The finalists for the $20,000 Trillium Book Award were announced on May 24. The two prizes for literary achievement by an Ontario-based author – one writing in English and one writing in French – will be presented on June 21. The winners’ publishers also receive $2,500 to promote the title.

Two $10,000 prizes for poetry will also be presented to a French- and an English-language collection. Each finalist receives a $500 honorarium.

English Language Finalists – Trillium Book Award

• Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves (Dancing Cat Books/Cormorant Books)
• Catherine Hernandez, Scarborough (Arsenal Pulp Press)
• Kyo Maclear, Birds Art Life (Doubleday Canada)
• James Maskalyk, Life on the Ground Floor (Doubleday Canada)
• Rebecca Rosenblum, So Much Love (McClelland & Stewart)
• Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, This Accident of Being Lost (House of Anansi Press)

English Language Finalists – Trillium Book Award for Poetry

• Pino Coluccio, Class Clown (Biblioasis)
• Puneet Dutt, The Better Monsters (Mansfield Press)
• Phoebe Wang, Admission Requirements (M&S)

French Language Finalists – Trillium Book Award

• Maurice Henrie, Le Poids du Temps (Univeristy of Ottawa Press)
• Didier Leclair, Le Bonheur est un Parfum Sans Nom (Éditions David)
• Alain Bernard Marchand, Sept Vies, Dix-Sept Morts (Les Herbes Rouge)
• Blaise Ndala, Sans Capote Ni Kalachnikov (Mémoire d’Encrier)
• Aurélie Resch, Sous le Soleil de Midi (Éditions Prise de Parole)

French Language Finalists – Trillium Book Award for Poetry

• Sylvie Bérard, Oubliez (Éditions Prise de Parole)
• Chloé LaDuchesse, Furies (Mémoire d’Encrier)
• Christian Milat, Si je connaissais… (Éditions David)