Percivious Origins selected as finalist for the 2022 Canadian Book Club Awards
Posted on September 22, 2022
CANADA – The Canadian Book Club Awards has announced the 2022 finalists after a record- breaking year for the Canada-based literary award. Winners for Canada’s largest readers’ choice award will be released in December 2022.
With a record-breaking number of book entries and readers who registered to judge the 2022 book awards, The Canadian Book Club Awards (CBCA) has become the largest reader’s choice award in Canada. Doubling the number of genres from the 2021 awards and tripling the number of submissions received in years prior – The Canadian Book Club Awards have opened the industry’s reader’s choice doors wider than ever before.
“With a record number of entries from both trade publishers and independent authors, this year’s awards are a bold reflection of readers’ appetites to have more inclusivity in the publishing world. In this era of publishing, who publishes a book has a lot less to do with how great a book is,” shares CBCA Program Director, Kristain Oliveria-Barnes.
“This is the type of hockey stick growth we just don’t see in the publishing industry anymore. It’s very exciting to be part of something that is being received so enthusiastically,” says Megan Williams, CEO of CBCA’s title sponsor, The Self Publishing Agency Inc.
The finalists of The 2022 Canadian Book Club Awards are:
Non-Fiction/Memoir:
● Holden: After & Before, Tara McGuire (Arsenal Pulp Press)
● Lost in Beirut: A True Story of Love, Loss and War, Ashe & Magalena Stevens (Anonymous Inc.)
● Liar, Liar Gown on Fire, Cindy Buckshon, (Independently Published)
Non-Fiction:
● Moments In Time, Tom Locke, (Hub Consulting Services)
● The Music Therapy Studio, Rick Soshensky (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
● All CAPS, Craig Colby (FriesenPress)
Business/Self Help:
● Pulling Together—A Coach’s Journey to Uncover the Mindset of True Potential, Jason Dorland (Heritage House)
● Unlocked: The Power of You, Gezim Gashi (TSPA The Self Publishing Agency Inc.)
● Healing is Messy AF, Kaitlyn Kenealy, MA, LPC (Tea Time with the Psychos)
Health & Wellness/Spiritual:
● Citrine Horizon: A Soul Journey Through Health Trauma, Hannah Seraphim, Earl Grey Press
● Back to Life: One Woman’s Inspiring Triumph Over a Series of Terminal Diagnoses, KathyMcLaughlin, (FriesenPress)
● Butter Side Up: How I Survived My Most Terrible Year & Created My Super Awesome Life, JaneEnright (Independently Published)
Fiction:
● Freedom Lessons, Eileen Harrison Sanchez (She Writes Press)
● Welcome to the Hamilton, Tanya E. Williams (Rippling Effects)
● Mangos and Snowflakes, Isis Maria Henriquez (Verdad Press)
Romance:
● Ten Rules for Faking It, Sophie Sullivan (St. Martin’s Griffin)
● Sixteen Summers, Caitlin Moss (Independently published)
● The Refusal, Eve M. Riley (Snugrox Publishing)
Mystery/Thriller:
● The Amsterdam Deception, Tony Ollivier (Pandamoon Publishing)
● Coldwater Confession, James A. Ross (Level Best Books)
● Catch .22, Diane L. Kowalyshyn (The Wild Rose Press, Inc)
Fantasy/Sci-Fi:
● Tides of the Sovereign, Kate Gateley (FriesenPress)
● Percivious Origins, Jennifer Cook (AJ JJ Publishing)
● Spindrifts, A-M Mawhiney (FriesenPress)
Anthology/Short Story:
● On Traigh Lar Beach, Dianne Ebertt Beeaff (She Writes Press)
● Mysteries You Can’t Put Down, Brad Bennett (BookBaby)
● The MomBabes: A Motherhood Anthology Volume 2, Christina Walsh & Carolyn Turkington(MomBabes Media)
Children’s:
● What Does It Mean to Be Your Best?, Kelly Shuto (Independently published)
● Success, Ruthie Godfrey (Independently published)
● Siege of Herons – Collective Nouns Alphabetically, Ramona Wildeman (An Acceptable TimePress)
Children’s/Early Reader:
● One Arctic Night, Donald Whibley (FriesenPress)
● Look Within, Miles Mcalister (Independently published)
● The Herd, Ryan Poirier (FriesenPress)
Cookbook:
● Baking Magic: Awaken Your Inner Pastry Chef, Sasha Nary (Front Table Books)
● Great Scoops: Recipes from a Neighbourhood Ice Cream Shop, Amelia Ryan & Marlene Hayley(Figure 1 Publishing)
● Playlist Kitchen: Upbeat Recipes & The Music That Brought Them To Life, Becky Van Drunen(Playlist Publishing)
Poetry:
● Discombobulated Constellations, Briana Lenzi (FriesenPress)
● North Star Heart, Natasha Silva (Independently published)
● Shitty Jody, Krista Black (FriesenPress)
Over the next three months, The Canadian Book Club Awards’ Verified Readers will read all finalists’ books within their chosen categories and vote for their top choices, determining the category winners.Winners will be announced on December 30, 2022. For more information, visit thecanadianbookclubawards.ca.