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. In this post, I’d like…
Tag: creative nonfiction
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 summed up our thoughts about…
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 Me: Surviving My Medical Meltdown…