The Trillium Book Award shortlists have been released for English- and French-language books, English-language poetry and French-language children’s literature.
English finalists:
- Tamara Faith Berger, Maidenhead (Coach House Books)
- Steven Heighton, The Dead Are More Visible (Knopf Canada)
- Thomas King, The Inconvenient Indian (Doubleday Canada)
- Alice Munro, Dear Life (McClelland & Stewart)
- Emily Schultz, The Blondes (Doubleday Canada)
- Linda Spalding, The Purchase (M&S)
Poetry in English:
- Mathew Henderson, The Lease (Coach House)
- Sandy Pool, Undark: An Oratorio (Nightwood Editions)
- Matthew Tierney, Probably Inevitable (Coach House)
French finalists:
- Claude Guilmain, Comment on dit ça, « t’es mort », en anglais? (Les Éditions L’Interligne)
- Christel Larosière (pseudonym of Daniel Soha), Le manuscri (Éditions du Gref)
- Marie-Josée Martin, Un jour, ils entendront mes silences (Éditions David)
- Michèle Matteau, Avant que ne tombe la nuit (Les Éditions L’Interligne)
- Paul Savoie, Bleu bémol (Éditions David)
Children’s literature in French:
- Claude Forand, Un moine trop bavard (Éditions David)
- Michèle Laframboise, Mica, fille de Transyl (Éditions Vents d’Ouest)
- Daniel Marchildon, Les guerriers de l’eau (Les Éditions du Vermillon)
The winners will be announced at a presentation dinner in Toronto June 18. On June 17, the finalists will read from their nominated works at the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon in the Toronto Reference Library at 7:00 p.m.
Award recipients will each receive $20,000, and their respective publishers will also receive $2,500 to promote the winning titles. All finalists receive a $500 honorarium.
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