It's time again for Newfoundland writer Kenneth J. Harvey's ReLit awards honouring the best in Canadian independent publishing. This rather long "shortlist" highlights these authors in the Novel category.
Love and the Mess We're In (M) by Stephen Marche
Minor Episodes Major Ruckus (M)
by Garry Thomas Morse
The Lava in My Bones (M)
by Barry Webster
Given (M)
by Susan Musgrave
Mount Royal (M)
by Basil Papademos
Heidegger Stairwell (M)
by Kayt Burgess
Life is About Losing Everything (M)
by Lynn Crosbie
The Complete Lockpick Pornography (M)
by Joey Comeau
Ninja Versus Pirate Featuring Zombies (M)
by James Marshall
Maidenhead (M)
by Tamara Faith Berger
Texas (M)
by Claudio GaudioDirty Bird (M)
by Keir Lowther
Husk (M)
by Corey Redekop
Whitetail Shooting Gallery (M)
by Annette Lapointe
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INJUSTICE ALERT: in the Poetry category, "New and Selected Poems" by Cliff Burns is actually self-published. Black Dog Press is simply the name Mr. Burns puts on his self-published titles. As a "press", it has only published his own works (as a quick perusal of his catalogue will prove - http://cliffjburns.wordpress.c... ) and via POD/createspace, and so couldn't be considered an independent press by any traditional definition, I don't think. These days, self-published writers are calling themselves "indie writers" or "indie publishers" but I think what the ReLits intend to honour is small press titles only. That is, unless they've opened the floodgates to self-published works?
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