Search Results by tag: Edna Staebler Award

Awards: Ann Walmsley wins 2016 Edna Staebler Award

National Magazine Award–winning journalist Ann Walmsley has won the 25th annual $10,000 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction for The Prison Book Club (Penguin Canada). The 2015 title followed Walmsley as she administered a series of ... Read More »

September 21, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Awards: Watt-Cloutier‚ Walmsley‚ Shenher named to Edna Staebler Award shortlist

By Becky Robertson

Wilfrid Laurier University has announced the finalists for this year's Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction‚ recognizing authors of a first or second non-fiction book with a Canadian connection or setting: Lori Shenher‚ the Vancouver ... Read More »

September 7, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Lynn Thomson wins 2015 Edna Staebler Award

By Becky Robertson

Toronto bookseller and author Lynn Thomson has been named winner of the 2015 Edna Staebler Award for creative non-fiction for her debut title, Birding With Yeats. (House of Anansi Press). The memoir chronicles Thomson’s blooming ... Read More »

September 23, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Arno Kopecky wins Edna Staebler Award

By Sue Carter

Vancouver journalist Arno Kopecky has won the 2014 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction for his second book, The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway (Douglas & McIntyre). The $10,000 prize, administered ... Read More »

September 5, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction shortlist announced

By Julie Baldassi

Three books have been shortlisted for the $10,000 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, administered annually by Wilfrid Laurier University. The prize recognizes Canadian-authored first or second books with significance to the country. The shortlist is: ... Read More »

August 8, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Carol Shaben wins Edna Staebler Award

By Maria Siassina

Vancouver journalist Carol Shaben has won the Edna Staebler Award for creative non-fiction for Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop ... Read More »

July 30, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Shortlist announced for Edna Staebler Award

By Maria Siassina

Three books have been shortlisted for the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction. Organized by Wilfrid Laurier University, the $10,000 award recognizes Canadian writers for a first or second work of creative non-fiction that includes ... Read More »

July 16, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Joshua Knelman’s Hot Art wins Edna Staebler Award

By Sue Carter

Toronto writer Joshua Knelman has won this year's Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction for Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art (Douglas & McIntyre). The $10,000 award, administered ... Read More »

September 19, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Kitchener author wins Edna Staebler Award

By Scott MacDonald

Author John Leigh Walters of Kitchener, Ontario, has been awarded the 2010 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for his debut work, A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri (Athabasca University Press). The ... Read More »

October 14, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Edna Staebler Award shortlist announced