James McLeod's book is shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book Turmoil, as Usual: Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador and the Road to the 2015 Election, published by Creative Publishers. The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize winner will be announced at the Politics & the Pen gala in Ottawa on May 10. This except is from Turmoil, as Usual: Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador and the Road to the 2015 Election. Permission granted from Creative Publishers, an imprint of Creative Book Publishing.