The League of Canadian Poets have announced the shortlist for the 2019 Book Awards. Finalists have been announced in three categories.
The $2,000 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award recognizes a debut book of poetry published by a Canadian. The $2,000 Pat Lowther Memorial Award recognizes a book of poetry by a Canadian woman. The $2,000 Raymond Souster Award recognizes a book of poetry by a member of the League of Canadian Poets.
The winners will be announced on June 8 at a ceremony in St. John’s. The winner of the Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for Spoken Word will also be announced at that time.
Gerald Lampert Memorial Award Shortlist
• Ekke, Klara du Plessis (Palimpsest Press)
• Quarry, Tanis Franco (University of Calgary Press)
• Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit, Mikko Harvey (House of Anansi Press)
• Dividing the Wayside, Jenny Haysom (Palimpsest Press)
• Obits., Tess Liem (Coach House Books)
• Port of Being, Shazia Hafiz Ramji (Invisible Publishing)
Pat Lowther Memorial Award Shortlist
• Listen Before Transmit, Dani Couture (Wolsak & Wynn)
• Ekke, Klara du Plessis (Palimpsest Press)
• Body Work, Emilia Nielsen (Signature Editions)
• East and West, Laura Ritland (Véhicule Press)
• Reunion, Deanna Young (Brick Books)
• The Missing Field, Jennifer Zilm (Guernica Editions)
Raymond Souster Award Shortlist
• Anatomic, Adam Dickinson (Coach House)
• I left nothing inside on purpose, Stevie Howell (McClelland & Stewart)
• Welcome to the Anthropocene, Alice Major (University of Alberta Press)
• Tar Swan, David Martin (NeWest Press)
• Rooster, Dog, Crow, Jim Nason (Frontenac House)
• Ledi by Kim Trainor (Book*hug)