The finalists for this year’s Lane Anderson Awards have been announced. The two prizes of $10,000 each are presented for the best Canadian science writing. The Fitzhenry Foundation‚ which administers the awards‚ is also running a contest for readers to win copies of the shortlisted titles by naming their winning picks on social media.

Winners will be revealed at a dinner in Toronto later this month.

Adult

• Frances Backhouse‚ Once They Were Hats: In Search of the Mighty Beaver (ECW Press)
• Alanna Mitchell‚ Malignant Metaphor: Confronting Cancer Myths (ECW Press)
• Andrew Nikiforuk‚ Slick Water: Fracking and One Insider’s Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry (Greystone Books)
• Michael Runtz‚ Dam Builders: The Natural History of Beavers and their Ponds (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)

Young Readers

• Paula Ayer‚ Foodprints: The Story of What We Eat (Annick Press)
• Elise Gravel‚ Head Lice: The Disgusting Critters Series (Tundra Books)
• Merrie-Ellen Wilcox‚ What’s the Buzz?: Keeping Bees in Flight (Orca Book Publishers)
• Cybèle Young‚ The Queen’s Shadow: A Story About How Animals See (Kids Can Press)