Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page.
Article content
Writers with B.C. connections have dominated the 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize.
Of the five finalists named B.C. is or has been home to four of the authors.
Article content
The Grand Prize winner, announced Sept. 21, will receive a $6,000 cash prize from the Canada Council for the Arts and a two-week writing residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island.
The finalists are: That Poor Girl by Finnian Burnett (Princeton); Glossary for an Aswang by Louie Leyson (Surrey); Environmental Services by Christine Lowther (Tofino); The Edge of Change by Kelly S. Thompson (formerly of Vancouver) and Black Diamond by Barbara Joan Scott (Calgary).
Article content
Finalists will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and have their work published by CBC Books.
The entries were selected from more than 2,000 submissions received from across Canada. The public can read the shortlisted texts on cbcbooks.ca.
The 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize jurors are Eternity Martis, David A. Robertson, and Merilyn Simonds.
-
10 B.C. authors named to CBC Nonfiction Prize longlist
-
Langley writer tops field of 1,700 to win 2022 CBC Nonfiction Prize
Bookmark our website and support our journalism: Don’t miss the news you need to know — add VancouverSun.com and TheProvince.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.
You can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber: For just $14 a month, you can get unlimited, ad-lite get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. Support us by subscribing today: The Vancouver Sun | The Province.
