THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS WINS THE 2022 BC AND YUKON BOOK PRIZE

The West Coast Book Prize Society is thrilled to announce the winners of the 38th annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Prizes are awarded annually to recognize the achievements of BC and Yukon authors, illustrators and publishers. Award winners are selected through a juried system, with five finalists in each prize category, including the winner selected in each prize category.

Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness (Viking/Penguin Random House Canada) has won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize .

September 24, 2022
BC and Yukon Book Prizes| News
Announcing the 2022 Winner of BC and Yukon Book Prize

RUTH OZEKI WINS THE 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction for THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS!

“We are over the moon to reveal that Ruth Ozeki has won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction with her fourth novel The Book of Form and Emptiness.

At an awards ceremony in Bedford Square Gardens, London, hosted by novelist and Women’s Prize Founder Director, Kate Mosse – the 2022 Chair of Judges, Mary Ann Sieghart presented Ruth with the £30,000 prize, endowed by an anonymous donor, and the ‘Bessie’, a limited edition bronze figurine by Grizel Niven.”

June 15, 2022
Women’s Prize for Fiction | News
Announcing the 2022 Winner of the Women's Prize!

THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS makes the shortlist for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction!

The annual prize aims to honour “outstanding, ambitious, original fiction written in English by women from anywhere in the world”, and this year’s chair of judges, Mary Ann Sieghart, was pleased by how “wonderfully diverse” the shortlist has turned out to be. But there were no tick-box exercises in the judging meetings, she stressed: “They were the books we most loved. It really is as simple as that.”

April 27, 2022
The Guardian | Books
Six ‘wonderfully diverse’ novels make the Women’s prize shortlist

THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS selected as a finalist for the 2022 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, B.C. and Yukon Book Prize

The award is part of the annual B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes, which celebrate books by writers in the province and territory on Canada's west coast.

There are also prizes that honour nonfiction, children's writing, poetry and other genres. The winners will be announced on Sept. 24, 2022.

April 13, 2022
CBC Books News
British Columbia authors Alix Ohlin & Ruth Ozeki among 2022 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes finalists

THE BOOK OF FORM AND EMPTINESS longisted for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction!

The 2022 longlist comprises of sixteen incredible books, featuring both debut and acclaimed writers; which span the globe in their settings, from Trinidad, Cyprus and a dystopian England, to Cape Cod, Buchenwald, and Vietnam.

There are five British authors, six Americans, two New Zealanders, one Turkish-British, one American-Canadian, and one Trinidadian writer on the longlist. Alongside four debut novelists, five authors have been previously longlisted.

Chair of judges and author Mary Ann Sieghart, said: ‘Choosing just 16 novels from 175 submissions was a marathon task. After a lively and passionate discussion, my fellow judges were delighted to find that our 16 favourite novels were incredibly diverse, written by women of all ages from all over the world, covering different genres, and from publishers large and small. We are confident that this wonderful, eclectic and inspiring longlist will offer something to entrance every reader, both male and female.’

March 8, 2022
Women’s Prize For Fiction
Women's Prize 2022 Longlist