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Le Grand Prix du livre de Montréal finalists announced

Heather O'Neill among the honourees for her novel When We Lost Our Heads.

Heather O'Neill's novel When We Lost Our Heads tells about a conflicted friendship between two women set in 19th-century Montreal.
Heather O'Neill's novel When We Lost Our Heads tells about a conflicted friendship between two women set in 19th-century Montreal. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette

The city of Montreal has unveiled its list of finalists in its annual Grand Prix du livre de Montréal, which honours the best books written by local authors. The prizes have been awarded since 1965. 

The winner will be announced Nov. 3.

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The finalists are:

  • Dream of No One but Myself, by David Bradford, Brick Books (Poetry)
  • Sept proses sur la poésie, by Daniel Canty, Estuaire (Essay)
  • Mille secrets mille dangers, by Alain Farah, Le Quartanier (Novel)
  • When We Lost Our Heads, by Heather O’Neill, HarperCollins (Novel)
  • Dis merci, by Camille Paré-Poirier, Les Éditions de ta mère (Poetry)
  • Jolicoeur, by Joëlle Péloquin, Tête première (Novel)
  • Morel, by Maxime Raymond Bock, Le cheval d’août (Novel)
  • Quand je ne dis rien je pense encore, by Camille Readman Prud’homme, l’Oie de Cravan (Poetry)
  • Quiet Night Think, by Gillian Sze, ECW Press (Poetry)
  • The Good Arabs, by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch, Metonymy Press (Poetry)