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…
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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….
Shortlist announced for 2021 Edna Staebler Award
The shortlist for the 2021 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction (for which I am a judge) has been announced by Wilfrid Laurier University. The finalists are: The winner will be announced in late May. You can read more about the finalists here.
Apply now to be the next Edna Staebler writer-in-residence
Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Arts is now accepting applications for the next Edna Staebler writer-in-residence. Per the news release: The Writer-in-Residence will receive $21,000 for a nine-week in-person residency from January 22 to March 22, 2024. Eight weeks are to be spent on the Waterloo campus, and one week…