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[]

Young Readers[]

Year Title Author Publisher
2017 Biometrics Maria Birmingham[4] Owl Kids
2016 5 Giraffes Anne Innis Dagg[5] Fitzhenry & Whiteside
2015 The Queen's Shadow Kids Can Press
2014 Fuzzy Forensics: DNA Fingerprinting Gets Wild Ashby-BP
2013 Before the World Was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in Science Annick Press
2012 Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea Kids Can Press
2011 Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest

Adult[]

Year Title Author Publisher
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 ECW Press
2014 Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products Firefly Books
2013 The Peace-Athabasca Delta: Portrait of a Dynamic Ecosystem 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

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References[]

  1. ^ "New Canadian science-writing prize unveiled". The Globe and Mail. 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  2. ^ "Lane Anderson Award Winners announced". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  3. ^ "2015 Lane Anderson Award winners announced". Quill and Quire. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  4. ^ "Books on glaciers, biometrics win $10K Canadian science writing prizes". CBC.ca.
  5. ^ a b "Anne Innis Dagg and Caroline Fox each win $10K prize for excellence in science writing | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  6. ^ "Lane Anderson Awards for science writing look to the future". Quill and Quire. 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  7. ^ "Winners and Finalists". Lane Anderson Award. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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