One of the real highlights for me every year is the late-summer announcement of the Lane Anderson Awards short list. Celebrating science books is a good thing. Celebrating Canadian writers is a good thing. Somehow in 2016, sunny ways and all, celebrating Canadian science writers seems like the best thing of all.
Some info on the award:
The Lane Anderson Award — created by the Fitzhenry Family Foundation — honours the very best science writing in Canada today, both in the adult and young reader categories. The winner in each category receives $10,000.
And the shortlist from their website here:
We’re excited to announce the finalists for the best Canadian science books written in 2015!
Adult Category
Frances Backhouse
Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver
Publisher: ECW PressAlanna Mitchell
Malignant Metaphor: Confronting Cancer Myths
Publisher: ECW PressAndrew Nikiforuk
Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider’s Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry
Publisher: Greystone BooksMichael Runtz
Dam Builders: The Natural History of Beavers and their Ponds
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Young Reader
Paula Ayer
Foodprints: The Story of What We Eat
Publisher: Annick PressElise Gravel
Head Lice: The Disgusting Critters Series
Publisher: Tundra BooksMerrie-Ellen Wilcox
What’s the Buzz?: Keeping Bees in Flight
Publisher: Orca Book PublishersCybèle Young
The Queen’s Shadow: A Story About How Animals See
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Winners will be announced at a dinner in Toronto in late September.
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