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June 16, 2009


Trillium Book Awards 2009


On June 16, 2009, winners of Ontario’s foremost literary prize, the Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium, were honoured at the 22nd annual awards presentation held at the Park Hyatt hotel in Toronto. Ontario Culture Minister Aileen Carroll, Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) Chair Kevin Shea and OMDC’s President & CEO Karen Thorne-Stone presented the awards.

WINNERS

Marguerite Andersen

Marguerite Andersen won the Trillium Book Award, French Language category, for her novel Le figuier sur le toit (Les Éditions L’Interligne).

Jeramy Dodds

Ontario Culture Minister Aileen Carroll presented Jeramy Dodds with the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in English Language, for Crabwise to the Hounds (Coach House Books)

Pasha Malla

Pasha Malla won the Trillium Book Award, English Language category, for his collection of stories, The Withdrawal Method (House of Anansi Press).

Paul Prud’Homme

Paul Prud’Homme won the Trillium Book Award for Children’s Literature in French Language, for Les Rebuts : Hockey 2 (Les Éditions du Vermillon).

 

OTHER FINALISTS

Hédi Bouraouii

Hédi Bouraouii, French Language finalist for the Trillium Book Award for his novel Cap Nord (Les Éditions du Vermillon).
Kevin Connolly

Kevin Connolly, English Language finalist for the Trillium Book Award for his poetry collection Revolver (House of Anansi Press).
Helen Humphreys

Helen Humphreys, English Language finalist for the Trillium Book Award for her novel Coventry (Phyllis Bruce Books – HarperCollins Publishers).
Ibi Kaslik

Ibi Kaslik, English Language finalist for the Trillium Book Award for her novel The Angel Riots (Penguin Group Canada).
Melchior Mbonimpa

Melchior Mbonimpa (left), French Language finalist for the Trillium Book Award for  his novel La terre sans mal (Prise de parole).

Joanne Page

Joanne Page (right) seen here with her husband Steve Page, English Language finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry for her collection Watermarks (Pedlar Press).
Nino Ricci

Nino Ricci, English Language finalist for the Trillium Book Award for his novel The Origin of  Species (Doubleday Canada).
Adam Sol

Adam Sol, English Language finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry for his collection Jeremiah, Ohio (House of Anansi Press).
Charles Wilkins

Charles Wilkins, English Language finalist for the Trillium Book Award for his novel In the Land of Long Fingernails(Penguin Group Canada).
French Finalists

Gathered at the 22nd Annual Trillium Book Awards presentation are the 2009 French Finalists (from left): Melchior Mbonimpa, Nancy Vickers, Marguerite Andersen (winner of the Trillium Book Award, French Language, for Le figuier sur le toit published by Les Éditions L’Interligne); Paul Prud’Homme (winner of the Trillium Book Award for Children’s Literature, French Language, for Les Rebuts : Hockey 2 published by Les Éditions du Vermillon); Michèle Laframboise, Françoise Lepage, Hédi Bouraoui, and Daniel Marchildon.