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Thomas King Awarded 2014 RBC Taylor Prize!
Submitted by Grace on March 11, 2014 - 9:41am
It is truly Thomas King's year — mere weeks after being awarded the BC National Non-Fiction Award, and after nominations for the Trillium Prize and Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, he topped off his accolades with the prestigious, $25,000 RBC Taylor Prize for Non-fiction. Presented by prize founder The jury, composed of U.K.-based university professor and critic Coral Ann Howells, editorial director, author and professor James Polk and author, English and creative writing instructor and former Charles Taylor Prize winner, Andrew Westoll, read 124 books, submitted by 45 publishers from around the world, and chose the winner from their five-book shortlist. In addition to King, the shortlist included authors Charlotte Gray, J.B. MacKinnon, Graeme Smith and David Stouck. In an added twist, this year's edition of the prize will include King selecting and mentoring a $10,000 winner of the newly-created RBC Taylor Emerging Author award. The inaugural winner of this awarded will be announced by King on March 17. Related item from our archives |