Kathy Page and Aidan Cassie came out on top Wednesday at the Victoria Book Prize gala, with Page winning the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize for Dear Evelyn and Cassie taking home the Victoria Children’s Book Prize for Sterling, Best Dog Ever.
The 16th annual event was held at the Union Club of British Columbia and hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie. Page and Cassie each took home $5,000 in winnings.
Both are well-established writers in the Vancouver Island area. Page — a Governor General’s Award finalist and two-time Giller Prize longlist nominee — teaches at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island University, while Cassie is a successful author-illustrator who works at home on Salt Spring Island.
The Victoria Book Prize was open to writers and illustrators in the capital region who published a new work between April 1, 2018, and March 31, 2019.
