The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced 2025 winners of the B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes.

Started in 1985, the annual prizes recognize the achievements of B.C. and Yukon authors, illustrators and publishers. Award winners are selected through a juried system, with five finalists in each prize category. These prize-winning authors and publishers were honoured Sept. 21 at a gala hosted by broadcaster Margaret Gallagher at the University Golf Club in Vancouver.

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

Shashi Bhat (Vancouver), Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories (McClelland and Stewart)

Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize

Minelle Mahtani (Vancouver), May It Have a Happy Ending: A Memoir of Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers (Doubleday Canada)

Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize

Leanne Dunic (Van

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