That stock may start to move a bit faster now that Endlings has won a prestigious literary award. This past weekend, Lilley was named the winner of the Canadian Authors Association Fred Kerner Book Award. The award judges called it a "rich collection of lyrical and devastating poems," and a "remarkable yet sad tribute to all the species and sub-species we have lost." Lilley spent time a lot of time at museums studying and researching Great Auks and other extinct species. Lilley says she knows poetry is not for everyone, so she tried hard to make Endlings accessible, with good story-telling.

Source: CBC News July 27, 2021 19:29 UTC