{"id":9816,"date":"2026-05-18T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=9816"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:04:17","slug":"south-shore-author-named-to-leacock-medal-longlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2026\/05\/18\/south-shore-author-named-to-leacock-medal-longlist\/","title":{"rendered":"South Shore Author Named to Leacock Medal Longlist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Liverpool author Bryn Pottie has been named to the longlist for the prestigious Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for his debut novel, The Great Lunenburglary.<\/p><\/div>\n

Liverpool author Bryn Pottie has been named to the longlist for the prestigious Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for his debut novel, The Great Lunenburglary, bringing a uniquely Nova Scotian story to the national stage.<\/p>\n

For 79 years, the annual $25,000 dollar prize has recognized excellence in Canadian literary humour. Past winners have included Will Ferguson, W.O. Mitchell, Stuart McLean and Mordecai Richler. In addition to local author Bryn Pottie, this year’s longlist includes humour heavy hitters such as Mark Critch and Terry Fallis.<\/p>\n

The list \u201cshowcases the remarkable talent, wit and keen insight that continue to make Canadianliterary humour so vibrant and essential,\u201d<\/em> says Daphne Mainprize, president of Stephen Leacock Associates.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great honour to be a Leacock longlister!\u201d says author Bryn Pottie. \u201cI worked hard on this book and it\u2019s great to be recognized by an even more prestigious group than my mom and her friends at the library. Any history book will show you that the Nova Scotian story has always been full of hard, serious work. But this place is pretty silly and ridiculous, too, and I wanted to write something to highlight that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Set in 1922 Lunenburg, The Great Lunenburglary tells the story of two teenagers who steal the Bluenose. Blending historical fiction with absurdist comedy, the novel delivers a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud caper rooted in local culture and storytelling traditions. It was released in June 2025 by Nova Scotia’s Moose House Publications.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s ironic that Bryn Pottie and Moose House are producing this level of quality at the same time our provincial government is cutting funding for publishers who provide opportunities for this level of writing,\u201d<\/em> says Moose House publisher Brenda Thompson.<\/p>\n

After a year of steady local sales, national retail chain Indigo named The Great Lunenburglary one of Canada\u2019s best regional books of 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Great Lunenburglary is a kilometre-a-minute laugh riot with endless re-readability,\u201d<\/em> says Bridgewater Coles manager Justin Robar, \u201cI’d recommend this book to anyone; there’s probably no one in Nova Scotia that I haven’t already!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The three finalists will be revealed in mid-May, and the winner of the<\/p>\n

and $25,000 prize will be celebrated at a gala dinner in Orillia, Ontario on June 20.<\/p>\n

The full 2026 Leacock Prize longlist is available here: https:\/\/quillandquire.com\/omni\/longlist-announced-for-2026-leacock-medal-for-humour\/<\/a> For more information, review copies, or interview requests, please contact Bryn Pottie at brynsampottie@gmail.com<\/strong> or Brenda Thompson at brenda@moosehousepress.ca<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liverpool author Bryn Pottie has been named to the longlist for the prestigious Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for his debut novel, The Great Lunenburglary, bringing a uniquely Nova Scotian story to the national stage. For 79 years, the annual $25,000 dollar prize has recognized excellence in Canadian literary humour. Past winners have included […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[3793,3364,3606,3791,3795,39,3792,241,3794,49,3789,3790],"class_list":["post-9816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-2026-leacock-prize-longlist","tag-bluenose","tag-bryn-pottie","tag-canadian-literary","tag-leacock-medal","tag-liverpool","tag-lunenburg","tag-nova-scotia","tag-novel","tag-queens-county","tag-stephen-leacock-memorial-medal-for-humour","tag-the-great-lunenburglary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9819,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9816\/revisions\/9819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}