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The shortlist for the 2015 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, as administered by Wilfrid Laurier University, has been announced. The finalists, in alphabetical order by surname, are: Judy McFarlane’s Writing With Grace: A Journey Beyond Down Syndrome Mark Sakamoto’s Forgiveness: A Gift From My Grandparents Lynn Thomson’s Birding With Yeats: A Memoir The winner…
I’m pleased to share some research I’ve been working on for the past couple of years about Edna Staebler’s legacy as a pioneering female literary journalist in Canada. Most Canadians who know of Staebler probably think of her as a cookbook writer or philanthropist–and rightly so. That’s how I used to think of her, too….
The shortlist for the 2014 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction was just announced by Wilfrid Laurier University. The three nominees are (in alphabetical order): Arno Kopecky for The Oil Man and the Sea, Allen Smutylo for The Memory of Water and Alison Wearing for Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter. You can find out more…
As one of the jury members for the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, I’m pleased to announce that this year’s winner will visit Laurier Brantford. Join me in conversation with Carol Shaben, author of Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot,a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop,…
I’m delighted to share the news that Carol Shaben has won the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for her book Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop. It’s a gripping and engaging book. Here’s we judges had to say…