Maria Reva and katherena vermette appear on GG English-language fiction shortlist
Karen Solie's Wellwater (House of Anansi Press) is nominated in the English-language poetry category
In Bog Myrtle, author and illustrator Sid Sharp delivers a sharp rebuke to capitalism with a side order of comic folk horror
Sharp shares with Jon Klassen an affection for macabre conclusions in which the story's villain gets an exaggerated, though not unwarranted, comeuppance.