Here are the finalists and winners from this year.

English Language Finalists – Trillium Book Award

Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves, DCB/ Cormorant Books
Catherine Hernandez, Scarborough, Arsenal Pulp Press
Kyo Maclear, Birds Art Life, Doubleday Canada (Winner)
James Maskalyk, Life on the Ground Floor, Doubleday Canada
Rebecca Rosenblum, So Much Love, McClelland and Stewart
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, This Accident of Being Lost, House of Anansi Press

English Language Finalists – Trillium Book Award For Poetry

Pino Coluccio, Class Clown, Biblioasis (Winner)
Puneet Dutt, The Better Monsters, Mansfield Press
Phoebe Wang, Admission Requirements, McClelland & Stewart

French Language Finalists – Trillium Book Award

Maurice Henrie, Le poids du temps, Les Presses de L’Université d’Ottawa
Didier Leclair, Le bonheur est un parfum sans nom, Éditions David
Alain Bernard Marchand, Sept vies, dix-sept morts, Les Herbes rouges
Blaise Ndala, Sans capote ni kalachnikov, Mémoire d’encrier
Aurélie Resch, Sous le soleil de midi, Éditions Prise de parole (Winner)

French Language Finalists – Trillium Book Award Poetry

Sylvie Bérard, Oubliez, Éditions Prise de parole (Winner)
Chloé LaDuchesse, Furies, Mémoire d’encrier
Christian Milat, Si je connaissais…, Éditions David

CONTEST

We want to give one of our readers a collection of books from the 2018 Trillium Book Award / Prix Trillium.

Here is how you can enter.

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The author of the Trillium Book Award and the Prix Trillium receive $20,000 and their publishers receive $2,500 for the marketing and promotion of the titles.

In 2003, the Trillium Book Award for Poetry for new and emerging poets was added. The prize only judges a first, second or third work by a poet and each winner receives $10,000 while their publishers take home $2,000. As of 2006, the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in French language is given out every two years for work done in the two years previous. The Trillium Book Award for Children’s Literature in French language is offered every two years a s well, alternating with the Poetry French language award. Recipients of these awards receive $10,000 and their publishers receive $2,000.

The Trillium Award is open to books in any genre: fiction, non-fiction, drama, children’s books and poetry. Anthologies and translations are not eligible. A jury of writers and figures from the literary community judges all submissions and selects the winning titles.

Here are your 2018 Trillium Book Award Finalists.

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Finalists for Trillium Book Award

Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves, DCB/ Cormorant Books

Catherine Hernandez, Scarborough, Arsenal Pulp Press

Kyo Maclear, Birds Art Life, Doubleday Canada

James Maskalyk, Life on the Ground Floor, Doubleday Canada

Rebecca Rosenblum, So Much Love, McClelland & Stewart

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, This Accident of Being Lost, House of Anansi Press

Finalists for Trillium Book Award for Poetry

Pinot Coluccio, Class Clown, Biblioasis

Puneet Dutt, The Better Monsters, Mansfield Press

Phoebe Wang, Admission Requirements, McClelland & Stewart

Finalistes du Prix littéraire Trillium

Maurice Henrie, Le poids du temps, Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa

Didier Leclair, Le bonheur est un parfum sans nom, Éditions David

Alain Bernard Marchand, Sept vies, dix-sept morts, Les Herbes rouge

Blaise Ndala, Sans capote ni kalachnikov, Mémoire d’encrier

Aurélie Resch, Sous le soleil de midi, Éditions Prise de parole

Finalistes du Prix de poésie Trillium

Sylvie Bérard, Oubliez, Éditions Prise de parole

Chloé LaDuchesse, Furies, Mémoire d’encrier

Christian Milat, Si je connaissais…, Éditions David

For more information on these nominees, please visit the Trillium Book Award website.

The winners will be announced on June 21, 2018 at a dinner to be held in Toronto.

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The Ontario government’s prestigious award for literature has seen winners such as Michael Ondaatje, Austin Clarke, Alice Munro and Thomas King. Each year, winners are selected in English and French categories. The award encourages excellence in literature by investing in Ontario-based writers and spotlighting our incredible talent in the art.

Three titles this year are shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in the English language and there is also an award for Children’s Literature in the French language. The winner for each of these awards receives $10,000 and their publisher $2,000 for promotion of the titles. Finalists for these awards also receive a $500 honorarium.

Here are this year’s finalists.

English-language Finalists for the Trillium Book Award:

André Alexis, The Hidden Keys, Coach House Books
Kamal Al-Solaylee, Brown, HarperCollins Publishers
Danila Botha, For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I’ve Known, Tightrope Books
Leesa Dean, Waiting for the Cyclone, Brindle & Glass Publishing
Susan Holbrook, Throaty Wipes, Coach House Books
Melanie Mah, The Sweetest One, Cormorant Books

French-language Finalists for the Trillium Book Award:

Jean Boisjoli, La mesure du temps, Éditions Prise de parole
Louis L’Allier, Nikolaos, le copiste, Éditions David
Éric Mathieu, Les suicidés d’Eau-Claire, Éditeur La Mèche
Paul-François Sylvestre, Cinquante ans de « p’tits bonheurs » au Théâtre français de Toronto, Éditions du Gref
Michèle Vinet, L’enfant-feu, Éditions Prise de parole

Finalists for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English language:

Laurie D. Graham, Settler Education: Poems, McClelland & Stewart
Meaghan Strimas, Yes or Nope, Mansfield Press
Dane Swan, A Mingus Lullaby, Guernica Editions

Finalists for the Trillium Book Award for Children’s Literature in French language:

Pierre-Luc Bélanger, Ski, blanche et avalanche, Éditions David
Gilles Dubois, Nanuktalva, Éditions David
Daniel Marchildon, Zazette, la chatte des Ouendats, Soulières Éditeur

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There is also a FREE reading event where finalists will read from their nominated works. Visit the event page to register.

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2017 Trillium Book Award Contest

We have a great contest for the ultimate TO Lit fan. We are giving away a full set of the English shortlisted books and 2 tickets to the award dinner on June 20th in downtown Toronto.

How to Enter

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2. Comment on the Facebook link below, or at the bottom of this article, with the first book you would read of the set!

Twitter

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2. Tweet and include #TrilliumBookAward and @TORguardian with the first book you would read of the set!

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Founded by the Ontario government in 1987, the Trillium Book Award rewards excellence, supports a book’s marketing efforts and also promotes the high quality and diversity of writing coming from local authors. Ontario authors bring in $1,23 billion in revenue which is almost 2/3 of Canada’s total publishing revenue.

The Trillium book Award is managed by the Ontario Media Development Corporation. The OMDC is part of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport which facilitates economic development opportunities for Ontario’s cultural media industries including book and magazine publishing, film and television, music and interactive digital media industries.

Previous winners of the award have included Margaret Atwood, Austin Clarke, Thomas King, Alice Munro, Michael Ondaatje and Wayson Choy.

Here are the 2016 Trillium Book Award Winners.

Trillium Book Award in English-language is:

Kevin Hardcastle, Debris (Biblioasis)

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Trillium Book Award in French-language is:

Véronique-Marie Kaye, Marjorie Chalifoux (Éditions Prise de parole)

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English-language winner for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry is:

Soraya Peerbaye, Tell: poems for a girlhood (Pedlar Press)

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Trillium Book Award for Poetry in French-language is:

David Ménard, Neuvaines (Les Éditions L’Interligne)

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Learn more about the Trillium Book Award from their website.

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