Literary Awards Program
2025 Fred Kerner Book Award – Shortlist Announcement
The Canadian Authors Fred Kerner Book Award is an annual award exclusively for CAA members. (Read more)
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2026 Fred Kerner Book Award Submissions Open January 5, 2026
2024 Fred Kerner Book Award Winner and Shortlist
WINNER – Dreaming Home (Biblioasis) by Lucian Childs, Windsor, ON
Sons of the East (Griots Lounge Canada) by Ifeoma Chinwuba, Ottawa, ON
Anecdotes (Book*hug Press) by Kathryn Mockler, Victoria, BC
Obaasan’s Boots (Second Story Press) by Lara Jean Okihiro, Toronto, ON, and Janis Bridger, Vancouver, BC
Catinat Boulevard (Freehand Books) by Caroline Vu, Montreal, QC
Fred Kerner Book Award Finalist Archives
The 2025 Whistler Independent Book Awards – Submissions Open March 1, 2025
The Whistler Independent Book Award (WIBA) is open to independently published authors across Canada.(Read more)
The 2024 Whistler Independent Book Awards Winners
The FICTION winner is Karen Barrow for Palmyra
The NON-FICTION winner is Barbara Leimsner for Quitting the Master Race: A Daughter’s Journey to Break the Bonds of Hate
The CHILDREN’S winner is Judith Silverthorne for The Treasure Box
Whistler Independent Book Awards Archives