Lisa Robertson and David Derry shortlisted for the ReLit Award!

Two Coach House authors, Lisa Robertson and David Derry, have been shortlisted for the ReLit Award!

Canada's ReLit Award was founded to acknowledge the best new work released by independent publishers, and has three categories: poetry, novel and short fiction. Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip was shortlisted in the poetry category, while David Derry's Sentimental Exorcisms was listed in the short fiction finalists.

Winners (who will receive a ReLit Ring) will be announced on October 20th, at a special event at opening of the Ottawa International Writers' Festival.

The full shortlists are listed below. Congratulations to Lisa Robertson and David Derry!

NOVEL

Away From Everywhere, Chad Pelley (Breakwater)
Wrong Bar, Nathaniel G. Moore (Tightrope)
Overqualified, Joey Comeau (ECW)
The Beautiful Children, Michael Kenyon (Thistledown)
Holding Still For As Long As Possible, Zoe Whittall (Anansi)
The Plight House, Jason Hrivnak (Pedlar)
After the Red Night, Christiane Frenette (Cormorant)

POETRY

Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip, Lisa Robertson (Coach House)
A Nice Place to Visit, Sky Gilbert (ECW)
The Others Raisd in Me, Gregory Betts (Pedlar)
Always Die Before Your Mother, Patrick Woodcock (ECW)
Paper Radio, Damian Rogers (ECW)
Red Nest, Gillian Jerome (Nightwood)
The Last House, Michael Kenyon (Brick)

SHORT FICTION

Men of Salt, Men of Earth, Matt Lennox (Oberon)
Buying Cigarettes for the Dog, Stuart Ross (Freehand)
The Moon of Letting Go, Richard Van Camp (Enfield & Wizenty)
What Boys Like, Amy Jones (Biblioasis)
Fatted Calf Blues, Steven Mayoff (Turnstone)
What We’re Made Of, Ryan Turner (Oberon)
Sentimental Exorcisms, David Derry (Coach House)