The Quebec Writers’ Federation has revealed the shortlists for this year’s QWF Literary Awards‚ recognizing excellent titles by the province’s English-language authors.
Each of the six categories awards a $2,000 purse. Winners will be announced at an event at Montreal’s Corona Theatre on Nov. 22.
Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
- Liam Durcan‚ The Measure of Darkness (Bellevue Literary Press)
- Jack Hannan‚ The Poet is a Radio (Linda Leith Publishing)
- Madeleine Thien‚ Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Knopf Canada)
- Jacob Wren‚ Rich and Poor (BookThug)
Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction
- Taras Grescoe‚ Shanghai Grand (HarperCollins)
- Daniel J. Levitin‚ A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age (Allen Lane Canada)
- Chelsea Vowel‚ Indigenous Writes (HighWater Press/Portage & Main Press)
QWF Prize for Children’s/YA Literature: picture books
- Bonnie Farmer; Marie Lafrance, ill.‚ Oscar Lives Next Door
(Owlkids Books) - Sara O’Leary; Julie Morstad, ill.‚ This Is Sadie (Tundra Books)
- Mélanie Watt‚ Bug in a Vacuum (Tundra)
A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
- Sarah Burgoyne‚ Saint Twin (Mansfield Press)
- Kelly Norah Drukker‚ Small Fires (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
- Alison Strumberger and Gillian Sze‚ Redrafting Winter (BuschekBooks)
Concordia University First Book Prize
- Kelly Norah Drukker‚ Small Fires (MQUP)
- Sylvain Neuvel‚ Sleeping Giants (Del Rey)
- Chelsea Vowel‚ Indigenous Writes (HighWater)
Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole – anglais-français
- Daniel Canty‚ Petits Théâtres (Les Éditions du Noroît) – from Erin Moure’s Little Theatres (House of Anansi Press)
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné‚ Joshua (Éditions du Boréal) – from Mordecai Richler’s Joshua Then and Now (McClelland & Stewart)
- Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné‚ Solomon Gursky (Éditions du Boréal) – from Mordecai Richler’s Solomon Gursky Was Here (Penguin Random House Canada)