We're pleased to announce that Mariatu Kamara's powerful true story The Bite of the Mango, co-written with Susan McClelland, took home the Red Maple non-fiction prize. Here's Mariatu on stage:
The other winners were My Think-a-Ma-Jink by Dave Whamond (Blue Spruce), Not Suitable for Family Viewing by Vicki Grant (Red Maple: fiction), The Monkeyface Chronicles by Richard Scarsbrook (White Pine), How to Build Your Own Country by Valerie Wyatt (Silver Birch: non-fiction), Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders by Kevin Sylvester (Silver Birch: fiction), and Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires (Silver Birch Express). In the French category, La quête du dernier dodo: Les aventures de Cosmo le Dodo by Patrice Racine won Le Prix Tamarack and Les Dragouilles 2: Les Bleues de Montréal by Karine Gottot and Maxim Cyr won Le Prix Tamarack Express.
Congratulations to all the finalists and winners!
