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…
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Shortlist announced for 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
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…
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…
Edna Staebler Award nominations announced
After a busy summer of reading, the shortlist for this year’s Edna Staebler Award for Creative Nonfiction was announced last week. The nominees are: – Joshua Knelman’s Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art (Douglas and McIntyre, 2011), – Robyn Michele Levy’s Most of…