Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist 2018
The shortlist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize was announced on September 19. This is Canada's most lucrative prize for nonfiction books. Finalists receive $5000 and the winning author takes home $60,000. Weston said that the 2018 finalists "focus on themes of coming together in the face of adversity, regardless of our differences".
All Things Consoled: a Daughter's Story by Elizabeth Hay
Antigone Undone: Juliette Binoche, Anne Carson, Ivo van Hove, and the Art of Resistance by Will Aitken
Heart Berries: a Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
In Praise of Blood: Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front by Judi Rever
The Woo Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons and My Crazy Chinese Family by Lindsay Wong
(Publication date: October 1, 2018)
Author Lindsay Wong will be discussing her book at Toronto Reference Library on November 12. Learn more.
The winner will be announced on November 7, 2018.
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