Volume 1 Number 7
July 28, 1995
The Canadian Childen's Book Centre is pleased to announce the
short-list for the eighth annual
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical
Fiction for Young People.
On the short-list for 1995 are:
- Ellen's Secret
- by Jean Booker (Scholastic Canada, 1994)
- The Old Brown Suitcase
- by Lillian Boraks-Nemetz
(Ben-Simon Publications, 1994)
- The Dream Carvers
- by Joan Clark (Viking, 1995)
- Nellie L.
- by Connie Crook (Stoddart, 1994)
- Within a Painted Past
- by Hazel Hutchins (Annick Press, 1994)
- His Banner over Me
- by Jean Little (Viking, 1995)
- The Burning Time
- by Carol Matas (HarperCollins, 1994)
- The Lie that Had to Be
- by Sharon Gibson Palermo
(Thistledown Press, 1995)
- Signal Across the Sea
- by Dorothy Perkins (Lancelot
Press, 1994)
The Bilson Award was established in 1988 in memory of Geoffrey Bilson, a
respected historian and children's author. This annual prize of $1,000 has
been made possible by the Canadian children's publishing industry, and is
awarded to a Canadian author for an outstanding work of historical fiction
for young people.
The winner of the 1994 award was Kit Pearson for The Lights Go On
Again, published by Viking. The 1995 winner will be announced this
fall at the launch of Canadian Children's Book Week on November 18th at the
Queens Quay Terminal, Toronto.
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ISSN 1201-9364
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