The Canadian Authors Association has announced the 2010 shortlist for their literary awards. Those shortlisted are invited to read Friday June 25th at Harbour Towers in Victoria, BC prior to the winners being announced June 26th at a banquet during the CAA's 2010 CanWrite! Conference.

We would like to extend our congratulations to several of our publishers and their authors:

Jason Schneider for Whispering Pines, published by ECW Press, for the Lela Comman Award for Canadian History.

Joan MacLeod for Another Home Invasion, published by Talonbooks Ltd, for the Carol Bolt Award for Drama.

Hannah Moscovitch for East of Berlin, published by Playwrights Canada Press, for the Carol Bolt Award for Drama.

Michael Nathanson for Talk, published by Playwrights Canada Press, for the Carol Bolt Award for Drama.

Tom Dawe for Where Genesis Begins, published by Breakwater Books Ltd, for the CAA Award for Poetry.

Chad Pelley for Away from Everywhere, published by Breakwater Books Ltd, for the BookLand Press Emerging Writer Award.

For more information on the CAA awards please visit their website.