(AGENPARL) – gio 05 settembre 2024 City of Toronto Media Relations has issued the following:
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News Release
September 5, 2024
City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library reveals the shortlist for the 50th anniversary of the Toronto Book Awards
The City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library (TPL) have named five books shortlisted for the 2024 Toronto Book Awards. Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the awards honour books of literary merit that are inspired by Toronto and offer $15,000 in total prize money, with $10,000 to the winner and $1,000 to each shortlisted finalist.
This year, the Toronto Book Awards received 116 submissions that reflected the creativity and diversity of the city’s literary community.
The titles selected for the 2024 shortlist are:
-Reuniting with Strangers by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio (Douglas & Mcintyre)
-The Roosting Box by Kristen Den Hartog (Goose Lane)
-The Rasmussen Papers by Connie Gault (Thistledown Press)
-The Suicide Magnet by Paul McLaughlin (Dundurn)
-I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop (Random House Canada)
Discover your next read by checking out the TPL reading list, available on the TPL website https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/tba/.
Torontonians are invited to celebrate the Toronto Book Awards at the following events:
Word on the Street
Date: Saturday, September 28
Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Queens Park Crescent East
Toronto Arts & Letters Club
Date: Tuesday, October 7
Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: 14 Elm St.
Toronto Book Awards Celebrates Scarborough
Date: Wednesday, October 16
Time: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Scarborough Civic Centre, Toronto Public Library, 156 Borough Dr.
Toronto Book Awards Ceremony
Date: Thursday, November 7
Time: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.
More information about Toronto Book Award events can be found online at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/awards-tributes/awards/toronto-book-awards