Leacock Medal for Humour
The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour is awarded annually for a book of humour published in the previous calendar year, written by a Canadian. For more information, visit the official site.
indicates a review is available for that book
2014
- Bill Conall – The Promised Land
Also shortlisted:
- Arthur Black – Fifty Shades of Black
- Jane Christmas – And Then There Were Nuns
- Wayne Johnston – Son of a Certain Woman
- Steve Smith – Red Green's Beginner's Guide to Women
2013
- Cassie Stocks – Dance, Gladys, Dance
Also shortlisted:
- Terry Fallis – Up and Down
- Jonathan Goldstein – I'll Seize the Day Tomorrow
- Andrew Kaufman – Born Weird
- William Whitehead – Words to Live By
2012
- Patrick deWitt – The Sisters Brothers
Also shortlisted:
- Rupinder Gill – On the Outside Looking Indian
- Susan Juby – The Woefield Poultry Collective
- Shari Lapeña – Happiness Economics
- Robyn Michele Levy – Most of Me
2011
- Trevor Cole – Practical Jean
Also shortlisted:
- Todd Babiak – Toby: A Man
- Terry Fallis – The High Road
- Red Green – How to do Everything
- David Rakoff – Half Empty
2010
- Will Ferguson – Beyond Belfast
Also shortlisted:
- Kathryn Borel Jr. – Corked
- Glen Chilton – The Curse of the Labrador Duck
- Bill Conall – The Rock in the Water
- William Deverell – Snow Job
2009
- Mark Leiren-Young – Never Shoot a Stampede Queen
Also shortlisted:
- William Deverell – Kill All the Judges
- Sheree Fitch – Kiss the Joy As It Flies
- Jack MacLeod – Uproar
- Charles Wilkins – In the Land of the Long Fingernails
2008
Also shortlisted:
- Douglas Coupland – The Gum Thief
- Will Ferguson – Spanish Fly
- Scott Gardiner – King John of Canada
- Ron Wood – And God Created Manyberries
2007
- Stuart McLean – Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe
Also shortlisted:
- Douglas Coupland – JPod
- Ryan Knighton – Cockeyed
- Neil McKinnon – Tuckahoe Slidebottle
- Des Kennedy – The Passionate Gardener
2006
- Arthur Black – Pitch Black
Also shortlisted:
- Joe Campbell – Take Me Out of the Ball Game
- Gordon Kirkland – When My Mind Wanders It Brings Back Souvenirs
- Dan Needles – Wingfield's Hope: More Letters from Wingfield Farm
- William Weintraub – Crazy About Lili
2005
- Will Ferguson – Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw
Also shortlisted:
- Arthur Black – Black & White and Read all Over
- Bob Collins – Summer of Wonder
- Susan Juby – Miss Smithers
- Gordon Kirkland – Never Stand Behind a Loaded Horse
2004
- Ian Ferguson – Village of the Small Houses
Also shortlisted:
- Michel Basilières – Black Bird
- George Bowering – Stone Country
- Stuart McLean – Vinyl Café Diaries
- Patricia Pearson – Playing House
2003
Also shortlisted:
- Sondra Gotlieb – Dogs, Houses, Gardens, Food and Other Addictions
- Ian McGillis – A Tourist's Guide to Glengarry
- Robert F. Nielsen – Athlete's Foot, or How I failed at Sports
- Morley Torgov – Stickler and Me
2002
- Will Ferguson – Generica
Also shortlisted:
- David Arnison – King Jerry
- Will Ferguson & Ian Ferguson – How to Be a Canadian
- Charles Gordon – Grim Pig
- Bill Richardson – Waiting for Gertrude
2001
- Stuart McLean – Vinyl Cafe Unplugged
2000
- Arthur Black – Black Tie and Tales
1999
- Stuart McLean – Home From the Vinyl Cafe
1998
- Mordecai Richler – Barney's Version
1997
- Arthur Black – Black in the Saddle Again
1996
- Marsha Boulton – Letters from the Country
1995
- Josh Freed – Fear of Frying and Other Fax of Life
1994
1993
- John Levesque – Waiting for Aquarius
1992
- Roch Carrier – Prayers of a Very Wise Child
1991
- Howard White – Writing in the Rain
1990
- W.O. Mitchell – According to Jake and the Kid
1989
- Joseph Kertes – Winter Tulips
1988
1987
- W.P. Kinsella – The Fencepost Chronicles
1986
- Joey Slinger – No Axe Too Small to Grind
1985
- Ted Allen – Love is a Longshot
1984
- Gary Lautens – No Sex Please...We're Married
1983
- Morley Torgov – The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
1982
- Mervyn J. Huston – Gophers Don't Pay Taxes
1981
- Gary Lautens – Take My Family...Please!
1980
- Donald Jack – Me Bandy, You Cissie
1979
- Sondra Gotlieb – True Confections
1978
- Ernest Buckler – Whirligig
1977
- Ray Guy – That Far Greater Bay
1976
- Harry J. Boyle – The Luck of the Irish
1975
- Morley Torgov – A Good Place to Come From
1974
- Donald Jack – That's Me in the Middle
1973
- Donald Bell – Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory
1972
- Max Braithwaite – The Night They Stole the Mounties' Car
1971
- Robert Thomas Allen – Wives, Children & Other Wild Life
1970
- Farley Mowat – The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
1969
- Stuart Trueman – You're Only as Old as You Act
1968
- Max Ferguson – And Now...Here's Max
1967
- Richard J. Needham – Needham's Inferno
1966
- George Bain – Nursery Rhymes to be Read Aloud by Young Parents with Old Children
1965
- Gregory Clark – War Stories
1964
- Harry J. Boyle – Homebrew and Patches
1963
- Donald Jack – Three Cheers for Me
1962
- W.O. Mitchell – Jake and the Kid
1961
- Norman Ward – Mice in the Beer
1960
- Pierre Berton – Just Add Water and Stir
1958
- Eric Nicol – Girdle Me A Globe
1957
- Robert Thomas Allen – The Grass is Never Greener
1956
- Eric Nicol – Shall We Join The Ladies?
1955
- Robertson Davies – Leaven of Malice
1954
1953
- Lawrence Earl – The Battle of Baltinglass
1952
- Jan Hilliard – The Salt Box
1951
- Eric Nicol – The Roving I
1950
- Earle Birney – Turvey
1949
- Angeline Hango – Truthfully Yours
1948
- Paul Hiebert – Sarah Binks
1947
- Harry L. Symons – Ojibway Melody
