Cannon (graphic novel)

Cannon
AuthorLee Lai
PublisherDrawn & Quarterly
Publication dateSeptember 2025
ISBN978-1-923-10640-6

Cannon is a graphic novel by Lee Lai, published in September 2025 by Drawn & Quarterly. It won the 2026 Stella Award, and has been shortlisted for several other major awards.

Premise

Cannon follows a queer Chinese woman, known as Cannon to her friends and coworkers and Lucy to her family, working at a restaurant in Montreal in 2017. Flashback to Cannon's adolescence and earlier adulthood "reveal what led her to this breaking point”.[1]

Reception

Cannon was reviewed by The Guardian,[1] The New York Times,[2] and The New Yorker.[3]

In May 2026 it won the Stella Award in Australia, becoming the first graphic novel to do so in the 14-year history of the award.[4]

Recognition and awards

Year Award Result Ref.
2025 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel/Anthology Shortlisted [5]
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics Shortlisted [6]
2026 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for Fiction Shortlisted [7]
Stella Prize Won [4][8]
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Shortlisted [9]
Quebec Writers' Federation Awards - Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Shortlisted [10]

References

  1. 1 2 Nguyen, Giselle Au-Nhien (25 September 2025). "Cannon by Lee Lai review – a meditative graphic novel laced with horror and humour". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Thielman, Sam (6 September 2025). "An Edgy Comedy About Sex, Duty and Food Service". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Kim, E. Tammy (17 December 2025). "A Graphic Novel About Rage and Repression in Montreal". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 Heath, Nicola (13 May 2026). "Cannon by Lee Lai becomes first graphic novel to win the Stella Prize". ABC News. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees". GLAAD. Retrieved 22 April 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Mendez, Malia (17 April 2026). "L.A. Times Book Prize honorees toast to writing's political power: 'When people rise, empires always fall'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 April 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2026 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Moore, Georgia (10 April 2026). "Stella Prize 2026: All the remarkable books shortlisted". The Australian Women's Weekly. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Montreal-based cartoonist Lee Lai shortlisted for $205K Carol Shields Prize for Fiction". CBC. 21 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "QWF Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced". Quill and Quire. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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