Emerging Local Authors Award Winners

Filidh Publishing is proud to announce the selection of more of our titles by the Greater Victoria Public Library's Emerging Local Authors Collection. (2026 edition was unveiled May 23, 2026)

Congrats to ...

  • Coorie in & Blether Wee Tales — by Zoe Duff
  • A Whale of a Tale:  Anthology of the Sea — by Monique Jacob • C.E. Atkinson • Grigory Lukin • Presley K. Lane • William Joseph • Kim Kelln • Lawrence Nault • Randi-Anne Dey • Jason A. N. Taylor • D.K. Weeds • Zoe Duff • Elle Hawkweed •  and Allan Jefferson Reid
  • Security and Other Shitty Jobs —  by Jason A.N. Taylor

Selected Winners in Previous Years:

  • Craig! (An Unlikely Story) — by Ron Kearse
  • Owls, Doughnuts, and Democracy — by Jason A.N. Taylor
  • Forest Friends to the Rescue — by Zoe Duff
  • The Awakening of Meeachan Park — by Elle Hawkweed
  • The Platinum Collection: Celebrating 20 Years — by Allan Jefferson Reid, Daphne Matiza, Mademoiselle Noir, Melissa Moose, Monique Jacob, P. Neil Holland, Sara Ashton, Sebastien Streit, S.M. Perkins Carr, Srijani Rupsha Mitra, Terry Groves, Yana Spencer
  • That's What Teddy Bears Do — by Ron Kearse
  • The Class Menagerie: The First Week — by Zoe Duff
  • Stone House — by RP Mickelson
  • Ex Animo — by Ron Kearse
  • Road Without End — by Ron Kearse
  • Lost History — by Ron Kearse
  • UnTethered — by Zoe Duff
  • The Class Menagerie: Kaida of Fyrefly Hearth — by Zoe Duff
  • Dreaming Gods of Gaia — by Cherokee Freechild
  • The UnValentine Anthology — by AB King, Brianna Kempe, Jessie Blair, Katie Horricks-King, Kelly Duff, Kristoffer Law, Monique Jacob, Pam Desjardine, Peninah Rost, Ron Kearse, S.M. King, Thomas Keesman, Vince Galati, Zoe Duff
  • Blood Moon Rising Anthology — by AB King, Astra Crompton, Brianna Kempe, Janilee Porter-Hirsche, Jessie Blair, Kenton Moore, Monique Jacob, Ron Kearse, Scott R.M. Duff, Thomas Keesman, Zoe Duff
  • Anthology for a Green Planet — by Astra Crompton, Gordon Henderson, Jessie Blair, Josh MacLeod, Monique Jacob, Vince Galati, Werner Roberts, Zoe Duff
  • Love Alternatively Expressed — by Zoe Duff
  • The Class Menagerie: Emerson's Flight — by Zoe Duff
  • Beyond Life — by Victoria Helmink
  • Star Bright — by Sheila Tracey (out of print)
  • Bright Light — by Monique Jacob
  • The Jagged Tree — by Kristoffer Law (out of print)

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