I’m pleased to share the news that Brett Popplewell is the winner of the 2024 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. The $10,000 prize recognizes Canadian writers for a first or second book that is written in the genre of creative non-fiction and includes a Canadian locale or significance. As…
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Hilary Peach wins 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
Hilary Peach, author of Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood, is the winner of the 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. As I’m quoted saying in the news release, “I love a book that surprises me, and in this case, I was very surprised by…
Finalists announced for 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
Two finalists have been announced for the 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, bestowed by Wilfrid Laurier University. They are Cody Caetano for Half-Bads in White Regalia: A Memoir and Hilary Peach for Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the Brotherhood. You can read more about them…
Jillian Horton wins 2022 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
Jillian Horton, M.D., author of We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing is the winner of the 2022 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. As I say in the news release, “This is a book that offers rich insight into the high-stress lives of physicians…
Vickie Laveau-Harvie wins the 2021 Edna Staebler Award for Non-Fiction
Vicki Laveau-Harvie, a Canadian writer who lives in Australia, has won the 2021 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for her book, The Erratics. As I’m quoted as saying in the news release, “This short book packs a staggering punch. I’ve never read a work of creative non-fiction like it….