Lane Anderson Award
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The Lane Anderson Award is an annual award presented to Canadian non-fiction science in two categories; adult and young readers.[1] It is funded by the Fitzhenry Family Foundation, and headed by Sharon Fitzhenry and Hollister Doll.[2] Winners receive a plaque and a prize of 10,000 dollars. Winners are selected based on a book's relevance to current events and on its ability to relate scientific issues to everyday life.[3]
Winners
[edit]Young Readers
[edit]| Year | Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | It Takes Guts | Jennifer Gardy | Greystone Books |
| 2019 | Heads Up | Melanie Siebert | Orca |
| 2018 | The Space Adventurer's Guide | Peter McMahon | Kids Can Press |
| 2017 | Biometrics | Maria Birmingham[4] | Owl Kids |
| 2016 | 5 Giraffes | Anne Innis Dagg[5] | Fitzhenry & Whiteside |
| 2015 | The Queen's Shadow | Cybèle Young | Kids Can Press |
| 2014 | Fuzzy Forensics: DNA Fingerprinting Gets Wild | L.E. Carmichael | Ashby-BP |
| 2013 | Before the World Was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in Science | Claire Eamer | Annick Press |
| 2012 | Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea | Helaine Becker | Kids Can Press |
| 2011 | Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest | Caitlyn Vernon | Orca Book Publishers |
Adult
[edit]| Year | Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ontario's Old-growth Forests 2nd edition | Michael Henry | Fitzhenry & Whiteside |
| 2019 | The Reality Bubble | Ziya Tong | Penguin Random House |
| 2018 | 18 Miles | Christopher Dewdney | ECW Press |
| 2017 | Our Vanishing Glaciers | Robert William Sandford[6] | Rocky Mountain Books |
| 2016 | At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast | Caroline Fox[5] | Rocky Mountain Books |
| 2015 | Malignant Metaphor: Confronting Cancer Myths | Alanna Mitchell | ECW Press |
| 2014 | Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products | Stephen Leahy | Firefly Books |
| 2013 | The Peace-Athabasca Delta: Portrait of a Dynamic Ecosystem | Kevin P. Timoney | University of Alberta Press |
| 2012 | The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos | Neil Turok | House of Anansi Press |
| 2011 | The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History | Harry Thurston | Greystone Books |
References
[edit]- ^ "New Canadian science-writing prize unveiled". The Globe and Mail. 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
- ^ "Lane Anderson Award Winners announced". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "2015 Lane Anderson Award winners announced". Quill and Quire. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "Books on glaciers, biometrics win $10K Canadian science writing prizes". CBC.ca.
- ^ a b "Anne Innis Dagg and Caroline Fox each win $10K prize for excellence in science writing | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "Lane Anderson Awards for science writing look to the future". Quill and Quire. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
- ^ "Winners and Finalists". Lane Anderson Award. Retrieved 2017-07-19.