Canadian award juries prioritize small presses, diverse authors on this year’s shortlists
Small presses and debut authors account for the bulk of the fifteen titles that appear on this year's shortlists.
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A Blog About Books and Reading
Small presses and debut authors account for the bulk of the fifteen titles that appear on this year's shortlists.
Two collections of short fiction and two works in translation are represented on a list that spans the country from PEI to Alberta.
The elimination of the Canadian category makes it that much harder for domestic poets to access time in the spotlight.
Plett's own debut collection of short fiction, A Safe Girl to Love, is being reissued by her current publisher, Vancouver's Arsenal Pulp Press.
After a year in which it tried to put a series of controversies behind it, the Nobel committee for literature finds itself the subject of new protests.