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Writers' Trust of Canada Awards 2018

The 2018 Writers' Trust of Canada Awards went to Dear Evelyn by Kathy Page (Fiction), All Things Consoled: A Daughter’s Memoir by Elizabeth Hay (Nonfiction) and Boys: What it Means to Become a Man by Rachel Giese (Political Writing). 15 books were finalists across 3 categories.

Winners

Fiction

  1. Dear Evelyn by Kathy Pagesource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. All Things Consoled: A Daughter’s Memoir by Elizabeth Haysource (opens in a new tab)

Political Writing

  1. Boys: What it Means to Become a Man by Rachel Giesesource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

Fiction

  1. Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hagesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Land Mammals and Sea Creatures by Jen Nealesource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Washington Black by Esi Edugyansource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Antigone Undone: Juliette Binoche, Anne Carson, Ivo Van Hove, and the Art of Resistance by Will Aitkensource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhotsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front by Judi Reversource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family by Lindsay Wongsource (opens in a new tab)

Political Writing

  1. Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees by Harley Rustadsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley’s Stand against Big Hydro by Sarah Coxsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Homes: A Refugee Story by Winnie Yeung and Abu Bakr al Rabeeahsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Pipe Dreams: The Fight for Canada’s Energy Future by Jacques Poitrassource (opens in a new tab)

About the Writers' Trust of Canada Awards

Winners and finalists of four Writers' Trust of Canada book prizes, from the official prize history pages at writerstrust.com/writers-books/awards. No fallback sources were needed. The Writers' Trust does not publish longlists for these prizes, so there are no Longlist rows. Fiction is the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, renamed the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize in 2019. Nonfiction is the Writers' Trust Nonfiction Prize, named the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction from 2011. Public Policy is the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy, first awarded in 2021. Political Writing is the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Year is the year the history pages give each prize. For Fiction, Nonfiction and Public Policy that is the award year. For Political Writing the pages give the book's year through 2019 (the prize was handed out the next spring) and the award year from 2021, so 2020 has no Political Writing entry. The pages list four books for Nonfiction 2007 and Public Policy 2021, 2024 and 2025. The Dayne Ogilvie Prize, the Latner Griffin Poetry Prize, the Nancy Flight editing prize and other career or person awards are left out. Translators are credited when the page credits them. Books that won one prize and were finalists for another appear in each category.

Organization: Writers' Trust of Canada. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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