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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

Douglas Coupland, Rosemary Sullivan among Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the finalists for this year's Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-fiction. The award, which offers the largest purse for a Canadian non-fiction title, "celebrates literary excellence" in ... Read More »

September 16, 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

New B.C. scholarly book prize shortlist announced

By Julie Baldassi

Sandra Djwa didn't win the Charles Taylor Prize for non-fiction, but a week later her book, Journey With No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page (McGill-Queen's University Press), is up for another award, alongside Derek ... Read More »

March 13, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

BookNet bestsellers: non-fiction (3)

By Sue Carter

Although Lawrence Wright's Scientology exposé still isn't available in this country, many Canadians are reading Jenna Miscavige Hill's tell-all Beyond Belief, which lands at #10 on this week's non-fiction bestsellers list. For the two weeks ending ... Read More »

February 19, 2013 | Filed under: Bestsellers

Chrystia Freeland makes Lionel Gelber Prize shortlist

By Sue Carter

Alberta-born writer Chrystia Freeland's non-fiction book Plutocrats, which examines the global rise of the super-wealthy, has made the shortlist for the Lionel Gelber Prize. The $15,000 Canadian award celebrates the best English-language non-fiction on foreign ... Read More »

February 19, 2013 | Filed under: Awards

Spring preview 2013: non-fiction and international titles for young people

By Dory Cerny

Rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, publishing is alive and well moving into spring. In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the spring's biggest books. Non-fiction The April release of Pedal It! ($19.95 ... Read More »

January 17, 2013 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Spring preview 2013: Canadian non-fiction, part two

By Sue Carter

Rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, publishing is alive and well moving into spring. In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the spring's biggest books. Health & self-help Sociologist Lyndsay Green had a ... Read More »

January 15, 2013 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Spring preview 2013: Canadian non-fiction, part one

By Stuart Woods

Rumours to the contrary notwithstanding, publishing is alive and well moving into spring. In the January/February issue, Q&Q looks ahead at some of the spring's biggest books. Memoir & Biography Readers of Laurie Lewis's previous ... Read More »

January 14, 2013 | Filed under: Book news, Preview

Canadian booksellers pick the top non-fiction books of 2012

By Safa Jinje

Among Canadian booksellers contacted by Q&Q, there was a general consensus that 2012 was a conservative year for non-fiction. David Worsley, co-owner of Words Worth Books in Waterloo, Ontario, observed: "The big titles are spread out ... Read More »

December 12, 2012 | Filed under: Books of the Year, Bookselling

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