Miller Announces Finalists For 2010 Toronto Book Awards
Posted September 16, 2010 1:04 pm.
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Remember Seán Cullen as a finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing? It may come as a surprise that Cullen took a step back from comedy and wrote a novel that earned him recognition at this year’s Toronto Book Awards.
Mayor David Miller announced the five finalists Thursday at the Toronto Reference Library.
“These exceptional books truly reflect Toronto’s diversity and help tell our dynamic story,” Miller said.
This year’s nominees aren’t just competing for the fame – there’s a bit of fortune at stake too. Each finalist will receive $1, 000 and the winner will receive an additional $10, 000.
But the writers won’t find out who’s taking home the big prize until October 14, when the winners will be announced at a gala at the Toronto Reference Library.
The finalists for the 2010 Toronto Book Awards are:
The Prince of Neither Here Nor There by Seán Cullen, published by Puffin Canada.
Cullen’s book is about clumsy, bullied Brendan, who discovers that recent odd dreams and voices are the result of him being a Faerie (Faeries are not Fairies, there is a notable difference. Faeries are a noble, ancient race and are deadly and dangerous) lost in the human world.
Valentine’s Fall by Cary Fagan, published by Cormorant Books Inc.
Fagan’s book follows Huddie Rosen, who takes a break from his family in Prague and returns to Toronto, 25 years after his best friend fell off the roof of their high school. Huddie ends up entangled in the lives of his old friends, and can’t decide which life is better.
Where We Have to Go by Lauren Kirshner, published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
Kirshner’s book follows Lucy Bloom as she grows from a child to an adult in Toronto and searches for her true place and meaning in the world.
The Carnivore by Mark Sinnett, published by ECW Press.
Sinnett’s book compares the events of Hurricane Hazel hitting Toronto in 1954 with the breakdown of a couple’s marriage.
Diary of Interrupted Days by Dragan Todorovic, published by Random House Canada.
Todorovic’s book follows a lone exile returning to Belgrade since he fled to Canada.
You can hear the shortlisted books during the Street Book and Magazine Fair on Sept 26 at Queen’s Park, or during a group reading at Toronto Public Library’s Yorkville Branch on Oct 5 at 7 p.m.
For more information, please visit Toronto Book Awards or Toronto Public Library.
