Toronto Reference Library

Ontario Creates invites you to celebrate the finalists of the 2019 Trillium Book Award at a FREE public reading!

This year, five English books and five French titles have been shortlisted for the main awards. Three English-language poetry titles will compete for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English language, and three French-language titles will vie for the Children's Literature in the French language prize.

English-language Finalists for the Trillium Book Award: Tamara Faith Berger, Queen Solomon; Dionne Brand, The Blue Clerk; Claudia Dey, Heartbreaker; K.D. Miller, Late Breaking; Miriam Toews, Women Talking

French-language Finalists for the Trillium Book Award: Alain Doom, Un quai entre deux mondes; Gilles Latour, À la merci de l'étoile; Lisa L'Heureux, Et si un soir; Yvon Malette, Entre le risque et le rêve; David Ménard, Poupée de rouille

Finalists for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English language: Gwen Benaway, Holy Wild; Stevie Howell, I left nothing inside on purpose; Robin Richardson, Sit How You Want

Finalists for the Trillium Book Award for Children's Literature in French language: Pierre-Luc Bélanger, L'Odyssée des neiges; Diya Lim, La marchande, la sorcière, la lune et moi; Daniel Marchildon, Otages de la nature