Thirty-six books have been longlisted for the LCP Book Awards.

The League of Canadian Poets has announced the 36 titles longlisted for its three annual book awards. Each award carries a $2,000 prize.

Shortlists for the awards will be announced on May 7, with the winners to be named on May 14.

Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (Best new debut book of poetry)

• The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful (McClelland & Stewart/Penguin Random House Canada)
• I Hate Parties by Jes Battis (Nightwood Editions)
• Blood Belies by Ellen Chang-Richardson (Wolsak & Wynn)
• Aqueous by Nathanael Jones (The Porcupine’s Quill)
• Wrap in a Big White Towel by Callista Markotich (Frontenac House)
• What Fills Your House Like Smoke by E. McGregor (Thistledown Press)
• The Knot of My Tongue by Zehra Naqvi (McClelland & Stewart/PRHC)
• Last Hours by Jennifer May Newhook (Riddle Fence Publishing)
• Dayo by Marc Perez (Brick Books)
• Precedented Parroting by Barbara Tran (Palimpsest Press)
• Scientific Marvel by Chimwemwe Undi (House of Anansi Press)
• shima by shō yamagushiku (McClelland & Stewart/PRHC)

Pat Lowther Memorial Award (Best new book of poetry by a woman)

• The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful (McClelland & Stewart/PRHC)
• Heliotropia by Manahil Bandukwala (Brick Books)
• I Will Get Up Off Of by Simina Banu (Coach House Books)
• impact statement by Jody Chan (Brick Books)
• Farm: Lot 23 by Tonya Lailey (Gaspereau Press)
• Empires of the Everyday by Anna Lee-Popham (McClelland & Stewart/PRHC)
• Good Want by Domenica Martinello (Coach House Books)
• Oh Witness Dey! by Shani Mootoo (Book*hug Press)
• The Knot of My Tongue by Zehra Naqvi (McClelland & Stewart/PRHC)
• The Work by Bren Simmers (Gaspereau Press)
• Invisible Lives by Cristalle Smith (University of Calgary Press)
• Precedented Parroting by Barbara Tran (Palimpsest Press)

Raymond Souster Award (Best new book of poetry by a League member)

• Heliotropia by Manahil Bandukwala (Brick Books)
• WAKEWord by Wakefield Brewster (Frontenac House)
• Ox Lost, Snow Deep by Alice Burdick (Anvil Press)
• In the Key of Decay by Em Dial (Palimpsest Press)
• Graphis scripta / writing lichen by Clare Goulet (Gaspereau Press)
• Aqueous by Nathanael Jones (The Porcupine’s Quill)
• The Knot of My Tongue by Zehra Naqvi (McClelland & Stewart/PRHC)
• echolalia echolalia by Jane Shi (Brick Books)
• Weather by Rob Taylor (Gaspereau Press)
• Precedented Parroting by Barbara Tran (Palimpsest Press)
• Scientific Marvel by Chimwemwe Undi (House of Anansi Press)
• shima by shō yamagushiku (McClelland & Stewart/PRHC)