Join the 30th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Book Awards to celebrate Saskatchewan writers and publishers!

The 2023 Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala will be held at the Saskatoon Inn, in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 4. The event starts at 7:00pm, with doors opening at 6:30pm. This incredible evening will feature delectable desserts, live entertainment and, of course, awards!

This year’s shortlist announcement was made on March 24, 2023 at the Regina Public Library. To view the shortlist, visit the Saskatchewan Book Awards website.

Anthony Bidulka’s Going to Beautiful is shortlisted in the Fiction category which includes:

Fiction Award
• Danceland Diaries (Radiant Press) by dee Hobsbawn–Smith
• A Snake in the Raspberry Patch (Stonehouse Publishing) by Joanne Jackson
• Going to Beautiful (Stonehouse Publishing) by Anthony Bidulka
• Jameela Green Ruins Everything (Simon and Schuster Canada) by Zarqa Nawaz
• What is Written on the Tongue (ECW Press) by Anne Lazurko

Tickets

Tickets to the Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala are available for $75 per person HERE. Ticket sales close on April 21, 2023. Tickets are non-refundable.

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Danny Knight will be the Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala Master of Ceremonies!

Danny Knight is an Actor/Comedian/Musician who is Nehiyaw (Cree) from Muskoday First Nation. Past sound design credits include A Christmas Story (Persephone theatre), Saltwater Moon (Rostern Arts Centre), and the Rez Christmas series (Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre). You can find his band Nightswitch on Spotify as well as his podcast, Real Deadly, co-hosted by Shawn Cuthand.