The finalists for the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature have been announced. Three finalists were named in four categories: fiction, non-fiction, history, and young adult.
The winner in each category will receive a $10,000 grand prize as chosen by a jury consisting of writers Beverley Chalmers, Joseph Kertes, and Lee Maracle. The winners will be announced at a luncheon in Toronto on Oct. 11.
The list of finalists includes:
Fiction
• The Other Mrs. Smith, Bonnie Burstow (Inanna Publications)
• Class Mom, Laurie Gelman (Henry Holt and Company)
• So Much Love, Rebecca Rosenblum (McClelland & Stewart)
Non-Fiction
• Buried Words: The Diary of Molly Applebaum, Molly Applebaum (The Azrieli Foundation)
• The Handover, Elaine Dewar (Biblioasis)
• Siberian Exile: Blood, War, and a Granddaughter’s Reckoning, Julija Šukys (University of Nebraska Press)
History
• Not in My Family: German Memory and Responsibility After the Holocaust, Roger Frie (Oxford University Press)
• The Blue Shirts: Adrien Arcand and Fascist Anti-Semitism in Canada, Hugues Théoret (University of Ottawa Press)
• In the Name of Humanity: The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust, Max Wallace (Allen Lane)
Children’s/Young Adult
• Maud, Melanie J. Fishbane (Penguin Random House)
• To Look a Nazi in the Eye: A Teen’s Account of a War Criminal Trial, Kathy Kacer, with Jordana Lebowitz (Second Story Press)
• Rare is Everywhere, Deborah Katz (Miss Bird Books)