Deceased author wins B.C. publishing award
May 1, 2017 | 5:27 AM
VANCOUVER — A Kamloops author who died in March has been honoured with a B-C publishing award.
Richard Wagamese’s latest book of essays — “Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations” — is the winner of a B-C Book Prize fo public appeal, design, production and content.
Wagamese died in Kamloops on March 10 at the age of 61.
This year’s B-C Book Prize winners also include Douglas Coupland, who received the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. (The Canadian Press)