2012 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards

Thursday, June 7, 2012 | 8 PM | FREE
The Bram and Bluma Appel Salon
at the Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge St., Toronto

The 24th annual awards celebrating excellence in Canadian writing on Jewish themes and subjects. Books in a variety of genres will be recognized at the awards ceremony on Thursday, June 7 at 8 PM. The ceremony is free and open to the public.

This year's ceremony will be hosted by broadcaster and host of CBC Radio One's The Sunday Edition, Michael Enright.

2012 Winners Announced!
DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE HERE (PDF)

The 2012 winners are:

BIOGRAPHY
Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson, A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch (Véhicule Press)

FICTION
David Bezmozgis, The Free World (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

HISTORY
Denis Vaugeois, Les Premiers Juifs D’Amérique 1760-1860: L’extraordinaire histoire de la famille Hart (Septentrion)

HOLOCAUST LITERATURE
Eli Pfefferkorn, The Muselmann at the Water Cooler (Academic Studies Press)

MEMOIR
Richard Marceau, Juif, Une Histoire Québécoise (Éditions Du Marais)
Also published in English as A Quebec Jew 

POETRY
S. Weilbach, Singing from the Darktime: A Childhood Memoir in Poetry and Prose (McGill- Queen's University Press)

SCHOLARSHIP
Kalman Weiser, Jewish People, Yiddish Nation: Noah Prylucki and the Folkists in Poland (University of Toronto Press)

YIDDISH
Rebecca Margolis, Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil: Yiddish Culture in Montreal, 1905-1945 (McGill-Queen's University Press)

YOUTH LITERATURE
Lesley Simpson, Yuvi’s Candy Tree (Kar-Ben Publishing)

2012 WINNING AUTHOR BIOS AND BOOK INFORMATION HERE (PDF)

2012 JURY CITATIONS HERE (PDF)

2012 JURY BIOS HERE (PDF)

2012 Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards Jury
Barbara Berson, Adam Fuerstenberg, Marjorie Gann, Judi Ghert, Sara R. Horowitz, Carla Lancit, Michael Posner, Judy Stoffman, Edward Trapunski, Alain Goldschlager.

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Support for the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards is provided by the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto.

CLICK HERE FOR A FULL LIST OF ALL PAST WINNERS (1989-2011) (PDF)

A NOTE ON THE AWARD CATEGORIES OF THE HELEN & STAN VINE CANADIAN JEWISH BOOK AWARDS
Awards are given out annually and have included the following categories: Fiction; Scholarship; Biography / Memoir; History; Children’s / Young Adult Literature; Poetry; Holocaust-themed; Jewish Thought & Culture; and Yiddish (Translation from Yiddish, or Yiddish-themed). The prizes of the Canadian Jewish Book Awards are not fixed to a set number or set categories but are determined annually at the discretion of the Jury. Please refer to the Guidelines for Entry or more information on the eligibility criteria that informs the Jury's decision making process.
 
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For more information, please contact: Sascha Cole, Programs and Outreach Assistant, 416.638.1881 x4198, scole@kofflerarts.org