Nigerian-Canadian Poet Jide Salawu Earns Double Shortlist Nod from the League of Canadian Poets for Debut Collection Contraband Bodies
Nigerian-Canadian poet Jide Salawu has been shortlisted for not one but two of the League of Canadian Poets’ 2026 Book Awards, the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for a debut collection, and the Raymond Souster Award for a new book of poetry by a League member — both for his debut collection Contraband Bodies, published by NeWest […]
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Nigerian-Canadian poet Jide Salawu has been shortlisted for not one but two of the League of Canadian Poets’ 2026 Book Awards, the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for a debut collection, and the Raymond Souster Award for a new book of poetry by a League member — both for his debut collection Contraband Bodies, published by NeWest […]
