The Buzz...About Books

The Toronto Book Awards were established in 1974 to honour books that reflect and celebrate the city. Although both fiction and nonfiction books are considered, the 2017 shortlist is dominated by nonfiction. The only work of fiction nominated is a novel, Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez.

Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer edited by John Lorinc, Jane Farrow, Stephanie Chambers, Maureen FitzGerald, Tim McCaskell, Rebecka Sheffield, Tatum Taylor, Rahim Thawer and Ed Jackson

I Hear She's a Real Bitch by Jen Agg
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In the Black: My Life by B. Denham Jolly
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Life on the Ground Floor: Letters from the Edge of Emergency Medicine by James Maskalyk
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Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez
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The winner will be announced on October 12 at an awards ceremony in the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at Toronto Reference Library. Free tickets will be available beginning at 9 a.m. on September 21.