City of Victoria Butler Book Prize Finalists 2009

The Cult of Quick Repair

By Dede Crane
Published by Coteau Books

Fatal Tide

By David Leach
Published by Viking Canada

Here Come the MOONBATHERS

By Patricia Young
Published by Biblioasis Books

Red Dog, Red Dog

By Patrick Lane
Published by McClelland & Stewart

Sima’s Undergarments for Women

By Ilana Stanger-Ross
Published by Overlook Press

The $5,000 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize is awarded annually for the best book by an author who resides in the Capital Regional District of Greater Victoria. Co-sponsored by Butler Building Supplies and the City of Victoria since 2004 the prize is awarded to the book judged to have the highest literary merit written by a resident of the Victoria Region. For a list of previous winners look here.

The 2009 Prize will be awarded at a gala ceremony at the Union Club in Victoria on October 14 at 7:30 in the evening. Please join us there.  Tickets are available at Bolen Books, Munro’s Books, Ivy’s Book Shop and at the event, or contact us.

Here is the list of entries for the 2009 prize.