The Shevchenko Foundation has been dedicated to the promotion and development of Ukrainian Canadian culture since 1964. The Kobzar™ Book Award, instituted by the Foundation in 2003 and first awarded in 2006, recognizes outstanding literary works with tangible connections to the Ukrainian Canadian experience. A prize of $25,000 is awarded biennially to an author who has made a significant contribution to the Canadian literary landscape.
This year’s shortlisted authors were David Demchuk (The Bone Mother), John Paskievich (The North End Revisited), Sandra Semchuk (The Stories Were Not Told: Canada’s First World War Internment Camps), Alex Leslie (We All Need to Eat) and Laisha Rosnau (Our Familiar Hunger).
