The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have released the ballot for the 2009 honours. Canadian cousins and have received four nominations for their debut work Skim. Other creators to receive multiple nominations include for Alan's War, for What It Is, and for Swallow Me Whole. Among the most honoured series are Dark Horse's The Umbrella Academy by and ; Vertigo's Fables, written by and art team and ; and Madame Xanadu by and and . Marvel Comics received three nominations for 's reboot of Thor with art by .
A complete list of the nominees can be found here. The winners will be announced Friday July 24th, as part of San Diego International Comic Con.
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The Stephen Leacock Association has announced this year's shortlist for the 2009 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. This national award carries a cash prize of $15,000 and goes to the book judged to be the most humorous published in Canada.
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The NBBA was established in 1985 to recognize the outstanding talent in Canadian business writing. It is widely considered one of Canada's most prestigious book awards.
The nominees are...
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The Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington has released the names of its 2009 inductees. Short biographies of each recipient may be found here.
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The 2009 shortlist for one of Poetry's most lucrative prizes, the Griffin Poetry Prize, was announced April 6. 485 books of Poetry from 32 countries have been whittled down to a 3 book Canadian shortlist and a 4 book International shortlist
collection Crabwise to the Hounds The Sentinel and Revolver make up the Canadian shortlist.
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