Beyond the Body canlit.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from canlit.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Liz Howard's Letters in a Bruised Cosmos, Tolu Oloruntoba's The Junta of Happenstance and David Bradford's Dream of No One But Myself comprise the Canadian shortlist for the $65,000 award.
Pandemics: Author Spotlight – Liz Howard canlit.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from canlit.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
, won the
Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour as well as a Canadian Jewish Literary Award. It was also a finalist for both the Governor General s Award for fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. He lives in Hamilton, Ont.
The Lover, the Lake is a novel by Virginia Pésémapeo Bordeleau (pictured), translated by Susan Ouriou.(Freehand Books)
The Lover, the Lake was a sensation when it was originally published in French. Now available in English,
The Lover, the Lake is a celebration of Indigenous sexuality and sensuality. It is the story of a forbidden but fulfilling love affair between Wabougouni and Gabrie, set against the backdrop of Lake Abitibi.