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)