(Stephen Leacock Associates)

The longlist has been announced for the 2023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.

Three finalists will be announced on August 1, with the winner to be named at a gala on September 16. The annual award honours Canadian humour writing

• Cody Caetano, Half-Bads in White Regalia (Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Random House Canada)
• Rod Carley, Grin Reaping (Latitude 46 Publishing)
• Michael DeForge, Birds of Maine (Drawn and Quarterly)
• Bobbi French, The Good Women of Safe Harbour (HarperAvenue/HarperCollins)
• Emma Healey, Best Young Woman Job Book (Random House Canada/Penguin Randon House Canada)
• Wayne Johnston, Jennie’s Boy (Knopf Canada/Penguin Random House Canada)
• Susan Juby, Mindful of Murder (HarperCollins)
• Thomas King, Deep House: A DreadfulWater Mystery (Harper Perennial/HarperCollins)
• Zarqa Nawaz, Jameela Green Ruins Everything (Simon and Schuster Canada)
• Miguel Syjuco, I Was the President’s Mistress!! (Hamish Hamilton/PRHC)