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Ann Walmsley is winner of the 2016 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for her book, The Prison Book Club. As I am quoted saying in the news release, “Walmsley’s book provides a unique glimpse into the lives of incarcerated men and the transformative power of literature and fellowship. [She] immerses readers in the inmates’…
Congratulations to the finalists for the 2016 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, which were revealed yesterday. They are: Lorimer Shenher for That Lonely Section of Hell, Ann Walmsley for The Prison Book Club and Sheila Watt-Cloutier for The Right to Be Cold. The winner will be revealed later this month, with the award ceremony…
For the past year or so, a lot of my research time has been focused on the magazine writing Edna Staebler did early in her career, mostly for Maclean’s and Chatelaine. As I’ve written before, it’s great stuff with a timeless quality to it; the stories are every bit as engaging and interesting today as…
On November 6, I’m pleased to be hosting a one-on-one session with author Lynn Thomson, who won this year’s Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction with her book Birding With Yeats. This free, public event takes place from 11 am to 1 pm at the Carnegie Building at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus, in the…
I’m thrilled that the news is finally out: Lynn Thomson has won the 2015 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for her book Birding With Yeats. As I’m quoted saying in the news release, Birding With Yeats is an exquisitely written first book. Thomson’s writing makes you want to read the book as slowly as…