Theytus is pleased to announce the award nominations, winners and honourable mentions of our books in the Benjamin Franklin Awards, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the International Board on Books for Young People, the New York Book Festival, the San Francisco Book Festival and the Paris Book Festival.
The Benjamin Franklin Award is named in honor of America's most cherished publisher/printer, the Benjamin Franklin Awards™ recognizes excellence in independent publishing. Publications, grouped by genre are judged on editorial and design merit by top practitioners in each field.
Silver Medal Winner in the Regional Category: People of the Land
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is “the most exciting and rewarding book awards program open to independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English”. They have listed three of our titles:
Children’s Picture Book Finalist: Just a Walk
General Fiction/Novel Finalist: Porcupines and China Dolls
Regional Non-Fiction Finalist: People of the Land
The New York Book Festival Competition has listed one of our titles:
Children’s Runner-up: I See Me
The San Francisco Book Festival Competition listed four of our books in the following categories:
Photography/Art Winner: People of the Land
Children’s Honourable Mention: Just A Walk and Chuck in the City
Teenage Honourable Mention: Deadly Loyalties
The International Board on Books for Young People is a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together. The IBBY Honour List 2010 in the Canadian section for the quality of its translation. The winner will be announced in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on September 9, 2010.
Honour List 2010 Nominee: Yamozha and His Beaver Wife
At the Paris Book Festival Competition, our books placed in the following categories:
Children’s Runner-up: Just A Walk
Children’s Honourable Mention: Chuck in the City
The Rabbits’ Race was selected by the First Nation Communities Read (FNCR) 2010 as a Highlighted Book and will be on its posters and leaflets. To order free posters of the FNCR selections, contact Patty at plawlor@sols.org
