The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario has announced the shortlist for the annual Speaker’s Book Award.

The shortlisted titles are:

• The Class: A Memoir of a Place, a Time and Us by Ken Dryden (Penguin Random House Canada)
• On Class by Deborah Dundas (Biblioasis)
• Resilient: Surviving My Mental Illness by Liz Grace (Sister’s Ignited Media and Publishing/Lightning Source)
• 1934: The Chatham Coloured All-Stars’ Barrier-Breaking Year by Heidi LM Jacobs (Biblioasis)
• John Turner: An Intimate Biography of Canada’s 17th Prime Minister by Steve Paikin (Sutherland House Books)
• Where the Falcon Flies by Adam Shoalts (Penguin Random House Canada)

The winner will be announced in the fall.

The Speaker’s Book Award is an annual award, launched in 2012, honouring nonfiction books by Ontario authors that reflect the province’s diverse culture and history, with special consideration given to books focusing on Ontario’s parliamentary heritage and on provincial political discourse.