Philippa Dowding's awards, nominations, shortlists, and more

 Award Listings

​Governor General's Literary Award

WINNER (Young People's Literature), FIREFLY
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Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award
WINNER, FIREFLY

SYRCA Snow Willow Award
Shortlist 2023/2024, FIREFLY

Rocky Mountain Book Awards
Shortlist 2023, FIREFLY

MYRCA Northern Lights Award
Shortlist 2023, FIREFLY

IODE Violet Downey Award
Shortlist 2022, FIREFLY

OLA Red Maple Award
Shortlist 2022, FIREFLY
Shortlist 2015, The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden

The Globe & Mail Top 100 Books
Firefly, December 2021

OLA Best Bets 2021
Firefly

Best Books for Kids And Teens, CCBC
FIREFLY, Starred Selection, Fall 2021
OCULUM, Fall 2018
Everton Miles is Stranger than Me, Spring 2017

Forest of Reading Kid Committee List
2021 Silver Birch Selection, FIREFLY
2019 Red Maple Selection, OCULUM

OLA Silver Birch Award
Shortlist 2020, OCULUM
 

SYRCA Diamond Willow Award
Shortlist 2019-2020, OCULUM
Shortlist 2017-2018, Myles and the Monster Outside
Shortlist 2013-2014, The Gargoyle at the Gates
Shortlist 2012, The Gargoyle in My Yard

OLA Silver Birch Express Award 
WINNER, Honour Book 2017 
​Myles and the Monster Outside
​Shortlist 2014,The Gargoyle at the Gates 
Shortlist 2012,The Gargoyle Overhead

Hackmatack Children's Choice Award  
Shortlist 2016-2017, Myles and the Monster Outside 
Shortlist 2013-2014, The Gargoyle at the Gates

Red Cedar Young Reader's Choice Award 
Shortlist 2013-2014, The Gargoyle at the Gates

White Raven Book International Youth Library (Munich, 2013), 
The Gargoyle at the Gates