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…
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…
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…
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…
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…