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BMC
02-07-2008, 12:05 PM
lets see if I can link to it! It is the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction (Canadian)

http://novelst4.epnet.com/NovApp/novelist/results.aspx?sid=5A4A9DE0-0C19-454C-8A74-9D7F188710C3%40sessionmgr7&control=tr&pid=401614&level=12&title=Geoffrey%20Bilson%20Award%20for%20Historical %20Fiction

2006 Porter, Pamela Paige The Crazy Man
2005 Noel, Michel (Shelley Tanaka, trans.) Good for Nothing
2004 Doyle, Brian Boy O'Boy
2003 Clark, Joan The Word for Home
2002 Schwartz, Virginia Frances If I Just Had Two Wings
2001 McKay, Sharon E. Charlie Wilcox
2000 No Award Given
1999 Lawrence, Iain The Wreckers
1998 Watts, Irene N. Good-bye Marianne
1997 McNaughton, Janet Elizabeth To Dance at the Palais Royale
1996 Brandis, Marianne Rebellion
1995 Clark, Joan The Dream Carvers
1994 Pearson, Kit The Lights Go on Again
1993 Lottridge, Celia Barker Ticket to Curlew
1992 No Award Given
1991 Brandis, Marianne The Sign of the Scales
1990 Pearson, Kit The Sky is Falling
1989 Godfrey, Martyn Mystery in the Frozen Lands
1989 Perkyns, Dorothy Rachel's Revolution
1988 Matas, Carol Lisa's War

Shelly in MD
02-08-2008, 12:03 AM
Thank you for this! My sister and her family moved to Canada this year, and I have been hoping to find something for myself and dc to read to learn more about Canada. Your timing was amazing; thanks for posting it!

Alana in Canada
02-08-2008, 12:12 AM
ooooh, interesting. I'll check these out, thanks!

LibrarianMom
02-09-2008, 12:21 AM
For Canadians, or anyone who is looking for information about children's books written by Canadians or set in Canada, PIKA (http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/pika/index-e.html) is a great site.