Québécois authors writing in English have been recognized in six categories on the shortlists for the Quebec Writers’ Federation’s 2019 Literary Awards. The winners will be announced at a gala in Montreal on Nov. 5. Each winner will receive $3,000.
The public is invited to attend a dinner beforehand in addition to the ceremony itself. Ticket information is available through Eventbrite.
The shortlisted authors and their works follow:
Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
- Churchill at Munich, Michael Carin (The Métropolitain Press)
- A Joy to Be Hidden, Ariela Freedman (Linda Leith Publishing)
- The Teardown, David Homel (Véhicule Press)
- I’ll Never Tell, Catherine McKenzie (Simon & Schuster Canada)
Concordia University First Book Prize
- The Birds That Stay, Ann Lambert (Second Story Press)
- nîtisânak, Lindsay Nixon (Metonymy Press)
- Seeker: A Sea Odyssey, Rita Pomade (Guernica Editions)
- We Were Like Everyone Else, Ken Victor (Cormorant Books)
A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
- Magnetic Equator, Kaie Kellough (McClelland & Stewart)
- Obits., Tess Liem (Coach House Books)
- I am a Body of Land, Shannon Webb-Campbell (Book*hug)
Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction
- The Organist, Mark Abley (University of Regina Press)
- The Ghost Garden, Susan Doherty (Random House Canada)
- nîtisânak, Lindsay Nixon (Metonymy Press)
QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
- In Which, Louise Carson (Broken Rules Press)
- I Am a Feminist: Claiming the F-Word in Turbulent Times, Monique Polak (Orca Book Publishers)
- Yipee’s Gold Mountain, Raquel Rivera (Red Deer Press)
Cole Foundation Prize for Translation (French to English)
- The Faerie Devouring, Catherine Lalonde and Oana Avasilichioaei, trans. (Book*hug)
- This Woman’s Work, Julie Delporte; Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen, trans. (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Explosions, Mathieu Poulin and Aleshia Jensen, trans. (QC Fiction/Baraka Books)