The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association is happy to announce the 2021 Book Awards Shortlist, selected by a committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. This year’s committee chose the following 12 finalists, crafted by Northwest authors and illustrators, from a list of nearly 400 nominated titles published during 2020.
The six winners of the 2021 Pacific Northwest Book Awards will be announced in early January.
Cedar + Salt: Vancouver Island Recipes from Forest, Farm, Field and Sea
DL Acken (Victoria, BC) and Emily Lycopolus (Salt Spring Island, BC)
Touchwood Editions
The Galleons: Poems
Rick Barot (Tacoma, WA)
Milkweed Editions
Godshot
Chelsea Bieker (Portland, OR)
Catapult / Counterpoint
Nature Obscura: A City’s Hidden Natural World
Kelly Brenner (Seattle, WA)
Mountaineers Books
Birdsong
Julie Flett (Vancouver, BC)
Greystone Books
Lupe Wong Won’t Dance
Donna Barba Higuera (Issaquah, WA)
Levine Querido
This Is My America
Kim Johnson (Eugene, OR)
Random House Books for Young Readers
The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir
E.J. Koh (Seattle, WA)
Tin House Books
Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Vancouver, BC)
Del Rey / Penguin Random House
rough house
Tina Ontiveros (The Dalles, OR)
Oregon State University Press
Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas (Portland, OR)
Swoon Reads / Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan
The Blue House
Phoebe Wahl (Bellingham, WA)
Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House
Congratulations to the authors and illustrators who created these great books! For the official shortlist announcement page, click here. To read about some of the books considered for the award, read here and here.