Patrick deWitt, Susan Juby, Terry Fallis and Stuart McLean make Leacock Medal longlist
The annual Leacock Medal for Humour announced its 10-title longlist on Monday.
Patrick deWitt's Scotiabank Giller Prize-longlisted novel Undermajordomo Minor made the longlist for the $15,000 prize. DeWitt's first novel The Sisters Brothers won the prize in 2012.
Terry Fallis is a two-time Leacock Medal winner, taking the prize in 2008 for The Best Laid Plans and again in 2015 for No Relation. He's a finalist for his fifth novel Poles Apart.
CBC host Stuart McLean also got a nod for Vinyl Cafe Turns the Page, a new collection of stories featuring the beloved cast of characters from McLean's national radio show.
The entire longlist includes:
- Our Life Off the Grid by J. David Cox
- The Horrors: An A to Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful Things by Charles Demers
- Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt
- Do You Think This is Strange? by Aaron Cully Drake
- Poles Apart by Terry Fallis
- Republic of Dirt by Susan Juby
- The Secret Life of Doctors by Dr. Stephen Kaladeen
- Vinyl Cafe Turns the Page by Stuart McLean
- When the Saints by Sarah Mian
- The Book of Faith by Elaine Kalman Naves
The 10 titles will be whittled down to a shortlist of three on May 6. The winner will be announced on June 11.