Fred Kerner Book Award 2025 Winner Announcement

Free for all, and all are welcome! Registration is required.
Register HERE. Via Zoom.

2:30 pm NT / 2:00 pm AT / 1:00 pm ET / 12:00 pm CT / 11:00 am MT / 10:00 am PT

Join Canadian Authors for a cozy afternoon of author readings, followed by the announcement of the 2025 CAA Fred Kerner Book Award winner.

Hear readings from our shortlisted authors:

Disembark: Stories, by Jen Currin
Halfway Home: Thoughts From Midlife, by Christina Myers
The Old Moon in Her Arms, by Lorri Neilsen Glenn
What the Living Do, by Susan E. Wadds
The Suicide Tourist, by Myna Wallin

The Fred Kerner Book Award is awarded annually to a Canadian Authors member who has the best overall book published in the previous calendar year, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Fred Kerner was a devoted and longtime CAA member, including eleven years as vice-president / president. An Honorary President of the association until his passing in 2011 at 90, Fred was an author, journalist, editor, teacher, and mentor. He wrote more than twelve books and also wrote for magazines, radio and TV, and he gave unstintingly of his time to assist emerging writers.