RBC Taylor PrizeFinalist

Given by Charles Taylor Foundation

Autres noms: Charles Taylor Prize (Anglais), Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (Anglais)
70 oeuvres 13,320 Livres 452 critiques ½ 3.8
The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor, a noted afficher plus Canadian historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. afficher moins
Stages:
Tous, Winner (19), Finalist (70), Longlist (52)
Années:
Tous, 2020 (4), 2019 (4), 2018 (3), 2017 (4), 2016 (4), 2015 (4), 2014 (4), 2013 (4), 2012 (4), 2011 (4), 2010 (3), 2009 (2), 2008 (4), 2007 (2), 2006 (3), 2005 (3), 2004 (4), 2002 (5), 2000 (5)

Finalist 70

ŒuvreAnnée
Had It Coming: What's Fair in the Age of #MeToo? par Robyn Doolittle2020
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls par Jessica Mcdiarmid2020
The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World par Ziya Tong2020
The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator par Timothy C Winegard2020
Just Let Me Look at You: On Fatherhood par Bill Gaston2019
Jan in 35 Pieces: A Memoir in Music par Ian Hampton2019
All Things Consoled: A daughter's memoir par Elizabeth Hay2019
Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age par Darrel J. McLeod2019
Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) par Stephen R. Bown2018
Life on the Ground Floor par James Maskalyk2018
In the Name of Humanity par Max Wallace2018
By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz par Max Eisen2017
Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story par Matti Friedman2017
Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World par Marc Raboy2017
This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications par Diane Schoemperlen2017
Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? par Ian Brown2016
This Is Happy par Camilla Gibb2016
Dispatches from the Front: The Life of Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War par David Halton2016
The Reason You Walk: A Memoir par Wab Kinew2016
One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada's Tragedy at Dieppe par David O'Keefe2015
The Last Asylum par Barbara Taylor2015
And Home Was Kariakoo: A Memoir of East Africa par M. G. Vassanji2015
Boundless: Tracing Land and Dream in a New Northwest Passage par Kathleen Winter2015
The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country par Charlotte Gray2014
The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be par J. B. MacKinnon2014
The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan par Graeme Smith2014
Arthur Erickson: An Architect's Life par David Stouck2014
The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca par Carol Bishop-Gwyn2013
Warlords: Borden;mackenzie King And Canada's World Wars par Tim Cook2013
Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page par Sandra Djwa2013
Leonardo and the Last Supper par Ross King2013
Into the silence par Wade Davis2012
Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe par Charlotte Gill2012
The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit par Jj Lee2012
Afflictions and Departures par Madeline Sonik2012
On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women par Stevie Cameron2011
Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven par Ross King2011
The Geography of Arrival par George Sipos2011
The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das par Merrily Weisbord2011
Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau: 1968-2000 par John English2010
René Lévesque par Daniel Poliquin2010
The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst par Kenneth Whyte2010
Sugar: A Bittersweet History par Elizabeth Abbott2009
Angel of Vengeance: The "Girl Assassin," the Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russia's Revolutionary World par Ana Siljak2009
Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy par Kevin Bazzana2008
L'école des films par David Gilmour2008
From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island par Lorna Goodison2008
Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust par Anna Porter2008
Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968 par John English2007
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism par Ross King2007
The Greek for Love: A Memoir of Sorrow and Joy par James Chatto2006
Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917 par Laura M. Mac Donald2006
The Boys: Or, Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter par John Terpstra2006
Acquainted with the Night: Excursions Through the World After Dark par Christopher Dewdney2005
What the Stones Remember: A Life Rediscovered par Patrick Lane2005
A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq par Paul William Roberts2005
In The Shadow Of Silence par Gertrud Baer2004
Lake of the Prairies par Warren Cariou2004
If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground par J. Edward Chamberlin2004
Les artisans de la paix. Comment Lloyd George, Clemenceau et Wilson ont redessiné la carte du monde par Margaret MacMillan2004
Time Lord: The Remarkable Canadian Who Missed His Train and Changed the World par Clark Blaise2002
Things That Must Not Be Forgotten par Michael David Kwan2002
The Spinster and the Prophet: H.G. Wells, Florence Deeks, and the Case of the Plagiarized Text par A. B. McKillop2002
Dans le ventre d'une hyène par Nega Mezlekia2002
Géometrie de l'Amour - Espace, Temps, Mystere a Propos par Margaret Visser2002
Losing the Dead par Lisa Appignanesi2000
Paper Shadows: A Memoir of a Past Lost and Found par Wayson Choy2000
The Warrior's Honor par Michael Ignatieff2000
A Clearing In The Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century par Witold Rybczynski2000
Always give a penny to a blind man : a memoir par Eric Wright2000

Descriptions

The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor, a noted Canadian historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. (English, Member-written)
RBC TAYLOR PRIZE commemorates Charles Taylor’s pursuit of excellence in the field of literary non-fiction. The Prize will be awarded to the author whose book best combines a superb command of the English language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception. The Prize consists of $25,000 for the winner and $2,000 for each of the runners up. (English, Member-written)

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