图/多伦多公共图书馆 “Stone Mattress”等5部作品入围多伦多图书奖
多伦多图书奖今天公布5部入围作品名单,阿特伍德的“Stone Mattress”等五部作品入围。
• André Alexis for his apologue (allegorical story) "Fifteen Dogs" published by Coach House Books
• Margaret Atwood for her collection of short stories "Stone Mattress" published by McClelland & Stewart
• Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer for her novel "All the Broken Things" published by Random House Canada
• Bruce McDougall for his work of dramatic non-fiction "The Last Hockey Game" published by Goose Lane
• Emily St. John Mandel for her novel "Station Eleven" published by Harper Avenue
图书奖将于10月15日公布最后获奖作品。获奖者将获得15000元奖金,入围者可获1000元奖金。
授奖仪式将在多伦多参考书图书馆进行,向公众开放公众可以预先登记参加。入围作家还将在两项公开活动中朗读他们的作品。
The winner of the 2015 Toronto Book Awards will be announced on Thursday, October 15 at the Toronto Reference Library's Bram and Bluma Appel Salon. Members of the public are encouraged to attend the free awards celebration starting at 7 p.m., hosted by CBC Radio's Gill Deacon. Tickets can be reserved on the library website four weeks in advance of the event.
The shortlisted authors will read from their books at The Word On The Street book and magazine festival on Sunday, September 27 at Harbourfront Centre from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Four authors from Diaspora Dialogues will join the program at 2 p.m. for a talk entitled The Story Behind the Book: Four Writers on How They Got Published. Diaspora Dialogues supports writing that reflects Toronto's diverse artistic and literary culture.
The shortlisted authors will also participate in a reading at North York Central Library (5120 Yonge St.) on Thursday, October 8 at 7 p.m. At all of the above events, author Lynn Crosbie will read for Margaret Atwood and Emily St. John Mandel's editor, Jennifer Lambert, will read for St. John Mandel.
关于该图书奖以及作家朗读等相关活动可查询:http://www.toronto.ca/book_awards |