The Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko is pleased to announce the shortlisted titles for the 2026 KOBZARTM Book Award.
Presented every other year, the $25,000 KOBZAR Book Award recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian literary arts by authors who write on a topic with a tangible connection to Ukrainian Canadians. Since settling in Canada over 130 years ago, Ukrainians have continued to make a significant contribution to shaping the Canadian mosaic. This Award honours the fascinating and diverse stories that spotlight the Ukrainian Canadian cultural legacy.
This year’s KOBZAR Book Award entries include biography, non-fiction, and graphic novel.
This year’s jury is composed of Kay Rollans (Managing Editor, Brush Education), Niigaan Sinclair (author and professor, University of Manitoba), and Myrna Kostash (author and winner of the KOBZAR Book Award 2024). Our jury is thrilled to highlight these unique titles that recognize the complexities and depth of the Ukrainian Canadian experience.
The shortlisted titles for the 2026 KOBZAR Book Award are:
- Red Harvest by Michael Cherkas (NBM Publishing)
- The Matryoshka Memoirs by Sasha Colby (ECW Press)
- No Place Like Home: Enemy Alien Internment in Canada during the Great War by Bohdan S. Kordan (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
The 2026 KOBZAR Book Award will be presented on March 26, 2026, at a ceremony in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
To learn more visit www.kobzarbookaward.com.