March 2, 2010. Congratulations to both Myrna Kostash and Michael Davie for their nominations for the inaugural Alberta Readers' Choice Award!

The Frog Lake Reader by Myrna Kostash, from Edmonton, gives a masterful account of the 1885 Cree uprising known as the Frog Lake Massacre.

Calgary's Michael Davie penned Fishing for Bacon, his first novel about hapless teen Bacon Sobelowski in this funny coming-of-age romp.

The Alberta Readers' Choice Award was created by the Edmonton Public Library and the Book Publishers Association of Alberta to help promote the work of Alberta authors and publishers to the reading public. The longlist was complied from the provinces librarians, with the current shortlist picked by a jury of Alberta notables. The winner will be determined by the public -- go here to vote between March 15 and April 30. The winner will be announced May 14th at the Alberta Book Publishing Awards gala.