The nominees for the 2010 Toronto Book Award, honouring books that are “evocative of Toronto,” were announced today by mayor David Miller. The winner will be announced at an awards gala on Oct. 14. The nominees are:

• Diary of Interrupted Days by Dragan Todorovic (Random House Canada)
• The Carnivore by Mark Sinnett (ECW Press)
• Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner (McClelland & Stewart)
• Valentine’s Fall by Cary Fagan (Cormorant Books)
• The Prince of Neither Here Nor There by Seàn Cullen (Puffin Canada)