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Hilary Weston Prize for NonFiction Series: 7 Things You Need to Know About Paula Todd's Extreme Mean
Submitted by Grace on October 9, 2014 - 9:57am
It's less than a week until the winner of Canada's top non-fiction award, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, is announced! To celebrate the excellent shortlist, we're running a new series with the Writers' Trust: The Hilary Weston Prize Dinner-party Digestible: 7 Things You Need to Know, featuring seven fascinating facts about and related to each title nominated for this year's award. Consider this an appetizer to the book's full feast, whetting your appetite for great reading. Today's list comes from Paula Todd's timely and fascinating Extreme Mean: Trolls, Bullies and Predators Online (McClelland & Stewart). If you've ever scrolled down to the comments section on a website and deeply regretted it, Extreme Mean will ring true for you. Extreme Mean made quite an impression on the jury, who called the book: "Overwhelmingly persuasive. A book every parent — or anyone online — must read." 7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT… Paula Todd’s Extreme Mean: Trolls, Bullies and Predators Online
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