Need a Good Laugh?
I've been feeling a bit anxious lately. There is so much to worry about–the economy, the environment, traffic, winter…The Leafs are actually doing well but that must be a portent of doom. If you're like me and need some comic relief, you're in luck. Winners of this year's humour awards are bound to provide some amusement.
The Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, 2011
The Stephen Leacock Medal has promoted and celebrated Canadian humour writing since 1947.
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Winner: Practical Jean by Trevor Cole
Nominees:
The High Road by Terry Fallis
Toby: a Man by Todd Babiak
How to Do Everything by Red Green
Half Empty by David Rakoff
The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2011
First awarded in 2000, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize is the only UK award for comic literature.
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Winner: Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
Nominees:
Serious Men by Manu Joseph
Comfort and Joy by India Knight
The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith
The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn
The Thurber Prize for American Humor
Created in 1997, the Thurber Prize for American Humor has been given out annually since 2004.
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Winner: Half Empty by David Rakoff
Nominees:
Sports from Hell: My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition by Rick Reilly
Sleepwalk with Me and Other Painfully True Stories by Mike Birbiglia
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