1997 Awards Winners & Finalists

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Buntys and Pinkies: Chronicles of a New Canadian

by Ashok Chandwani

Non-Fiction

Published in

1996
- Finalist — First Book Prize in 1997
Butterfly Lovers

by Charles Foran

Fiction

Published in

1996
- Winner — The Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 1997
City Unique: Montreal Days and Nights in the 1940s and ’50s

by William Weintraub

Non-Fiction

Published in

1997
- Winner — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 1997
David and Jonathan: a Story of Love and Power in Ancient Israel

by Stephen Schecter

Non-Fiction

Published in

1996
- Finalist — The A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry in 1997
Finding the Enemy

by Mary Soderstrom

Fiction

Published in

1997
- Finalist — The Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 1997
Getting Out of Town

by Connie Barnes Rose

Fiction

Published in

1998
- Finalist — The Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 1997
Half Man, Half Beast: Making a Life in Canadian Theatre

by Maurice Podbrey

Non-Fiction

Published in

1997
- Finalist — First Book Prize in 1997
Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family

by Elaine Kalman Naves

Non-Fiction

Published in

1996
- Finalist — The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction in 1997
The New World

by Carmine Starnino

Poetry

Published in

1997
- Finalist — The A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry in 1997
Picking Up Pearls: Stories of Nattie, Emily, Trudi, Lila and Others

by Irene Burstyn

Non-Fiction

Published in

1998
- Winner — First Book Prize in 1997