Overview
- Miriam Toews is shortlisted for A Truce That Is Not Peace, a memoir reflecting on family grief following the deaths of her sister and father.
- Omar El Akkad is a finalist for One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, which examines Western responses to Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
- Tessa McWatt made the list for The Snag: A Mother, A Forest, and Wild Grief, a work centered on personal and collective mourning.
- Vinh Nguyen is recognized for The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse, a memoir tied to a mystery during his family’s escape from Vietnam.
- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is shortlisted for Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead, exploring Indigenous relationships with water.