Award-winning Books I have Edited

A partial list of award-winning books I have worked on, either as the developmental editor, or as the line- and copy editor.

  • Non-fiction

    “The Unborn and the Born Dead Are Yet Among Us” (Raymond Gariepy)

    • CNFC/HLR Essay competition (Winner)

    Under the Nakba Tree: Fragments ofa Palestinian Family in Canada (Mowafa Said Househ)

    • IPPY Canada West Best Regional non-Fiction (Gold, 2023)

    Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name?: The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmothern Foot to Canterbury (Norma Dunning)

    • Shaunessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing (Shortlisted, 2023)

    • Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize (Shortlisted, 2023)

    Poetry

    DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono (Nduka Otiono, select. and intro. Peter Midgley)

    • ALA 2023 Book of the Year—Creative Writing [Winner]

    • Archibald Lampman Award [Shortlisted, 2022]

    A is for Acholi (Otoniya J. Okot Bitek)

    • Pat Lowther Memorial Award [Shortlist., 2023]

    • Dorothy Livesay Award [Shortlist, 2023]

    • Jim Deva Award for Writing that Provokes [Shortlist, 2023]

    Seas Moves Away (Joanne Leow)n)

    • Brenda MacDonald Riches First Book Award [Shortlisted, 2023]

  • Fields of Light and Stone (Angeline Schellenberg)

    • Kobzar Book Award [Shortlisted, 2021]

    Ghosts Still Linger (Kat Cameron)

    • Stephan G. Stephanson Award for Poetry, Writers Guild of Alberta [Shortlisted, 2021]

    • High Plains Book Awards [Winner (International, 2021)]

    I Am Still Your Negro (Valerie Mason-John)

    • Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, League of Canadian Poets [Longlisted, 2021]

    • Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize [Shortlisted, 2021]

    • BC and Yukon Book Prizes [Shortlisted, 2021]

    • West Coast Book Prize Society [Shortlisted, 2021]

    Apostrophes VIII (E.D. Blodgett)

    • Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Shortlisted (Canada 2020)]

    Welcome to the Anthropocene (Alice Major)

    • Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize [Shortlisted (2019)]

    • Raymond Souster Award / League of Canadian Poets [Shortlisted (2019)]

    • Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Shortlisted (2019)]

    Believing is not the same as Being Saved (Lisa Martin)

    • Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry | Writers' Guild of Alberta [Shortlisted (2018)]

    • Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize [Shortlisted (2018)]

    • Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Shortlisted (2018)]

    Little Wildheart (Micheline Maylor)

    • Pat Lowther Award [Long-listed (2018)]

    • Raymond Souster Award [Long-listed (2018)]

    Sleeping in Tall Grass (Richard Therrien)

    • Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (BC Book Prizes) [Shortlisted (2017)]

    • Alberta Book Awards, Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry [Shortlisted (2017)]

    100 Days (Juliane Okot Bitek)

    • Pat Lowther Award (The League of Canadian Poets) [Shortlisted (2017)]

    • INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards (Poetry) [Winner (United States 2017)]

    • Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize (BC Book Prizes) [Shortlisted (2017)]

    • Canadian Authors Award for Poetry (Canadian Authors Association) [Shortlisted (2017)]

    • Alberta Book Awards, Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry [Shortlisted (2017)]

    • Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry [Winner (United States 2017)]

    Standard Candles (Alice Major)

    • League of Canadian Poets / Raymond Souster Award [Shortlisted (2016)]

    • Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry – Alberta Literary Awards [Shortlisted (2016)]

    • Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry, Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Winner (2016)]

    Trying Again to Stop Time (Jalal Barzanji)

    • Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry – Alberta Literary Awards [Shortlisted (2016)]

    small things left behind (Ella Zeltserman)

    • Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award, Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Winner (2015)]

    • Western Canada Jewish Book Awards [Winner (2016)]

    as if (E.D. Blodgett)

    • Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry, Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Shortlisted (2015)]

    Massacre Street (Paul Zits)

    • Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry [Winner (2014)]

    • Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award [Shortlisted (2014)]

    Demeter Goes Skydiving (Susan McCaslin)

    • Alberta Book Awards [Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award (2012)]

    Kat Among the Tigers (Kath MacLean)

    • ForeWord Book of the Year Award [Robert Kroetsch Poetry Book Award / Shortlisted (2012)]

    Memory's Daughter (Alice Major)

    • Alberta Book Awards [Stephan G. Stephanson Award for Poetry (2011)]

    wild horses (rob mclennan)

    • Ottawa Xpress: Best of Ottawa [Best work of fiction/non-fiction/poetry by local writer (2010)]

    Haiku in Papiamentu (Elis Juliana)

    • The John Glassco Prize [John Glassco Prize (Honourable Mention) (2004)]

  • Tainna: The Unseen Ones (Norma Dunning)

    • The Governor General’s Award for Fiction [Winner, 2021]

    Annie Muktuk and Other Stories (Norma Dunning)

    • INDIE Book of the Year Awards (Short Stories) [Winner (United States 2018)]

    • Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize [Shortlisted (2018)]

    • Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story | Writers' Guild of Alberta for "Elipsee" [Winner (2018)]

    • 2017 Danuta Gleed Literary Award [Winner (2018)]

    • Trade Fiction | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Shortlisted (2018)]

    Nuala (Kimmy Beach)

    • Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction | Writers' Guild of Alberta [Shortlisted (2018)]

    Rising Abruptly (Gisèle Villeneuve)

    • Alberta Readers' Choice Award [Long-listed (2017)]

    • Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction [Winner (2017)]

    • Banff Mountain Book Competition [Mountain Fiction & Poetry [Winner (2017)]

    • Alberta Book Publishing Awards, Trade Fiction [Winner (2017)]

    You Haven’t Changed a Bit (Astrid Blodgett)

    • ReLit Award [Shortlisted (2014)]Description text goes here

  • On Foot to Canterbury (Ken Haigh)

    • Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction – [Short-listed, 2021]

    Tiny Lights for Travellers (Naomi K. Lewis)

    • Governor General Literary Awards, Non-fiction [Shortlisted (2019)]

    • The Western Canada Jewish Book Awards, Pinsky Givon Family Prize for Non-Fiction [Shortlisted (2020)]

    • The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize [Shortlisted (2020)]

    • Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Non-fiction [Winner (2020)]

    • Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature [Winner (2020)]

    What You Take with You (Therese Greenwood)

    • Trade Non-Fiction Book of the Year | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Shortlisted (2020)]

    The Stories Were Not Told (Sandra Semchuk)

    • Kobzar Book Award [Shortlisted (2020)]

    Little Yellow House (Carissa Halton)

    • Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize [Shortlisted (2019)]

    Magnetic North (Jenna Butler)

    • Banff Mountain Book Competition; Mountain & Wilderness Literature – Fiction & Poetry [Shortlisted (2019)]

    • Trade Non-Fiction | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Shortlisted (2019)]

    • INDIE Book of the Year Awards (Travel) | Foreword Reviews [Shortlisted (United States 2019)]

    Weaving a Malawi Sunrise (Roberta Laurie)

    • INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards / Foreword Reviews [Winner (United States 2016)]

    A Year of Days (Myrl Coulter)

    • INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards / Foreword Reviews [Runner-up (United States 2016)]

    • Independent Publisher Book Awards, Bronze in Essay/Creative Non-Fiction [Winner (United States 2016)]

    Shy (Naomi K. Lewis and Rona Altrows)

    • Independent Publisher Book Awards, Anthology [Runner-up (United States 2014)]

    Disinherited Generations (Nellie Carlson and Kathleen Steinhauer)

    • Trade Non-Fiction, Alberta Book Awards [Winner (2014)]

    Intersecting Sets (Alice Major)

    • Publishers Association of the West, Western Regional Book Design and Production Awards [Gold Award, Adult Trade Book/Non[Illustrated (2012)]

    • Alberta Book Awards [Trade Non-Fiction Book Award / Shortlisted (2012)]

    • Alberta Book Awards [Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Non[fiction)]

    The Man in Blue Pyjamas (Jalal Barzanji)

    • Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence [Shortlisted (2012)]

    • Alberta Book Awards [Lois Hole Award for Editorial Excellence (2012)]

    • Alberta Book Awards [Trade Non-Fiction Book Award / Shortlisted (2012)]

    Rudy Wiebe: Collected Stories, 1955–2010 (Rudy Wiebe)

    • Independent Publisher Book Awards [Canada West, Best Regional Fiction (Gold) (2011)]

    • Alberta Book Awards [Trade Fiction Book Award (2011)]

    • Alberta Book Awards [Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Story (2011)]

    Prodigal Daughter (Myrna Kostash)

    • Alberta Book Awards [Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Non-fiction (2011)]

    • Runciman Award [Shortlisted (2011)]

    Bosnia (Tony Fabijancic)

    • Independent Publisher Book Awards [Silver[History (2010)]

    Outrider of Empire (Geoffrey A. Pocock)

    • Independent Publisher Book Awards [Canada West: Best Regional Non-Fiction (Gold) (2009)]

    The Green Heart of the Tree (Annette S. Woudstra)

    • ForeWord Book of the Year Award [Silver — Essays (2008)]

    Hard Passage (Arthur Kroeger)

    • Alberta Book Awards [Trade Non-Fiction Book Award (2008)]

    • ForeWord Book of the Year Award [Honourable Mention[Autobiography and Memoir (2008)]

    I Was There (Ellen Schoeck)

    • CASE Grand Gold District VIII Communication Award [Grand Gold Communication Award (2007)]

    • Virginia Carter Smith Grand Crystal Award [Grand Crystal Award (2007)]

    Edmonton in Our Own Words (Linda Goyette and Carolina Jakeway Roemmich)

    • Alberta Book Awards [Grant MacEwan Author's Award (2005)]

    • Alberta Book Awards [2005 Trade Non-Fiction Book of the Year (2005)]

  • Laws of the Constitution (Donald F. Bur)

    • Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing [Short-listed, 2021]

    The Flying Zoo (Michael Stock)

    • Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society's Best Wildlife Publication Award in the Popular Category [Winner, 2021]

    Government Information in Canada (Amanda Wakaruk and Sam-chin Li)

    • Margaret T. Lane / Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award [Winner, (International, 2021)]

    A Modernist Fantasy: Modernism, Anarchism, & the Radical Fantastic (James Gifford)

    • The Mythpopoetic Award for Scholarship [Winner (International, 2021)]

    Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih (Leslie McCartney and Gwich'in Tribal Council)

    • Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta (Winner, 2021)

    • Oral History Association Book Award [Winner, (International, 2021)

    The Flying Zoo (Michael Stock)

    • INDIE Book of the Year Awards (Nature), Foreword INDIES [Short-listed (International, 2020

    Government Information in Canada (Amanda Wakaruk and Sam-chin Li)

    • Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing [Short-listed, 2020]

    Power Play (Jay Scherer, David Mills and Linda Sloan McCulloch)

    • Trade Non-Fiction Book of the Year | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Winner 2020]

    • Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Shortlisted 2020]

    Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters (Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell and Christi Belcourt)

    • Scholarly and Academic Book Award | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Shortlisted (2019)]

    Metis Pioneers (Doris Jeanne MacKinnon)

    • Scholarly and Academic Book Award | Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [S)]

    The Evolving Feminine Ballet Body (Pirkko Markula and Marianne I. Clark)

    • CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles [Winner (United States 2019)]

    Inhabiting Memory in Canadian Literature / Habiter la mémoire dans la littérature canadienne (Benjamin Authers, Maïté Snauwaert and Daniel Laforest)

    • Gabrielle Roy Prize [Association for Canadian and Quebec Literatures [Runner-up (2018)]

    Farm Workers in Western Canada (Shirley A. McDonald and Bob Barnetson)

    • INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards (Political Science) [Shortlisted (United States 2017)]

    • Alberta Book Publishing Awards, Scholarly and Academic [Shortlisted (2017)]

    The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior (Ernest Robert Zimmermann, Michel S. Beaulieu and David K. Ratz)

    • Floyd S. Chalmers Award [Commended (2016)]

    • M. Elizabeth Arthur Award [Winner (2018)]

    Street Sex Work and Canadian Cities (Shawna Ferris)

    • Manitoba Book Awards / Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book [Winner (2016)]

    • Scholarly and Academic Book Award, Alberta Book Awards, Book Publishers Association of Alberta [Winner (2016)]

    • Outstanding Scholarship Prize, Women's and Gender Studies et Recherches Feminists Association (WGSRF) [Winner (2017)]

    Sanctioned Ignorance (Paul Martin)

    • Gabrielle Roy Prize (2013) [Winner (2014)]

    The Peace-Athabasca Delta (Kevin P. Timoney)

    • Lane Anderson Award [Winner (2014)]

    • Scholarly Book of the Year [Alberta Book Awards [Winner (2014)]

    Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up? (Geo Takach)

    • Independent Publisher Book Awards [Canada West, Best Regional Non-Fiction (Gold) (2011)]

    • ForeWord Book of the Year Award [Finalist (2010)]

    • CAA Export Alberta Award [Runner-Up (2010)]

    People of the Lakes (Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and Shirleen Smith)

    • ForeWord Book of the Year Award [Bronze, Regional Category (2010)]

    • Independent Publisher Book Awards [Outstanding Books, Story Teller of the Year (2010)]

    • Alberta Book Awards [Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year (2010)]

    • Canadian Aboriginal History Book Prize [Canadian Aboriginal History Book Prize (2010)]

    • Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Prize - Erminie Wheeler-Voeglin Book Award (2010)]

    • Clio Awards [Clio Prize (The North) (2011)]

    • Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing [Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing (2011)]

    Archbishop A.-A. Taché of St. Boniface (Raymond J.A. Huel)

    • Margaret McWilliams Competition [Winner (2004)]