For the first time, the Toronto Book Award jury has released a longlist. The shortlist will be announced August 9, and a winner named October 10. Established by the Toronto City Council in 1974, the award honors books of literary merit that are evocative of the city. The winner receives CA$15,000 (about $7,580) and each shortlisted author will gets CA$1,000. This year's longlisted titles are:
The More by Ronna Bloom
The Unpublished City, curated by Dionne Brand
Brother by David Chariandy
The Bone Mother by David Demchuk
Why Young Men by Jamil Jivani
That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung
My Conversations with Canadians by Lee Maracle
The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern by David McPherson
Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill
Floating City by Kerri Sakamoto
The Videofag Book, edited by Jordan Tannahill and William Ellis