood Books)
The Rooster's Gift (Children's Literature-Illustration, Groundwood Books)
Stone and Ashes (Translation from French to English, Coach House Press)
1995
Three in the Back, Two in the Head (Drama, Playwrights Canada Press)
The Maestro (Children's Literature-Text, Groundwood Books)
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (Children's Literature-Illustration, Tundra Books)
Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex? (Translation from French to English, Coach House Press)
Sho et les dragons d'eau (Littérature jeunesse-illustrations, Annick Press)
A good book is as the best of friends, the same today and forever.
- Martin Farquhar Tupper