A shortlist has been released for the C$25,000 (about US$18,345) Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor, which honors "the best Canadian book of literary humor published in the previous year." The winner will be named June 22 at the Leacock Medal Gala Dinner, where all three finalists will be celebrated. This year's shortlisted titles are:
Coq by Ali Bryan
The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
Girlfriend on Mars by Deborah Willis