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Congratulations to our affiliates on this year's list of #SWCCBookAwards finalists: Amanda West Lewis, Candace Savage & Rachel Poliquin.
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🥁 The 2024 #SWCCBookAwards finalists are here!
8 amazing Canadian science books made the shortlist in our Youth & General categories 📚
Winners + Paradigm Prize will be announced Sept 15.
🔗 sciencewriters.ca/bookawards2024
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Graphic titled "2024 Book Awards Shortlist – SWCC" showing eight shortlisted science books in two categories. The General Category includes: “The Honey Trap” by Dana L. Church, “The Exclusion Effect” by Kirsty Duncan, “Medicine Wheel for the Planet” by Dr. Jennifer Grenz, and “Mind the Science” by Jonathan N. Stea. The Youth Category includes: “A Planet Is a Poem” by Amanda West Lewis, illustrated by Oliver Averill; “I Was: The Stories of Animal Skulls” by Katherine Robbins, illustrated by Natasha Donovan; “How to Know a Crow” by Candace Savage, illustrated by Chelsea O'Byrne; and “I Am Wind: An Autobiography” by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Rachel Wada. The background is teal and grey, with book covers arranged in two neat rows.
June 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Pleased to have been shortlisted for the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Award. Unfortunately I didn't win, but congratulations to the winner! (I don't know who that is yet). Also thanks to the jury for reading all those books.. www.linkedin.com/posts/swccbo...
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We're celebrating the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆 shortlist! Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist by Sarah Boon, PhD, FRCGS, published by the The University of Alberta Press is reco...
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September 22, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Keriann McGoogan whose book Sisters of the Jungle: The Trailblazing Women Who Shaped the Study of Wild Primates published by @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆

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August 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Congratulations @snowhydro.bsky.social, Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist has been shortlisted for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆! @ualbertapress.bsky.social 🔗 Learn more: sciencewriters.ca/2025-Book-Aw...
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Graphic promoting the 2025 Book Awards shortlist in the General Category. At the top, large text reads “2025 Book Awards Shortlist” and “General Category” on a dark teal background. The centre of the graphic features the book cover of Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist by Sarah Boon. The cover shows an icy glacier landscape with two small figures on the snow and the title “MELTDOWN” in large white letters. Above the book cover is a circular author photo set against a mountain backdrop. To the right of the cover, text reads “Meltdown” and “Sarah Boon.” A stylized mountain illustration in pale pink spans the bottom of the graphic on a light grey background.
July 20, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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🎉📚 Congratulations to the SWCC 2024 Book Awards winners 🎉📚

We want to thank all publishers and authors for submitting a total of 62 (!) books, showing us again the diversity and abundance of Canadian Science Literature 📖

#SWCCBookAwards #SciComm #WinnersScienceBookAwards
Photo displaying the covers of the books and photos of the authors who won the SWCC 2024 Book Awards.
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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It's hard to wait until September to hear about the winners for the SWCC Book Awards. We are holding our breath!
MELTDOWN by Sarah Boon is shortlisted in the General Category.
##SWCCBookAwards #ScienceBooks #CanadianBooks @snowhydro.bsky.social

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Connect with Canadian science writers and communicators! The SWCC offers networking, career resources, book awards, and conferences. Join us today.
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August 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Meet the 2024 #SWCCBookAwards General finalist!

📚 Dr. Jonathan Stea is a clinical psychologist & UCalgary prof known for making psych science public. He’s a Scientific American contributor & won the 2022 Paterson Award.

More: sciencewriters.ca/bookawards2024

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Promotional graphic for the "Book Awards 2024 Shortlist" featuring Mind the Science by Dr. Jonathan N. Stea. The book cover is purple and depicts a diffuser emitting vapor shaped like a brain. Subtitle reads “Saving Your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry.” A circular portrait of Dr. Stea appears above the cover. A quote beside it reads: “This book provides hope and real information to those who have been misled by false marketing, or are simply curious about the relationship between science and mental health.” SWCC logo is at the bottom.
August 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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🏅📚 The SWCC 2024 Book Awards winners will be announced soon! Keep your eyes open on September 15, when the winners will be shared on our website and all social media platforms 🏅📚

Who are your favourites?
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Graphic titled "2024 Book Awards Winners Announced Sept 15" showing eight shortlisted science books in two categories. The General Category includes: “The Honey Trap” by Dana L. Church, “The Exclusion Effect” by Kirsty Duncan, “Medicine Wheel for the Planet” by Dr. Jennifer Grenz, and “Mind the Science” by Jonathan N. Stea. The Youth Category includes: “A Planet Is a Poem” by Amanda West Lewis, illustrated by Oliver Averill; “I Was: The Stories of Animal Skulls” by Katherine Robbins, illustrated by Natasha Donovan; “How to Know a Crow” by Candace Savage, illustrated by Chelsea O'Byrne; and “I Am Wind: An Autobiography” by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Rachel Wada. The background is teal and grey, with book covers arranged in two neat rows.
August 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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MELTDOWN: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist by Sarah Boon is shortlisted in the General Category of the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada. The winner is announced in mid-September!
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Connect with Canadian science writers and communicators! The SWCC offers networking, career resources, book awards, and conferences. Join us today.
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September 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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We’re thrilled to reveal the 6 finalists for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards! 🎉
Explore this years amazing Canadian science books in the ‘Youth’ & ‘General’ categories 📚
🔗Learn more: sciencewriters.ca/2025-Book-Aw...
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Graphic titled “2025 Book Awards Shortlist” by SWCC. Two sections: “General Category” featuring three book covers—Meltdown by Sarah Boon, Webb’s Cosmos by Marcin Sawicki, and Sisters of the Jungle by Kieran McGoogan; and “Youth Category” featuring Together, a Forest by Roz MacLean, Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint? by Tyna Legault Taylor and Michelle Dao, and The Gland Factory by Rachel Poliquin. Clean layout on a teal and light grey background.
June 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Meet the 2024 #SWCCBookAwards Youth finalists!

📚 Candace Savage is an award-winning author based in Saskatoon. Rachel Hudson is a UK illustrator & author of 100 Endangered Species, inspired by fleeting moments in nature.

More info: sciencewriters.ca/bookawards2024

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Graphic announcing the 2024 SWCC Book Awards shortlist title How to Know a Crow: The Biography of a Brainy Bird by Candace Savage and Rachel Hudson. The illustrated book cover features a large crow perched on a tree branch overlooking a village. Circular portraits of the author and illustrator appear above the cover. A quote reads: 'As we follow baby crow Oki through the seasons of her life, we explore how crows see and sense the world.' SWCC logo is at the bottom.
August 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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We're bringing our biggest science book 📚 giveaway yet to #SWCC2026 in Montréal, June 15–16! 🎉 Visit the Book Awards booth to enter for a chance to win an exclusive book bundle. Learn more: sciencewriters.ca/2025-Book-Aw... #SWCCBookAwards #SciComm
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June 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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See you at #SWCC2026 in Montréal next week! Stop by the Book Awards booth to browse incredible Canadian science books, enter our biggest giveaway yet🎉, and catch the live shortlist reveal.

🔗Visit us online for more: sciencewriters.ca/2025-Book-Aw... #SWCCBookAwards #SciComm
Promotional graphic for SWCC Montréal 2026 Conference (June 15–16, Montréal, QC) featuring a row of colorful science books and text announcing: “SWCC Book Awards Booth is Back! Book Giveaway, Shortlist Announcement, Browse Science Books.”
June 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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The SWCC Book Awards booth is back! 📚 Find us at #SWCC2026 in Montréal, June 15–16. Stop by to browse incredible Canadian science books and meet the team behind the awards. Learn more: sciencewriters.ca/2025-Book-Aw...

#SWCCBookAwards #SciComm
Two people seated at a book-filled table smile at the SWCC Book Awards booth. A "Book Bundle Giveaway" sign and QR code are displayed on the table. Text reads: SWCC Book Awards Booth is Back! SWCC Montréal 2026 Conference, June 15–16, Montréal, QC.
May 25, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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🏆 The 2024 SWCC Book Awards shortlist is coming soon!


We’ll be announcing this year’s finalists during the SWCC Conference in Fredericton—so if you’re attending, keep your ears open!

Not attending? No worries—follow us here and be the first to see who made the cut!

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Promotional graphic for the SWCC (Science Writers and Communicators of Canada) Book Awards at the 2025 Conference, taking place June 12–13 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The design features bookshelves in the background and a geometric overlay with the SWCC logo.
May 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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🥁 The 2024 #SWCCBookAwards finalists are here!
8 amazing Canadian science books made the shortlist in our Youth & General categories 📚
Winners + Paradigm Prize will be announced Sept 15.
🔗 sciencewriters.ca/bookawards2024
#SWCCBookAwards
Graphic titled "2024 Book Awards Shortlist – SWCC" showing eight shortlisted science books in two categories. The General Category includes: “The Honey Trap” by Dana L. Church, “The Exclusion Effect” by Kirsty Duncan, “Medicine Wheel for the Planet” by Dr. Jennifer Grenz, and “Mind the Science” by Jonathan N. Stea. The Youth Category includes: “A Planet Is a Poem” by Amanda West Lewis, illustrated by Oliver Averill; “I Was: The Stories of Animal Skulls” by Katherine Robbins, illustrated by Natasha Donovan; “How to Know a Crow” by Candace Savage, illustrated by Chelsea O'Byrne; and “I Am Wind: An Autobiography” by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Rachel Wada. The background is teal and grey, with book covers arranged in two neat rows.
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body's Goops, Juices, and Hormones by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer, and published by @greystonebooks.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆 in the Youth Category! 👏 🧠 🔗 sciencewriters.ca/2025-Book-Aw... #SWCCBookAwards
2025 Book Awards Shortlist graphic featuring The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body's Goops, Juices, and Hormones by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer, in the Youth Category. The image includes the book cover showing a whimsical factory-themed illustration of the human body's glands, alongside author and illustrator portraits on a playful background patterned with cartoon cells.
August 24, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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📚 Meet the Book Awards Jury! 📚

Introducing @rochellestrauss.bsky.social, an environmental educator and best-selling children's author on a mission to change the world—one book at a time!

Get to know the other jury members on our website ⬇️

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Meet the Book Awards Jury! This graphic introduces Rochelle Strauss as a Youth Award Juror for the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC) Book Awards. The design features a teal background with white text and a framed photo of Rochelle sitting on the floor, smiling, wearing glasses and a cozy sweater, while holding a plush toy. The SWCC logo is placed at the bottom.
March 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Congratulations to professional research astronomer 🔭 Marcin Sawicki, whose book Webb's Cosmos published by @fireflybooks.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚🏆! 🔗 Learn more: sciencewriters.ca/2025-Book-Aw... #SWCCBookAwards #ScienceBooks #CanadianBooks
2025 Book Awards Shortlist graphic featuring Webb's Cosmos by Marcin Sawicki. The image includes the book cover showing a colourful deep-space scene from the James Webb Space Telescope alongside an author headshot on a pink, starry background.
July 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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Meet the 2024 #SWCCBookAwards Youth finalists!

📚 Rachel Poliquin writes about the wonders of nature & holds a PhD from UBC. Rachel Wada is a Vancouver-based illustrator; her debut The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden was an award finalist.

More info: sciencewriters.ca/bookawards2024
Graphic featuring the "Book Awards 2024 Shortlist" with the highlighted title I Am Wind by Rachel Poliquin and Rachel Wada. The book cover shows dynamic, swirling natural elements with bold blue and orange tones and the subtitle “An Autobiography.” Circular portraits of the author and illustrator appear below and above the cover. A quote reads: “Moving seamlessly between science, history and myth, this book is an engrossing and unique look at an elemental force.” SWCC logo appears at the bottom.
August 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Meet one of our Youth Category Judges for the #SWCCBookAwards📚: Rochelle Strauss! Environmental educator & award‑winning children’s author, she uses storytelling to make complex environmental issues accessible, for young readers worldwide.🔗 sciencewriters.ca/2025-Book-Aw... @kidscanpress.bsky.social
Promotional graphic with teal and light background reading “Meet the Book Awards Jury!” A seated person is pictured on the left, wearing dark clothing and glasses, holding a small blue plush octopus, with toy ocean animals on a shelf behind. On the right, text reads “Rochelle Strauss, Youth Award Judge.” The SWCC logo appears at the bottom.
April 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint? by Tyna Legault Taylor, illustrated by Michelle Dao & published by @highwaterpress.bsky.social, has been shortlisted for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆 in the Youth Category! Congratulations! 👏🌿 🔗 sciencewriters.ca/2025-Book-Aw... #SWCCBookAwards #ScienceBooks
2025 Book Awards Shortlist graphic featuring Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint? by Tyna Legault Taylor and Michelle Dao in the Youth Category. The image shows the book cover, depicting an adult and child gathering mint outdoors, alongside author portraits on a nature-themed background with illustrated tree branches and leaves.
August 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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📚Meet the Book Awards Jury! 📚

Amy Harper, a junior high language arts teacher with 14 years of experience, seeks engaging, informative books to inspire emerging readers.

Get to know the other jury members on our website ⬇️

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Meet the Book Awards Jury! This graphic introduces Amy Harper as a Youth Award Juror for the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC) Book Awards. The design features a teal background with white text and a framed photo of Harper taking a selfie. The SWCC logo is placed at the bottom.
March 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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📚Meet the Book Awards Jury! 📚

Elissa is a leader in AI research, innovation, and policy, advocating for equity, diversity, and inclusion in science while advising councils worldwide.

Get to know the other jury members on our website ⬇️

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Meet the Book Awards Jury! This graphic introduces Elissa Strome as a General Award Juror for the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC) Book Awards. The design features a teal background with white text and a framed photo of Strome smiling into the camera with a white background. The SWCC logo is placed at the bottom.
April 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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❗️Juges bénévoles recherchés pour les Book Awards 2025 ! ❗️

Nous recherchons des membres du SWCC pour recevoir, lire et choisir les meilleurs livres scientifiques !

👉 Consultez le lien ici et postulez avant le 31 octobre !
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