The Writers' Trust of Canada awarded the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing to Toronto author Kamal Al-Solaylee on May 10 at its annual Politics and the Pen Gala, held at Ottawa's Fairmont Chateau Laurier. Al-Solaylee ... Read More »
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The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced the jury for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize, a $25,000 honour recognizing the country's best books on political topics. CBC foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed, National Post columnist Colby ... Read More »
March 14, 2017 | Filed under: Awards
Globe and Mail Ottawa political affairs correspondent John Ibbitson has been named winner of the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Stephen Harper (Signal/McClelland & Stewart), his biography of the former prime minister. The $25,000 prize, administered by ... Read More »
April 21, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
The Writers' Trust of Canada announced the five finalists for the 2016 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing on March 2. The prize, now in its 16th year, is awarded to a book of literary ... Read More »
March 2, 2016 | Filed under: Awards
The Writers' Trust of Canada has revealed the finalists for the 15th annual Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The award recognizes a superb work of literary non-fiction that "captures a political subject of relevance ... Read More »
The Writers' Trust of Canada has released the shortlist for the 14th Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Former Globe and Mail foreign correspondent Graeme Smith is up for yet another honour. His memoir, The ... Read More »
February 4, 2014 | Filed under: Awards
The Writers' Trust of Canada has named Marcello Di Cintio's Walls: Travels Along the Barricades (Goose Lane Editions) the winner of this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Di Cintio received the $25,000 prize at ... Read More »
March 7, 2013 | Filed under: Awards