Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Given by Writers' Trust of Canada

Altres noms: Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Shortlist (Anglès)
134 obres / 135 Items 19,895 Llibres 673 Ressenyes ½ 3.9
The prize is awarded for literary excellence in the category of nonfiction, which includes, among other forms, works of personal or journalistic essays; memoirs; commentary; and criticism, both mostra'n més social and political; history; and biography. Finalist works will demonstrate a distinctive voice, and a persuasive and compelling command of tone, narrative, style, and technique. As of 2011, the winner of the prize recieves $60,000 and finalists each recieve $5000, making it the largest annual literary award for a book of nonfiction published in Canada. mostra'n menys
Stages:
Tots, Winner (27), Shortlist (108)
Years:
Tots, 2023 (6), 2022 (5), 2021 (5), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (5), 2017 (5), 2016 (5), 2015 (5), 2014 (5), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (5), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (5), 2005 (4), 2004 (5), 2003 (5), 2002 (5), 2001 (5), 2000 (5), 1999 (5), 1998 (5), 1997 (5)
Announced:
novembre 2023: Guanyador2023 Recent
setembre 2023: Llista curta2023 Recent

Winner 27

ObraAny
Ordinary Notes de Christina Sharpe2023
The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure de Dan Werb2022
Permanent Astonishment: A Memoir de Tomson Highway2021
Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts de Jessica J. Lee2020
Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.: A Memoir de Jenny Heijun Wills2019
All Things Consoled: A daughter's memoir de Elizabeth Hay2018
Life on the Ground Floor de James Maskalyk2017
A Disappearance in Damascus: Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War de Deborah Campbell2016
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva de Rosemary Sullivan2015
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate de Naomi Klein2014
The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan de Graeme Smith2013
A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape de Candace Savage2012
Mordecai: The Life & Times de Charles Foran2011
What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past de James Fitzgerald2010
Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life de Brian Brett2009
Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood de Taras Grescoe2008
Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust de Anna Porter2007
The Book of Revenge de Dragan Todorovic2006
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed de John Vaillant2005
The Second Tree: Stem Cells, Clones, Chimeras, and Quests for Immortality de Elaine Dewar2004
Virtual clearcut, or, the way things are in my hometown de Brian Fawcett2003
Houseboat Chronicles: Notes From a Life in Shield Country de Jake MacDonald2002
Time Lord: The Remarkable Canadian Who Missed His Train and Changed the World de Clark Blaise2001
Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History de Erna Paris2000
Walking Since Daybreak : A Story of Eastern Europe, World War II, and the Heart of Our Century de Modris Eksteins1999
Stolen Life: Journey Of A Cree Woman de Rudy Wiebe1998
Small mercies: A boy after war de Ernest Hillen1997

Shortlist 108

ObraAny
My Road from Damascus de Jamal Saeed2023
Ordinary Notes de Christina Sharpe2023
Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls de Angela Sterritt2023
Ordinary Wonder Tales de Emily Urquhart2023
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World de John Vaillant2023
The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change de Geoff Dembicki2022
Nothing Will Be Different: A Memoir de Tara McGowan-Ross2022
The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging de Debra Thompson2022
Making Love with the Land: Essays de Joshua Whitehead2022
NISHGA de Jordan Abel2021
On Foot to Canterbury: A Son's Pilgrimage (Wayfarer) de Ken Haigh2021
Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity de Darrel J. McLeod2021
Disorientation: Being Black in the World de Ian Williams2021
Through the Garden: A Love Story (with Cats) de Lorna Crozier2020
Reaching Mithymna: Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos de Steven Heighton2020
Shame On Me de Tessa McWatt2020
The Way Home de David A. Neel2020
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground de Alicia Elliott2019
Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person de Anna Mehler Paperny2019
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward de Tanya Talaga2019
The Art of Leaving: A Memoir de Ayelet Tsabari2019
Antigone Undone: Juliette Binoche, Anne Carson, and the Art of Resistance (The Regina Collection) de Will Aitken2018
Heart Berries: A Memoir de Terese Marie Mailhot2018
In Praise of Blood de Judi Rever2018
The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family de Lindsay Wong2018
Tomboy Survival Guide de Ivan Coyote2017
Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation de Kyo Maclear2017
All We Leave Behind: A Reporter's Journey into the Lives of Others de Carol Off2017
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City de Tanya Talaga2017
Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? de Ian Brown2016
Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story de Matti Friedman2016
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies de Ross King2016
Red Star Tattoo: My Life as a Girl Revolutionary de Sonja Larsen2016
Tell It to the World: International Justice and the Secret Campaign to Hide Mass Murder in Kosovo de Eliott Behar2015
Kitten Clone: Inside Alcatel-Lucent (Writers in Residence) de Douglas Coupland2015
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation de Dean Jobb2015
Cease: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Desire de Lynette Loeppky2015
Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them de Susan Delacourt2014
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design de Charles Montgomery2014
Extreme Mean: Trolls, Bullies and Predators Online de Paula Todd2014
Boundless: Tracing Land and Dream in a New Northwest Passage de Kathleen Winter2014
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America de Thomas King2013
The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be de J. B. MacKinnon2013
This Great Escape: The Case of Michael Paryla de Andrew Steinmetz2013
Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother de Priscila Uppal2013
Intolerable de Kamal Al-Solaylee2012
Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age de Modris Eksteins2012
Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile de Taras Grescoe2012
The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit de Jj Lee2012
Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe de Charlotte Gill2011
John A: The Man Who Made Us de Richard J. Gwyn2011
Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound de Grant Lawrence2011
Why Not?: Fifteen Reasons to Live de Ray Robertson2011
Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven de Ross King2010
Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me de Sarah Leavitt2010
The Ptarmigan's Dilemma: An Exploration into How Life Organizes and Supports Itself de John Theberge2010
The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das de Merrily Weisbord2010
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World de Wade Davis2009
Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds de Trevor Herriot2009
The Dog by the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath: And Other Paradoxes of Human-Animal Relationships de Erika Ritter2009
The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece de Eric Siblin2009
Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children from the Culture of Hyper-Parenting de Carl Honoré2008
Concrete Reveries: Consciousness and the City de Mark Kingwell2008
The Gift of Thanks: The Roots and Rituals of Gratitude de Margaret Visser2008
Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself de Russell Wangersky2008
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History de Katherine Ashenburg2007
The Lost Coast: Salmon, Memory and the Death of Wild Culture de Tim Bowling2007
Fortune's A River: The Collision of Empires in Northwest America de Barry Gough2007
God's Mercies: Rivalry, Betrayal, and the Dream of Discovery de Douglas Hunter2007
Reluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention de Charlotte Gray2006
Ride the Rising Wind de Barbara Kingscote2006
This Is My Country, What's Yours? de Noah Richler2006
Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest de Rudy Wiebe2006
Race Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa de Stephen Lewis2005
Dead Man in Paradise de J. B. MacKinnon2005
Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Mureder of Reena Virk de Reena Virk2005
Down to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City Shantytown de Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall2004
Jacob's Wound: A Search for the Spirit of Wildness de Trevor Herriot2004
What the Stones Remember: A Life Rediscovered de Patrick Lane2004
The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific de Charles Montgomery2004
Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages de Mark Abley2003
If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground de J. Edward Chamberlin2003
The End of Elsewhere: Travels Among the Tourists de Taras Grescoe2003
Sahara: A Natural History de Marq de Villiers2003
The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die de Katherine Ashenburg2002
A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle de Andrew Clark2002
Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign: The Science and Culture of Why We Hurt de Marni Jackson2002
A Promise of Salt de Lorie Miseck2002
As Near to Heaven by Sea: A History of Newfoundland and Labrador de Kevin Major2001
The Mummy Congress: Science, Obsession, and the Everlasting Dead de Heather Pringle2001
Jane Austen de Carol Shields2001
The Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story de Jack Todd2001
Saint Saul: A Skeleton Key to the Historical Jesus de Donald Harman Akenson2000
The Other Side of Eden: Hunters, Farmers, and the Shaping of the World de Hugh Brody2000
Sacré Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec de Taras Grescoe2000
Out of Poverty de John Stackhouse2000
A Story as Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World de Robert Bringhurst1999
History of Medicine: A Scandalously Short Introduction de Jacalyn Duffin1999
After Daniel: A Suicide Survivor's Tale de Moira Farr1999
Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir de Wayne Johnston1999
Isaiah Berlin: A Life de Michael Ignatieff1998
Progeny of ghosts : travels in Russia and the old empire de David Manicom1998
The Follow : A True Story de Linda Spalding1998
The Circus at the Edge of the Earth: Travels with the Great Wallenda Circus de Charles Wilkins1998
Mrs. King : The Life and Times of Isabel MacKenzie King de Charlotte Gray1997
Power in the blood : land, memory, and a southern family de John Bentley Mays1997
Flowers on My Grave: How an Ojibwa Boy's Death Helped Break the Silence on Child Abuse de Ruth Teichroeb1997
Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood de Eileen Whitfield1997

Descripcions

The prize is awarded for literary excellence in the category of nonfiction, which includes, among other forms, works of personal or journalistic essays; memoirs; commentary; and criticism, both social and political; history; and biography. Finalist works will demonstrate a distinctive voice, and a persuasive and compelling command of tone, narrative, style, and technique. As of 2011, the winner of the prize recieves $60,000 and finalists each recieve $5000, making it the largest annual literary award for a book of nonfiction published in Canada. (English, Escrit per membres)
The prize is awarded for literary excellence in the category of nonfiction, which includes, among other forms, works of personal or journalistic essays; memoirs; commentary; and criticism, both social and political; history; and biography. Finalist works will demonstrate a distinctive voice, and a persuasive and compelling command of tone, narrative, style, and technique. (English, Escrit per membres)

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