WIBA 2024 Finalists Announced
The Canadian Authors Association judges have assessed all the entries and we are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 Whistler Independent Book Awards.
The fiction finalists are:
Karen Barrow for Palmyra
Hannah D. State for Journey to the Dark Galaxy
Daphne Leonie Wright for On Love and Death and Belonging
The non-fiction nominees are:
Angie Counios for My List, My Rules: The Year a Checklist Changed My Life
Adam L. Harris for A Canadian Jew in Uncle Sam’s Army: Darkly Humorous Recollections of Disparity, Irony and Narrowly Surviving During the Cold War
Barbara Leimsner for Quitting the Master Race: A Daughter’s Journey to Break the Bonds of Hate
The children’s nominees are:
Douglas Cochran for Captain Festus & the Close Shave
Bruce A. Hanson for Double Cross
Judith Silverthorne for The Treasure Box
The finalists will be judged by the independent judges, and the winners will be announced at this year’s Whistler Writers Festival, October 17–20, 2024.
Every book submitted is peer-reviewed and assessed. Evaluations for authors not shortlisted will be sent out from August 19, 2024.
The Whistler Independent Book Awards provide independently published authors with a unique opportunity to have their work recognized through a juried process.