Congratulations to Mikka Jacobsen and Good Victory, shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award!
The finalists are:
- Caitlin Galway, A Song for Wildcats (Rare Machines)
- Catherine Hunter, Seeing You Home (Signature Editions)
- Mikka Jacobsen, Good Victory (Freehand Books)
- Tracey Lindberg, The Cree Word for Love: Sâkihitowin (HarperAvenue)
- Leila Marshy, My Thievery of the People (Baraka Books)
About Good Victory, the jury (Lisa Alward, Waubgeshig Rice, and Anuja Varghese) said:
“Set in in the vast malls and frenzied McDonaldlands of a conventional nineties upbringing, Good Victory blends nostalgia — the toys, the clothes, the music — with wry humour and a gothic sensibility reminiscent of Shirley Jackson. An isolated preteen who can’t stop choking herself, two young sisters deserted by their father at Disneyland, a lonely graduate student grieving the death of a lab rat: in these haunting, layered stories, Mikka Jacobsen probes the hidden fears of her characters with insight and compassion, shining a light on the darkness that prowls around the edges of suburban family life. This collection introduces an exciting new voice in Canadian short fiction.”
You can read more about the Danuta Gleed Literary Award here.