Volume 6, Issue No. 8
OPINION/COMMENTARY
/ News That Fears None, Views That Favor Nobody /
Our latest as of Thursday, September 5, 2024
~ The novel "Reuniting with Strangers" by Filipino writer and journalist Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio is among five books shortlisted by the City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library for the 2024 Toronto Book Awards.
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REUNITING WITH STRANGERS
Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio's Novel
Shortlisted for 2024 Toronto Book Awards
By ROMEO P. MARQUEZ
Editor, The Filipino Web Channel
TORONTO - Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio's Reuniting with Strangers is among five books shortlisted for the 2024 Toronto Book Awards, the City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library (TPL) announced today, Sept. 5.
Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the awards honour books of literary merit that are inspired by Toronto and offer $15,000 in total prize money, with $10,000 to the winner and $1,000 to each shortlisted finalist, according to TPL.
A total of 116 submissions that reflected the creativity and diversity of the city’s literary community has been received this year by the Toronto Book Awards.
Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio is a writer, speaker, researcher, journalist, settlement worker, youth mentor, Little Manila tour guide, communications coordinator, and founder of Filipino Talks.
(Related video at: Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, the Filipino Community's Newest Author, Launches Book)
She has a BA in International Studies from Trent University and an MA in Immigration and Settlement Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University, and a post-graduate certificate from the Humber School for Writers. She completed a 2019 Emerging Writers Intensive program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity."
TPL said the titles selected for the 2024 shortlist are:
- Reuniting with Strangers by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio (Douglas & Mcintyre)
- The Roosting Box by Kristen Den Hartog (Goose Lane)
- The Rasmussen Papers by Connie Gault (Thistledown Press)
- The Suicide Magnet by Paul McLaughlin (Dundurn)
- I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop (Random House Canada)
TPL's press statement:
Torontonians are invited to celebrate the Toronto Book Awards at the following events:
Word on the Street
Date: Saturday, September 28
Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Queens Park Crescent East
Toronto Arts & Letters Club
Date: Tuesday, October 7
Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Location: 14 Elm St.
Toronto Book Awards Celebrates Scarborough
Date: Wednesday, October 16
Time: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Scarborough Civic Centre, Toronto Public Library, 156 Borough Dr.
Toronto Book Awards Ceremony
Date: Thursday, November 7
Time: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.
Tickets to the Toronto Book Awards Ceremony, hosted by comedian, author and host of Canada Reads, Ali Hassan, can be reserved online at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2024-toronto-book-awards-50th-anniversary-edition-prize-ceremony-tickets-1003755588987?aff=City
More information about Toronto Book Award events can be found online at https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/awards-tributes/awards/toronto-book-awards (Copyright 2024. All Rights Reserved).
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