A couple of
days ago, the longlist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour was released. This is an annual literary award presented
for the best book of humour written in English by a Canadian writer. The medal
is a tribute to well-known Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock (1869–1944) and
is accompanied by a cash prize of $15,000(CAD). It is presented each year in Leacock’s hometown
of Orillia, Ontario. The medal is one of
the oldest literary prizes in Canada; it has been awarded since 1947.
There are
ten books on the 2016 list:
Our Life off the Grid by David J. Cox
The Horrors: An A-Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful
Things by Charles
Demers
Under Majordomo Minor by Patrick DeWitt
Do You Think This is Strange? by Aaron Cully Drake
Poles Apart by Terry Fallis
The Republic of Dirt by Susan Juby
The Secret Life of Doctors by Stephen Kaladeen
Vinyl Café Turns the Page by Stuart McLean
When the Saints by Sarah Mian
The Book of Faith by Elaine Kalman Naves
Two of the
nominees are previous winners. DeWitt's
first novel The Sisters Brothers won
the prize in 2012. Terry Fallis is a
two-time Leacock Medal winner, taking the prize in 2008 for The Best Laid Plans and again in 2015
for No Relation.
The
shortlist will be announced on May 6 and the winner on June 11.
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