Shortlist 2003

The following books, listed in alphabetical order, are in contention for the 55th Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and the Laurentian Bank of Canada Cash Award.Announcement of the winning book will be made on National Book Day - April 23, 2003  - at a Luncheon to be held at the Stephen Leacock Home.

The five short-listed authors are:

AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER
Dogs, Houses, Gardens, Food and Other Addictions Sondra Gotlieb McArthur and Company
A Tourist’s Guide to Glengarry  Ian McGillis Porcupine’s Quill
WINNER OF 2003 AWARD

With Axe and Flask - A History of Persephone Township from Pre-Cambrian Times to the Present

Dan Needles McFarlane Walter & Ross, (affiliate of McClelland & Stewart)
Athlete’s Foot, or How I failed at Sports Robert G. Nielsen Potlatch Publications Limited 
Stickler and Me Morley Torgov Raincoast Books
 
 

 

The Stephen Leacock Association gratefully acknowledges the assistance of TD Bank Financial Group, Lakehead University,  the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Thor Motors of Orillia and Osprey Media Group.

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