NLBA Award Ceremony

Join us for the announcement of the winners of the 2026 Newfoundland Book Awards.

We hope you can join us for the announcement of the winners of the 2026 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards.

Tickets are free, but registration is required here via Eventbrite.

The shortlisted books are:

Killick Capital Prize for Fiction

• The Beltane Massacre, Ray Critch
• The Butcher’s Daughter, David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark
• Vigil, Susie Taylor

NLBA for Children and Youth

• A Single Dreadlock, Xaiver Michael Campbell
• The Mystery of the Haunted Dance Hall, Charis Cotter
• Kuekuatsheu Creates the World, Annie Picard

Judges Sharon Bala, Jamie Fitzpatrick, Craig Francis Power (Killick Capital Prize), and Andy Jones, Kevin Major, Sheila O’Neill (NLBA for Children and Youth) read through dozens of submissions from NL writers to come up with these shortlists.

The NLBAs celebrate excellence in writing by authors in Canada’s easternmost province and are made possible by the generous support of sponsors like Killick Capital and the Government of Newfoundland & Labrador.

Each award is handed out on a two-year cycle, with eligible books having appeared in the two previous calendar years. This year’s awards are for adult fiction and books for children and youth from 2024 and 2025, and next year’s will be for poetry and non-fiction from 2025 and 2026.

The author of the winning book in each category will receive $1,500. Two runners-up will be selected in each category to receive $500 each.

Reserve your free ticket here.