The $25,000 prize recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who write on a topic with a connection to the experiences of Ukrainian Canadians.
Five Stalks of Grain Adrian Lysenko and Ivanka Theodosia Galadza, ill. University of Calgary Press, Nov. During the 1930s, the Holodomor, a man-made famine, killed millions of Ukrainians. At the time, Soviet officials vowed to execute any person found to be hoarding even “five stalks of grain.” This poignant (and, sadly, timely) work of historical
MIDDLE GRADE Apartment 713 Kevin Sylvester HarperCollins, Sept. Kidlit veteran Kevin Sylvester’s quirky new middle-grade novel follows two unlikely friends as they navigate secret ballrooms, hidden artwork, and time travel to uncover the mystery behind the maker of their home, the Regency apartment building, and save it from demolition in this story about belonging. One