Finalists for the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which celebrates the power of literature to promote peace, include:
Fiction
A Postcard from the Volcano by Lucy Beckett (Ignatius Press)
A Good Fall by Ha Jin (Pantheon)
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Knopf)
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James (Penguin/Putnam)
The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim (Holt)
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Adiche (Knopf)
Nonfiction
Enough: Why the Worlds Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty by Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman (Public Affairs)
In the Valley of the Mist by Justine Hardy (Free Press)
Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson (Penguin)
Tears in the Darkness by Michael and Elizabeth Norman (FSG)
The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe (Knopf)
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (McSweeney's)
Winners will be honored at a ceremony in Dayton, Ohio, on November 7.
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Finalists were named for the ReLit awards, which honor the best new work released by Canadian
independent publishers. The winners
will be honored in Ottawa on October 20,
Quillblog reported. The ReLit shortlists include:
Novel
Away From Everywhere by Chad Pelley (Breakwater Books)
Wrong Bar by Nathaniel G. Moore (Tightrope Books)
Overqualified by Joey Comeau (ECW Press)
The Beautiful Children by Michael Kenyon (Thistledown Press)
Holding Still For As Long As Possible by Zoe Whittall (House of Anansi Press)
The Plight House by Jason Hrivnak (Pedlar Press)
After the Red Night by Christiane Frenette (Cormorant Books)
Poetry Collection
Lisa Robertson’s Magenta Soul Whip by Lisa Robertson (Coach House Books)
A Nice Place to Visit by Sky Gilbert (ECW Press)
The Others Raisd in Me by Gregory Betts (Pedlar Press)
Always Die Before Your Mother by Patrick Woodcock (ECW Press)
Paper Radio by Damian Rogers (ECW Press)
Red Nest by Gillian Jerome (Nightwood Editions)
The Last House by Michael Kenyon (Brick Books)
Short Story Collection
Men of Salt, Men of Earth by Matt Lennox (Oberon Press)
Buying Cigarettes for the Dog by Stuart Ross (Freehand Press)
The Moon of Letting Go by Richard Van Camp (Enfield & Wizenty)
What Boys Like by Amy Jones (Biblioasis)
Fatted Calf Blues by Steven Mayoff (Turnstone Press)
What We’re Made Of by Ryan Turner (Oberon Press)
Sentimental Exorcisms by David Derry (Coach House Books)