Suzette Mayr's Monoceros on the ReLit Awards shortlist

Huzzah! Suzette Mayr's Monoceros has been named to the 2012 ReLit Awards shortlist for Best Novel.

Monoceros, which considers the ripple effects of a teenage boy's suicide on those around him, is in good company alongside the other shortlisted novels:

• Prick, Ashley Little (Tightrope);
• Easy to Like, Edward Riche (Anansi)
• Dirty Feet, Edem Awumey (Anansi)
• Break Me, Tom Reynolds (Quattro)
• Flowers of Spit, Catherine Mavrikakis (Bookthug)

The ReLit Awards were established in 2000 to recognize the best of the country's independent presses.

View the shortlists for all categories at relitawards.com. The winners will be announced by ReLit founder Kenneth J. Harvey on October 29 as part of the Ottawa Writers Festival.