Alberta Readers' Choice Award

The Edmonton Public Library (EPL), in partnership with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta (BPAA), is proud to announce the creation of a new Alberta book publishing award. The Alberta Readers' Choice Award (ARC) promotes the works of Alberta authors and publishers, and encourages the reading public to support literary works published in Alberta.

The ARC Award prize, worth $10,000, rivals that of other major national books awards in Canada, such as the Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, the Trillium Book Award for Poetry, and the Governor-General's Literary Award for Fiction. The annual award will be given to a work of adult fiction or narrative non-fiction published by an Alberta based publishing house, with the top book being determined by the public.

And then there were 10...

The votes are in! Below are the 10 shortlisted titles for this year's ARC Award as selected by Alberta libraries.

	The Frog Lake Reader By Myrna Kostash Published by NeWest Press		Crossing the Swell By Tori Holmes Published by Rocky Mountain Books
	In Bed with the Word: Reading, Spirituality, and Cultural Politics By Daniel Coleman Published by University of Alberta Press		100 Years of Anne with an "e": The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables Edited by Holly Blackford Published by University of Calgary Press
	The Forgotten Explorer: Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockies By Samuel Fay Published by Rocky Mountain Books		The Weekender Effect : Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns By Robert Sandford Published by Rocky Mountain Books
	Fishing for Bacon By Michael Davie Published by NeWest Press		Bomb Canada and Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media By Chantal Allan Published by AU Press
	Fifth World Drum By Anna Marie Sewell Published by Frontenac House		Buying Cigarettes for the Dog By Stuart Ross Published by Freehand Books