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Photos: Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction

The Writers' Trust of Canada presented its $60,000 Hilary Weston Prize for Non-fiction to Toronto author Rosemary Sullivan for Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (HarperCollins Canada) at the Art Gallery of ... Read More »

October 13, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Writers’ Trust announces 2015 Hilary Weston Prize for Non-fiction jury

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has named the jury members for this year's $60,000 Hilary Weston Prize for Non-fiction. The jury comprises Stevie Cameron, a Toronto investigative journalist, literary non-fiction author, and member of the ... Read More »

August 10, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Tamas Dobozy among Writers’ Trust Award winners

By Safa Jinje

Things are certainly looking up for Tamas Dobozy, who has won the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for Siege 13 (Thomas Allen Publishers), a series of linked stories that spans the 1944 Soviet siege ... Read More »

November 8, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Richard Gwyn wins $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen prize

By Shannon Webb-Campbell

Richard Gwyn's Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times; Volume Two: 1867 - 1891 (Random House Canada), the second volume in the two-part biography of Canada's first Prime Minister, is the recipient of ... Read More »

April 26, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction finalists announced

By Sue Carter

The B.C. Achievement Foundation has announced the shortlist for the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-fiction. Chosen from a longlist of 10 titles, the finalists are: Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism by ... Read More »

December 8, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Quillcast episode three: Charlotte Gill and Eating Dirt

By Sue Carter

Quillcast is a new podcast series from Quill & Quire featuring behind-the-scenes conversations with authors and publishing insiders. In this episode, the second in a two-part series on non-fiction authors, Vancouver writer Charlotte Gill speaks ... Read More »

November 28, 2011 | Filed under: Authors, Books of the Year, Quillcast

Hilary Weston teams up with Writers’ Trust to create Canada’s richest non-fiction prize

By Stuart Woods

The Writers' Trust of Canada has found a new sponsor for its non-fiction prize, giving a big financial boost “ and adding a dash of celebrity “ to the annual award. The Writers' Trust announced ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

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