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I just learned that there is a new Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/

Three of the five jury members are Canadian authors and the longlist will be announced tomorrow, with the shortlist coming on April 6. The prize aims to celebrate the best fiction written by women and nonbinary writers in Canada and the U.S.

I did hear of Carol Shields and knew that she was a Canadian writer, but I don’t know she has any preference for women and non-binary writer 😅

Susan wrote: "I just learned that there is a new Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/

Three of the five jury members are Canadian authors and the longlist will be announced ..."

Thanks for the link and info! So excited for this.

Here is a link to the longlist: https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.c...

It looks as if 5 of the 16 longlisted books are by Canadian authors. I have only read The Sleeping Car Porter and We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies from the list.

@Susan it is an interesting list, I've only read The Sleeping Car Porter from the long list. Will be good to follow this. Thx for sharing.

The shortlist has been announced:

Brown Girls
When We Were Sisters
What We Fed to the Manticore
The Sleeping Car Porter
Elsewhere

I've only read The Sleeping Car Porter. Has anyone read any of the other titles?

Susan wrote: "The shortlist has been announced:

Brown Girls
When We Were Sisters
What We Fed to the Manticore
The Sleeping Car Porter
[book:Elsewh..."

Only one of these authors is Canadian. I do realize that the award is for both Canadian and American writers, and that American authors greatly outnumber Canadian authors, but I'm not interested in reading any of these at this point simply because not only do I have a large number of books in my tbr, for these they either they are genres I don't care for (paranormal) or they are the sorts of stories I've read many books on/seen movies of before or I have friends/family that lived though them.