The Canada Council for the Arts announced the shortlists for the 2011 Governor General's Literary Awards in Toronto on October 11th.

Congratulations to our member publishers and their authors on the nominations:

Poetry

Michael Boughn & BookThug for Cosmographia: A Post-Lucretian Faux Micro-Epic

Kate Eichhorn & BookThug for Fieldnotes, A Forensic

Phil Hall & BookThug for Killdeer

Garry Thomas Morse & Talonbooks for Discovery Passages

Drama

Brendan Gall & Coach House Books for Minor Complications: Two Plays

Jonathan Garfinkel & Playwrights Canada Press for House of Many Tongues

Erin Shields & Playwrights Canada Press for If We Were Birds

Donna-Michelle St. Bernard & Playwrights Canada Press for Gas Girls

Vern Thiessen & Playwrights Canada Press for Lenin's Embalmers

Translation - French to English

Judith Cowan & Vehicule Press for Meridian Line (English translation of Origine des meridiens by Paul Belanger, Editions du Noroit)

David Scott Hamilton & Anvil Press for Exit (English translation of Paradis, clef en main by Nelly Arcan, Les Editions Les 400 coups)

Winners will be announced on November 15th at 10 am at the Enwave Theatre at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. The awards will be presented at Rideau Hall on November 24th in Ottawa. For a full list of the nominees please visit the Canada Council for the Arts website.