I'm now following four contests for Canadian fiction.
First up will be the Giller Prize to be awarded on October 30th. Here's how it's shaped up:
Giller longlist announcement September 4, 2012
Celona, Marjorie. Y
Davis, Lauren. Our Daily Bread
Fagan, Cary. My Life Among the Apes
Ferguson, Will. 419
Hough, Robert. Dr. Brinkley's Tower
Livingston, Billie. One Good Hustle
Lyon, Annabel. The Sweet Girl
Ohlin, Alix. Inside
Onstad, Katrina. Everybody Has Everything
Richardson, CS. The Emperor of Paris
Richler, Nancy. The Imposter Bride
Thúy, Kim. Ru
Wangersky, Russell. Whirl Away
Giller shortlist announcement October 1, 2012
Ferguson, Will. 419
Ohlin, Alix. Inside
Richler, Nancy. The Imposter Bride
Thúy, Kim. Ru
Wangersky, Russell. Whirl Away
Next, on November 7th, is Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. which will be announced at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto.
The five finalists:
Tim Bowling. The Tinsmith
Tamas Dobozy. Siege 13
Rawi Hage. Carnival
Alix Ohlin. Inside
Linda Spalding. The Purchase
Then, on November 13th, the Governor General's Prize for English fiction will be announced;
Short List 2012: Vincent Lam. The Headmaster’s Wager.
Tamas Dobozy. Siege 13
Robert Hough. Dr. Brinkley’s Tower
Carrie Snyder. The Juliet Stories
Linda Spalding. The Purchase.
An ongoing contest for 2013 is the CBC Radio Canada Reads pitting region against region for the best work of fiction. Last week they announced the top 10 books for each of the five regions.
Atlantic provinces:
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Bay of Love and Sorrows by David Adams Richards
Come Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant
February by Lisa Moore
Galore by Michael Crummey
Glass Boys by Nicole Lundrigan
No Great Mischief by Alistair McLeod
Ragged Islands by Don Hannah
The Town that Drowned by Riel Nason
The Prairies and the North:
Stolen by Annette Lapointe
Cool Water by Dianne Warren
Fall from Grace by Wayne Arthurson
The Garneau Block by Todd Babiak
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
The Trade by Fred Stenson
The Age of Hope by David Bergen
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell
The Englishman’s Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Ontario:
The Amazing Absorbing Boy by Rabindranath Maharaj
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Away by Jane Urquhart
Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Buchanan
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Far to Go by Alison Pick
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
Quebec:
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
The Darling of Kandahar by Felicia Mihali
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
How to make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired by Dany Laferrière
Illustrado by Miguel Syjuco
Inside by Alix Ohlin
Ru by Kim Thuy
Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy
Two Solitudes by Hugh McLennan
British Columbia and the Yukon:
The Canterbury Trail by Angie Abdou
The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Bow Grip by Ivan E. Coyote
Everything Was Good-bye by Gurjinder Basran
The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
One Good Hustle by Billie Livingston
Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson
First up will be the Giller Prize to be awarded on October 30th. Here's how it's shaped up:
Giller longlist announcement September 4, 2012
Celona, Marjorie. Y
Davis, Lauren. Our Daily Bread
Fagan, Cary. My Life Among the Apes
Ferguson, Will. 419
Hough, Robert. Dr. Brinkley's Tower
Livingston, Billie. One Good Hustle
Lyon, Annabel. The Sweet Girl
Ohlin, Alix. Inside
Onstad, Katrina. Everybody Has Everything
Richardson, CS. The Emperor of Paris
Richler, Nancy. The Imposter Bride
Thúy, Kim. Ru
Wangersky, Russell. Whirl Away
Giller shortlist announcement October 1, 2012
Ferguson, Will. 419
Ohlin, Alix. Inside
Richler, Nancy. The Imposter Bride
Thúy, Kim. Ru
Wangersky, Russell. Whirl Away
Next, on November 7th, is Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. which will be announced at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto.
The five finalists:
Tim Bowling. The Tinsmith
Tamas Dobozy. Siege 13
Rawi Hage. Carnival
Alix Ohlin. Inside
Linda Spalding. The Purchase
Then, on November 13th, the Governor General's Prize for English fiction will be announced;
Short List 2012: Vincent Lam. The Headmaster’s Wager.
Tamas Dobozy. Siege 13
Robert Hough. Dr. Brinkley’s Tower
Carrie Snyder. The Juliet Stories
Linda Spalding. The Purchase.
An ongoing contest for 2013 is the CBC Radio Canada Reads pitting region against region for the best work of fiction. Last week they announced the top 10 books for each of the five regions.
Atlantic provinces:
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Bay of Love and Sorrows by David Adams Richards
Come Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant
February by Lisa Moore
Galore by Michael Crummey
Glass Boys by Nicole Lundrigan
No Great Mischief by Alistair McLeod
Ragged Islands by Don Hannah
The Town that Drowned by Riel Nason
The Prairies and the North:
Stolen by Annette Lapointe
Cool Water by Dianne Warren
Fall from Grace by Wayne Arthurson
The Garneau Block by Todd Babiak
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
The Trade by Fred Stenson
The Age of Hope by David Bergen
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell
The Englishman’s Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Ontario:
The Amazing Absorbing Boy by Rabindranath Maharaj
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Away by Jane Urquhart
Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Buchanan
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Far to Go by Alison Pick
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
Quebec:
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
The Darling of Kandahar by Felicia Mihali
De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage
How to make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired by Dany Laferrière
Illustrado by Miguel Syjuco
Inside by Alix Ohlin
Ru by Kim Thuy
Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy
Two Solitudes by Hugh McLennan
British Columbia and the Yukon:
The Canterbury Trail by Angie Abdou
The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Bow Grip by Ivan E. Coyote
Everything Was Good-bye by Gurjinder Basran
The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
One Good Hustle by Billie Livingston
Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson