CHARLES
TAYLOR PRIZE FINALISTS CHARLOTTE GILL, JJ LEE, MADELINE SONIK AND ANDREW
WESTOLL APPEAR AT LITFEST’S CHARLES TAYLOR PRIZE BASH TOMORROW NIGHT
The
trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation salute Litfest – Edmonton’s
International Literary Festival for their emphasis on the genre of literary
non-fiction.
Reunited! For the
second year in a row, this year’s prize finalists are the event headliners – See
presentations by Charlotte Gill, JJ Lee, Madeline Sonik, and the 2012 prize
winner, Andrew Westoll. Wade Davis is out of the country but sends greetings.
Also
to be revealed during tomorrow night’s Charles Taylor Prize Bash: The names of
the three jurors for the 2013 prize will be announced tomorrow at Litfest,
followed online via CNW. The trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation chose to
again announce its forthcoming prize jury at Litfest, in support of this
popular Edmonton-based International Literary Festival which concerns itself
primarily with works of non-fiction.
Media
Contact:
The authors, trustees, and jurors are available for interviews. Please contact
Stephen Weir & Associates for more information:
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Stephen Weir: 416-489-5868 cell: 416-801-3101
sweir5492@rogers.com
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Linda Crane : 905-257-6033 cell: 416-727-0112
cranepr@cogeco.ca
About
the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction:
The
trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation established The Charles Taylor Prize
for Literary Non-Fiction to commemorate the life and work of the late Charles
Taylor, one of Canada’s foremost essayists and a prominent member of the
Canadian literary community. Charles Taylor was a foreign correspondent with The
Globe and Mail and the author of four books: Radical Tories; Reporter
in Red China, Six Journeys: A Canadian Pattern, and Snow
Job.
The
Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction is awarded annually to the author
whose book best combines an excellent command of the English language, an elegance of
style, quality of thought, and subtlety of perception. The prize consists of
$25,000
for the winning author and $2,000 for each of the runners up. All of the
shortlisted titles receive extensive national publicity and marketing support.
The
prize longlist will be announced via press release on December 4th; the
shortlist will be revealed at a press conference on January 9th, and the winner
will be named at a gala luncheon and awards ceremony at the King Edward Hotel
in downtown Toronto on Monday, March 4, 2013.
The
trustees of the Charles Taylor Foundation are Michael Bradley (Toronto),
JudithMappin (Montreal), David Staines (Ottawa), and Noreen Taylor (Toronto).
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www.thecharlestaylorprize.ca
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