For All the Men... is a Trillium Book Award Finalist !

I'm so immensely honoured, grateful, (and emotional) that For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known is a finalist for the Trillium Book Award. I'm so honoured to be in such incredible company, including Andre Alexis, Kamal Al-Solaylee, Leesa Dean, Susan Hollbrook and Melanie Mah.

Thank you so much to the OMDC, and to the judges. I'm so excited and happy. Thank you with all my heart <3

http://www.omdc.on.ca/book/trillium_book_award.htm

http://www.omdc.on.ca/news_publications/News_Releases/Finalists_for_30th_Trillium_Book_Award_s1_p2251.htm

Here is a full list of the finalists from the website.

English-language Finalists for the Trillium Book Award:

André Alexis, The Hidden Keys, Coach House Books Kamal Al-Solaylee, Brown, HarperCollins Publishers Danila Botha, For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I’ve Known, Tightrope Books Leesa Dean, Waiting for the Cyclone, Brindle & Glass Publishing Susan Holbrook, Throaty Wipes, Coach House Books Melanie Mah, The Sweetest One, Cormorant Books

French-language Finalists for the Trillium Book Award:

Jean Boisjoli, La mesure du temps, Éditions Prise de parole Louis L’Allier, Nikolaos, le copiste, Éditions David Éric Mathieu, Les suicidés d’Eau-Claire, Éditeur La Mèche Paul-François Sylvestre, Cinquante ans de « p’tits bonheurs » au Théâtre français de Toronto, Éditions du Gref Michèle Vinet, L’enfant-feu, Éditions Prise de parole

Finalists for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English language:

Laurie D. Graham, Settler Education: Poems, McClelland & Stewart Meaghan Strimas, Yes or Nope, Mansfield Press Dane Swan, A Mingus Lullaby, Guernica Editions

Finalists for the Trillium Book Award for Children’s Literature in French language:

Pierre-Luc Bélanger, Ski, blanche et avalanche, Éditions David

Gilles Dubois, Nanuktalva, Éditions David

Daniel Marchildon, Zazette, la chatte des Ouendats, Soulières Éditeur

The winners will be announced on June 20, 2017