The winners of the 2013 CBA Libris Award were announced on Monday, June 3 at the Toronto Congress Centre. The Libris Awards recognize the extraordinary professionals who deliver great books to Canadian readers. They are nominated and voted on by members of the Canadian bookselling community. The Libris Awards honour the outstanding achievements made by authors and editors, sales reps and distributors, booksellers and publishers. Children’s bookstore Mabel’s Fables took home the honour for specialty bookseller. The winners in the picture book and young reader categories are listed below.
Picture Book
This Is Not My Hat
Written and illustrated by Jon Klassen
Published by Candlewick Press
Young Reader
Such Wicked Intent
Written by Kenneth Oppel
Published by HarperCollins Publishers
For more information, visit www.cbabook.org.