TORONTO, ON – The 2012 winners of the Trillium Book Award, an annual award honouring literary excellence by Ontario authors, will be announced at a gala dinner in Toronto this evening, and to help mark the 25th anniversary of the Award, the Ontario Craft Brewers and Wine Country Ontario have been brought on board for a project called “A Toast to Ontario’s Books”.
This partnership was debuted in 2010, when each of the 17 finalist books for that year’s Award was paired with a different Ontario craft beer and local wine, many of which were available to sample at the Award reception.
This year, six past winners of the Award – three French & three English – were selected, and each has been paired with an Ontario beer and wine:
Jean Mohsen Fahmy: L’Agonie des dieux (2006) paired with Muskoka Mad Tom IPA & Creekside Estate 2010 Sauvignon Blanc
Andrée Lacelle: Tant de vie s’égare (1995) paired with Amsterdam Framboise & Henry of Pelham 2010 Pinot Noir
Michèle Matteau: Passerelles (2010) paired with Flying Monkeys Hoptical Illusion Almost Pale Ale & Black Prince 2010 Chardonnay
Karen Solie: Pigeon (2010) paired with Wellington Imperial Russian Stout & Reif Estate 2010 Cabernet Merlot
Wayson Choy: All That Matters (2005) paired with King Pilsner & GreenLane Estate 2010 Pinot Gris-Riesling
Alice Munro: The Love of a Good Woman (1999) paired with Mill Street Belgian-Style Wit Beer & Aure Wines 2011 Rosé
Full descriptions of each book and associated pairing notes can be found in the attached PDF file.