Wilfrid Laurier University announced today the shortlist for the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, for which I was a judge. You can read the full announcement, as well as the judges’ comments, here. In the meantime, the three shortlisted books are: Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes by Kamal…
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Editing personal essays
This is the second of my posts about editing an essay anthology. In the first post, I looked at the big picture, discussing how I go about commissioning and finding essays for such a collection and then deciding which ones I can accept and which ones I have to decline….
Editing an essay anthology: Part 1
As you may recall, I’m working on a new essay anthology for TouchWood Editions about LGBT relationships and families. With the winter teaching semester over, I’m now turning my attention toward the book in order to have a manuscript ready to send to the publisher in the fall. People often…
Edna Staebler Award 2012: A Recap
I had the pleasure of hosting the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Award presentation last week at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus. It was a great night, and I was glad finally to meet this year’s winner, Joshua Knelman, whose book Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the…
Joshua Knelman wins the 2012 Edna Staebler Award
It’s my pleasure to announce that Joshua Knelman has won the 2012 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for his fantastic book Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the World of Stolen Art (Douglas & McIntyre). As one of the judges for this year’s awards, this is how I…