Libris Award

{{short description|Canadian literary award}}

{{About|a Canadian award|the Dutch award with a similar name|Libris Prize}}

A Libris Award is a prize for Canadian literature. It is awarded by the Canadian Booksellers Association (CBA) on an annual basis. Nominations are solicited from CBA members, and the three candidates with the most nominations are put to a vote.

There are 13 categories of awards available:{{cite web|url=http://www.cbabook.org/libris-criteria.html|accessdate=3 April 2012|title=CBA Libris Awards Criteria|publisher=CBA|archivedate=6 October 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006003243/http://www.cbabook.org/libris-criteria.html|url-status=live}}

1. Author
2. Fiction Book
3. Non-Fiction Book
4. Specialty Bookseller
5. Campus Bookseller
6. Bookseller
7. Editor
8. Salesperson
9. Distributor
10. Small Press Publisher
11. Publisher
12. Children's Book
13. Young Readers' Book

The CBA Lifetime Achievement Award is also associated with the Libris Awards, although not officially a category.{{cite web|url=http://www.clivebarker.info/newsstephenking.html|title=Stephen King CBA Libris Award|publisher=Clive Barker|accessdate=6 April 2012|archivedate=5 November 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105003525/http://www.clivebarker.info/newsstephenking.html|url-status=live}}

The awards are presented at the national CBA conference gala.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/lyon-macintyre-crummey-vie-for-libris-award-1.945174|access-date=6 April 2012|publisher=CBC|title=Lyon, Macintyre, Crummey vie for Libris award|date=2 April 2010}} Notable previous winners include Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, senator and former United Nations peacekeeping commander Roméo Dallaire, politician and diplomat Stephen Lewis, and environmentalist David Suzuki.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbabook.org/files/Libris-2004-Winners.pdf|accessdate=6 April 2012|title=Congratulations to the Winners of CBA Libris Awards 2004|publisher=CBA|archivedate=28 March 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328131642/http://www.cbabook.org/files/Libris-2004-Winners.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbabook.org/files/Libris-2006-Winners.pdf|accessdate=6 April 2012|title=Congratulations to the Winners of CBA Libris Awards 2006|publisher=CBA}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbabook.org/files/Libris-2007-Winners.pdf|accessdate=6 April 2012|title=Congratulations to the Winners of CBA Libris Awards 2007|publisher=CBA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713214520/http://www.cbabook.org/files/Libris-2007-Winners.pdf|archive-date=13 July 2009|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbabook.org/files/Libris-1998-2002-Winners.pdf|accessdate=6 April 2012|title=CBA Libris Award Winners, 1998–2002|publisher=CBA|archivedate=28 March 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328131728/http://www.cbabook.org/files/Libris-1998-2002-Winners.pdf|url-status=live}}

The bookseller awards, meant to recognize "excellence in book retailing", are not necessarily indicative of profit: as a National Post article noted, one Toronto-based bookstore announced that it was closing only a few days after receiving the Specialty Bookseller award.{{cite news|url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/06/02/culture-club-the-end-of-bookstores/|accessdate=6 April 2012|date=2 June 2011|title=The end of bookstores?|author=Medley, Mark|newspaper=National Post}}