Andre Alexis

Seventeen Canadians are among the 147 nominees for this year’s International Dublin Literary Award‚ announced Nov. 21. A shortlist selected by Chris Morash, Ellah Allfrey, Katy Derbyshire, Kapka Kassabova‚ and Jaume Subirana will be announced on April 11. The winner will be named June 21.

• André Alexis‚ Fifteen Dogs. (Coach House Books)
• Margaret Atwood‚ The Heart Goes Last (McClelland & Stewart)
• Ray Berard‚ Inside the Black Horse (Mary Egan Publishing)
• Michael Christie‚ If I Fall‚ If I Die (M&S)
• Joan Clark‚ The Birthday Lunch (Knopf Canada)
• Elisabeth de Mariaffi‚ The Devil You Know (HarperCollins Canada)
• Patrich deWitt‚ Undermajordomo Minor (House of Anansi Press)
• Lawrence Hill‚ The Illegal (HarperCollins)
• Helen Humphreys‚ The Evening Chorus (HarperCollins)
• John Irving‚ Avenue of Mysteries (Simon & Schuster Canada)
• Tracey Lindberg‚ Birdie (HarperCollins)
• Beth Powning‚ A Measure of Light (Knopf)
• Sigal Samuel‚ The Mystics of Mile End (Freehand Books)
• Sara Tilley‚ Duke (Pedlar Press)
• Larry Tremblay and Sheila Fischman‚ trans.‚ The Orange Grove (Biblioasis)
• John Vaillant‚ The Jaguar’s Children (Knopf)
• Leslie Vryenhoek‚ Ledger of the Open Hand (Breakwater Books)