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Category: Edna Staebler

Shortlist for 2015 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

Posted on July 30, 2015July 31, 2015 by Bruce Gillespie

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…

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Edna Staebler, literary journalist

Posted on June 19, 2015December 9, 2015 by Bruce Gillespie

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….

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Shortlist announced for 2014 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

Posted on August 5, 2014July 30, 2015 by Bruce Gillespie

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…

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In conversation with Carol Shaben

Posted on October 29, 2013July 30, 2015 by Bruce Gillespie

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,…

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Carol Shaben wins 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction

Posted on July 30, 2013July 30, 2015 by Bruce Gillespie

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…

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