Five finalists have been revealed for this year’s Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, for books on subjects that range from climate change to coronaviruses to the politics of race and identity. The $60,000 prize is awarded annually by the Writers’ Trust of Canada, and honours literary excellence in nonfiction.

The finalists for this year’s prize are:

• The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change by Geoff Dembicki (Greystone Books)
• Nothing Will Be Different: A Memoir by Tara McGowan-Ross (Dundurn Press)
• The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging by Debra Thompson (Scribner Canada)
• The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure by Dan Werb (Crown)
• Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead (Knopf Canada)

A jury comprised of Canadian writers Mark Bourrie, Cheryl Foggo, and Jessica McDiarmid selected the shortlisted titles from 103 titles submitted by 63 publishing imprints.

The winner will be announced on November 2 at the Writers’ Trust Awards ceremony in Toronto.