The awards ceremony for winners of the 2017 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards will take place on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 2:00pm in the Tribute Communities Recital Hall at York University. A reception will be held after the event.

These annual awards recognize the finest books with Jewish themes and subjects by Canadian authors. The works enrich Canadian Jewish writing and culture and enable us better to understand our collective past, our shared present and the world of the future.

Awards will be given in nine categories.

• Biography/Memoir
• Fiction
• History
• Holocaust Literature
• Jewish Thought and Culture
• Scholarship
• Youth Literature
• Yiddish
• Poetry

Some of the winning authors will read from their works.

The public is invited and admission is free.

Parking is free in the Student Services Parking building. Here is a map of York of University with the Tribute Recital Hall and Student Services Parking clearly marked.