The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills and her work appears in the anthology
Borders is a story she has known for a long time, and has connected to personally as her partner is American and currently trying to navigate the same system. I ve been passionate about this story since I first read it in high school. It s funny and tender, in that quintessential Thomas King way, and it gracefully balances the absurdity and the heartbreak of arbitrarily imposed divisions, Donovan told CBC Books via email. While working onÂ
Borders, my American spouse and I were also getting to know the weird, frustrating world of immigration â in fact, the book is now finished, but my case is still unresolved. Working on this project in such a surprisingly relevant time was a huge privilege, and often a comfort. I have grown to love these characters immensely, and they have provided me with a lot of hope and happiness.
Thomas King among finalists for $15K Stephen Leacock Medal for humour writing
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated May 3, 2021 at 1:14 pm EDT
Renowned writer Thomas King is among the three nominees for this year’s Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.
Organizers revealed the short list for the $15,000 humour writing prize Monday.
Guelph, Ont.-based King made the cut for his anti-travelogue “Indians on Vacation,” from HarperCollins Publishers.
Toronto writer Joseph Kertes, who received the Leacock in 1989, is vying for his second win with his dark comedy about a family mystery, “Last Impressions,” published by Penguin Random House.
Rounding out the short list is Morgan Murray, who lives in Cape Breton, N.S., with “Dirty Birds,” published by Breakwater Books. It’s about a Prairie boy who moves to Montreal in hopes of becoming the next Leonard Cohen.
Shortlist announced for Stephen Leacock medal
The shortlist has been announced for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The $15,000 prize recognizes literary humour in a Canadian book.
Joseph Kertes’s
Last Impressions is about Zoltan Beck, a patriarch and Holocaust survivor nearing death who longs to enjoy life as his sons seek to understand his past before it’s too late.
Thomas King’s
Indians on Vacation is about Bird and Mimi, an Indigenous couple who attempt to trace a long-lost relative through Europe.
Morgan Murray’s debut novel
Dirty Birds is about Milton Ontario who sets off from his parents’ basement in Saskatchewan in search of fame, fortune, and his messiah, Leonard Cohen.
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