NLBA Winners Ceremony

We hope you can join us for the announcement of the winners of the 2026 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards on October 30th, 2026 at 7pm at the Colonial Building. The shortlisted books are: Killick Capital Prize for Fiction The Beltane Massacre, Ray Critch The Butcher’s Daughter, David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark Vigil, Susie Taylor NLBA for Children and Youth A Single Dreadlock, Xaiver Michael Campbell The Mystery of the Haunted Dance Hall, Charis Cotter Kuekuatsheu Creates the World, Annie Picard Judges Sharon Bala, Jamie Fitzpatrick, Craig Francis Power (Killick Capital Prize), and Andy Jones, Kevin Major, Sheila O’Neill (NLBA for Children and Youth) read through dozens of submissions from NL writers to come up with these shortlists. The NLB

As celebrate excellence in writing by authors in Canada’s easternmost province and are made possible by the generous support of sponsors like Killick Capital and the Government of Newfoundland & Labrador. Each award is handed out on a two-y