That doesn’t mean however, that the poets are not as
pleased as punch.
"It was amazing to have my book published at all,
and now this - I'm very honoured."
Murakami wrote the book "hoping that maybe people - other poets at
least - would maybe think about the issues I was thinking about in
writing the book (Vancouver's missing women, the problems of
representing or speaking for/to marginalized populations, etc)..."
Murakami is hopeful this might happen. "I actually found out about
it by friends out East who heard the news first congratulating me on
Facebook."
Jacob Scheier, another poetry finalist was equally
surprised by ecstatic. "Well, I was, still am kind of in shock.
Myna Wallin called to congratulate me around 11 am - I had just woken up
and have had a bad cold for days... she asked if I had heard the news?
My response was something like "are you fucking serious?" I
forget exactly what I said. I then checked my email - there was a
congratulatory note from Michael Holmes. I called him - he was stoically
excited, I would say."
"Atmospheric Disturbances" by Rivka Galchen,
New York, originally from Toronto (HarperCollins)
"Cockroach" by Rawi Hage, Montreal (House of
Anansi Press)
"The Origin of Species" by Nino Ricci, Toronto
(Doubleday Canada)
"The Lost Highway" by David Adams Richards,
Toronto (Doubleday Canada)
"The Great Karoo" by Fred Stenson, Cochrane,
Alta. (Doubleday Canada)
Poetry:
"Noise From the Laundry" by Weyman Chan,
Calgary (Talonbooks)
"The Sentinel" by A. F. Moritz, Toronto (House
of Anansi Press)
"The Invisibility Exhibit" by Sachiko
Murakami, Vancouver (Talonbooks)
"Aide-Memoire" by Ruth Roach Pierson, Toronto
(BuschekBooks)
"More to Keep Us Warm" by Jacob Scheier,
Toronto (ECW Press)
Drama:
"Bone Cage" by Catherine Banks, Halifax
(Playwrights Canada Press)
"10 Days on Earth" by Ronnie Burkett, Toronto
(Playwrights Canada Press)
"Reverend Jonah" by Paul Ciufo, Grand Bend,
Ont. (J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing / Scirocco Drama)
"Copper Thunderbird" by Marie Clements,
Galiano Island, B.C. (Talonbooks)
"Palace of the End" by Judith Thompson,
Toronto (Playwrights Canada Press)
Non-fiction:
"Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life
and Death From Inside the New Canadian Army" by Christie Blatchford,
Toronto (Doubleday Canada)
"God's Mercies. Rivalry, Betrayal and the Dream of
Discovery" by Douglas Hunter, Port McNicoll, Ont. (Doubleday
Canada)
"The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek" by Sid
Marty, Lundbreck, Alta.(McClelland & Stewart)
"An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the
Twenty-first Century" by James Orbinski, Toronto (Doubleday Canada)
"The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We
Need" by Chris Turner, Calgary (Random House of Canada)
Children's Literature - Text:
"Libertad" by Alma Fullerton, Midland, Ont. (Fitzhenry
& Whiteside)
"The Landing" by John Ibbitson, Washington,
formerly of Ottawa and Toronto (Kids Can Press)
"Shimmerdogs" by Dianne Linden, Edmonton
(Thistledown Press)
"Child of Dandelions" by Shenaaz Nanji,
Calgary (Second Story Press)
"Skim" by Mariko Tamaki, Toronto (Groundwood
Books / House of Anansi Press)
Children's Literature - Illustration:
"My Letter to the World and Other Poems" by
Isabelle Arsenault, Montreal, text by Emily Dickinson (Kids Can Press)
"The Emperor's Second Hand Clothes" by Josee
Bisaillon, Saint-Hubert, Que., text by Anne Millyard (Smith, Bonappetit
& Son)
"Yellow Moon, Apple Moon" by Matt James,
Toronto, text by Pamela Porter(Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press)
"The Owl and the Pussycat" by Stephane Jorisch,
Montreal, text by Edward Lear (Kids Can Press)
"Shin-chi's Canoe" by Kim LaFave, Roberts
Creek, B.C., text by Nicola I. Campbell (Groundwood Books / House of
Anansi Press)
Translation - French to English:
"Beatitudes" by Jo-Anne Elder, Fredericton
(Goose Lane Editions)
"The Postman's Round" by Liedewy Hawke,
Toronto (Dundurn Press)
"Nikolski" by Lazer Lederhendler, Montreal
(Alfred A. Knopf Canada)
"The Making of the Nations and Cultures of the New
World" by Paul Leduc Browne, Ottawa, and Michelle Weinroth, Ottawa
(McGill-Queen's University Press)
"Orfeo" by Fred A. Reed, Montreal (Vehicule
Press)
French-language finalists
Fiction:
"Ceci est mon corps" by Jean-Francois
Beauchemin, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Que. (Quebec Amerique)
"Naissance de Rebecca a l'ere des tourments"
by Marie-Claire Blais, Westmount, Que. (Les Editions du Boreal)
"L'art de la fugue" by Guillaume Corbeil,
Montreal (L'instant meme)
"Champagne" by Monique Proulx, Montreal (Les
Editions du Boreal)
"Colomia" by Jean-Pierre Trepanier, Rawdon,
Que. (Les Editions Semaphore)
Poetry:
"Le rosier incendiaire" by Steve Auger,
Montreal (Editions d'art Le Sabord)
"Nous aurons tout vecu" by Francois Charron,
Montreal (Ecrits des Forges)
"Morceaux de tempete" by Henri Chasse,
Montreal (Ecrits des Forges)
"La lenteur du monde" by Michel Pleau, Quebec
City (Les Editions David)
"Du vertige et de l'espoir: Carnets africains"
by Michel A. Therien, Ottawa (Les Editions David)
Drama:
"La vie continue" by Yvan Bienvenue, Montreal
(Dramaturges Editeurs)
"Serial Killer et autres pieces courtes" by
Carole Frechette, Montreal (Lemeac Editeur / Actes Sud)
"Omaha Beach" by Catherine Mavrikakis,
Montreal (Editions Heliotrope)
"Le soleil ni la mort ne peuvent se regarder en
face" by Wajdi Mouawad, Montreal, Ottawa (Lemeac Editeur / Actes
Sud)
"La liste" by Jennifer Tremblay, Sorel, Que.
(Les Editions de la Bagnole)
Non-fiction:
"Pas si tranquille" by Adele Lauzon, Montreal
(Les Editions du Boreal)
"Partita pour Glenn Gould : musique et forme de
vie" by Georges Leroux, Montreal (Les Presses de l'Universite de
Montreal)
"L'esprit vagabond" by Andre Major, Montreal
(Les Editions du Boreal)
"Hors-temps : poetique de la posthistoire" by
Pierre Ouellet, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. (VLB editeur)
"La forme et le deuil: archives du lac" by
Louise Warren, Saint-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez, Que. (L'Hexagone)
Children's Literature - Text:
"Trente-neuf" by Camille Bouchard,
Saint-Marcel-de-l'Islet, Que. (Les Editions du Boreal)
"Les trois lieues" by Sylvie Desrosiers,
Longueuil, Que. (Les editions de la courte echelle)
"Ophelie" by Charlotte Gingras, Morin-Heights,
Que. (Les editions de la courte echelle)
"Sales crapauds" by Francois Gravel, Montreal
(Quebec Amerique)
"Fred Poulet enquete sur une chaussette" by
Carole Tremblay, Montreal (Dominique et compagnie, a division of
Editions Heritage)
Children's Literature - Illustration:
"Les pays inventes" by Philippe Beha,
Montreal, text by Henriette Major (Les Editions Hurtubise HMH)
"Un cadeau pour Sophie" by Stephane Jorisch,
Montreal, text by Gilles Vigneault (La Montagne secrete)
"Le sorcier amoureux" by Marie Lafrance,
Montreal, text by Mireille Levert (Dominique et compagnie, a division of
Editions Heritage)
"Quand le chat est parti" by Caroline Merola,
Montreal, text by Caroline Merola (Les editions de la courte echelle)
"Ma meilleure amie" by Janice Nadeau,
Montreal, text by Gilles Tibo (Quebec Amerique; distributed by Prologue)
Translation - English to French:
"Les grands lacs : histoire naturelle d'une region
en perpetuelle mutation" by Dominique Bouchard, Ripon, Que.
(Editions Fides)
"Tracey en mille morceaux" by Claire Chabalier,
Notre-Dame-de-l'quotelle-Perrot, Que., and Louise Chabalier, Mascouche,
Que. (Editions Les Allusifs)
"Roc rail : Trains fantomes suivi de Slague :
l'histoire d'un mineur" by Jean Marc Dalp, Montreal (Prise de
parole)
"Big Bang" by Lori Saint-Martin, Montreal, and
Paul Gagne, Montreal (Editions Les Allusifs)
"Logogryphe" by Sophie Voillot, Montreal
(Editions Alto)
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