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The winning books were named friday night at the 34th annual bc book prizes. Tickets will be available for purchase online beginning thursday, march, the same day the shortlists will be released. Prizes were awarded for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and more. Kristie cropley announcements november 16, 2017 march 22, 2018 0 comment. You can enter to win one of the following prizes here.
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