SASKATCHEWAN BOOK AWARDS
Celebrating excellence in writing and publishing

 

Saskatchewan Book Awards

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Job Posting

The Saskatchewan Book Awards is seeking an individual for the position of Event Assistant. The Event Assistant will assist with organizing shortlist readings, the shortlist press conference, and the awards gala, as well as, with preparation of media releases, ads, poster, programs, audio visual program, and mail outs. For more details, please click here.  Application deadline is by noon on September 3, 2010.

New SBA Web Site Launched!

SaskCulture Logo We are pleased to launch our newly revised Saskatchewan Book Awards web site. We hope you find it easy to navigate and full of information about our organization and all of our events.

To view our site map, please click here. If you have any comments or concerns about the web site, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

2010 Call for Entriesgovernment_house_crowd_and_authors_300h

The Saskatchewan Book Awards Call for Entries for 2010 awards was released on June 1, 2010. The deadline to submit a book is July 31, 2010, for titles published between September 16, 2009 - July 31, 2010, or September 15, 2010, for titles published August 1 - September 15, 2010. To read the current Call for Entries, and submission guidelines, please click here.

2010 Awards Gala and Guest Speaker

The 2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards will be announced and presented at the 2010 Awards Gala, which will take place on November 27, 2010 at 5 p.m., at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina.

This year’s guest speaker is Steven Galloway. Mr. Galloway is the author of three novels: Finnie Walsh; Ascension; and The Cellist of Sarajevo. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages and optioned for film. He is currently the Cliff Writer in Residence at the UBC Creative Writing Program and the fiction mentor at The Writer’s Studio at SFU. He lives with his wife and two young daughters in New Westminster, B.C.

For more information about Steven Galloway, please visit his web site at http://www.stevengalloway.com/

For more information on the gala and purchasing tickets, please click here.

Saskatchewan Book Awards 2010 Events

In 2010, the Saskatchewan Book Awards will be offering a number of events throughout the province. To read about these events, please click on one of the links below:

Salons - January to September 2010

Shortlist Press Conference - October 2010

Shortlist Readings - November 2010

2010 Awards Gala - November 2010

 


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The Saskatchewan Book Awards is a not-for-profit organization which recognizes, supports and promotes the Saskatchewan writing and publishing community. It provides its sponsors and donors with valuable media and public recognition throughout the year.

We welcome donations from individuals, corporations, and agencies.

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What We Do

We celebrate and recognize excellence in writing and publishing

We offer 14 annual or semi-annual awards to celebrate, promote and reward Saskatchewan authors and publishers worthy of recognition.

The Saskatchewan Book Awards is the only provincially-focused book award program and a principal ambassador for Saskatchewan’s literary community, which includes more than 300 writers and 75 book publishers. Its solid reputation for celebrating artistic excellence in style is recognized nationally.

Award winners are determined through a jury process of the highest integrity, by high-calibre jurors who are recognized as leaders with significant expertise in each award category.

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