Andrew Wedderburn

Andrew Wedderburn's novel, The Milk Chicken Bomb, which was a finalist for the 2008 Amazon.ca / Books in Canada First Novel Award, has made the longlist for the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award!

Refer to the following article on CBC.ca/Arts for a list of other Canadians up for the prize: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2008/11/13/impac-longlist.html

On Friday, July 4th, the shortlist for the ReLit Awards were announced, and we are delighted to report that two Coach House titles have been shortlisted -- one in the category of poetry and one in the category of novel.<!--newline--><!--newline-->Congratulations to David McGimpsey (Sitcom, shortlisted in the poetry category) and Andrew Wedderburn (The Milk Chicken Bomb, shortlisted in the novel category)!

This past weekend, the long list for the ReLit Awards was announced. The ReLits are Canada's pre-eminent awards for independent literary presses.

Amazon.ca and Books in Canada have announced the finalists for the 31st annual First Novel Award, a prestigious Canadian literary award recognizing the outstanding achievement of a first-time novelist.<!--newline--><!--newline-->Among the six great finalists is Andrew Wedderburn's debut book, The Milk Chicken Bomb. Congratulations, Andrew!<!--newline--><!--newline-->See all the winners at amazon.ca.

It's official: Andrew Wedderburn's The Milk Chicken Bomb was one of the Books of 2007.<!--newline--><!--newline-->In addition to a listing in the Globe 100, The Milk Chicken Bomb was also named as one of Uptown Magazine's 'Books of the Year':<!--newline--><!--newline-->http://www.uptownmag.com/2008-01-03/page1485.aspx<!--newline--><!--newline-->'As fo

The Calgary Herald recently published their suggestions for holiday books, and Andrew Wedderburn's debut novel, The Milk Chicken Bomb, was among their gift ideas:<!--newline--><!--newline-->'Only a member of the very cool Calgary band Hot Little Rocket could imagine and write a novel about selling lemonade in the middle of winter in Marvin, Alta.

On December 1, the Globe and Mail published the Globe 100, their list of the 100 best reviewed titles of 2007. <!--newline--><!--newline-->Among the chosen 100 was Andrew Wedderburn's The Milk Chicken Bomb, which reviewer Jim Bartley calls a ' deceptively casual novel [that] closes with a heart-piercing bang.'<!--newline--><!--newline-->Congratulations to Andrew Wedderburn!<!--newline--><!--newline-->