The More and the Toronto Book Awards!
I was bowled over this week to find my book, The More, on the longlist for the City of Toronto Book Award. What a gift to see it leaning up against the other longlisters. Thanks, City of Toronto Book Awards!
The long list for the 2018 award is:
- Ronna Bloom’s “The More“, published by Pedlar Press
- Dionne Brand curated “The Unpublished City“, published by BookThug
- David Chariandy’s “Brother“, published by McClelland & Stewart
- David Demchuk’s “The Bone Mother“, published by ChiZine Publications
- Jamil Jivani’s “Why Young Men“, published by Harper Collins
- Carrianne Leung’s “That Time I Loved You“, published by Harper Collins
- Lee Maracle’s “My Conversations with Canadians“, published by BookThug
- David McPherson’s “The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern“, published by Dundurn
- Michael Redhill’s “Bellevue Square“, published by Doubleday Canada
- Kerri Sakamoto’s “Floating City“, published by Knopf Canada
- Jordan Tannahill & William Ellis, editors of “The Videofag Book“, published by BookThug