Taylor ShortList Announcement to be made on Wednesday, 10am King Edward Hotel, Toronto

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Press Conference

RBC Taylor Prize 

2014 Shortlist Announcement

 

Wednesday, January 15th   ●   10:00 a.m. sharp!

Omni King Edward Hotel

Consort Bar, Main Floor, 37 King St. East, Toronto

The RBC Taylor Prize (formerly The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction) will announce this year’s finalists at a brief press conference on Wednesday, January 15th at 10:00 a.m. at the Omni King Edward Hotel in Toronto.

As Canada’s most prestigious national book award, the RBC Taylor Prize recognizes excellence in literary non-fiction writing.  Now in its 13^th awarding, the Prize has been instrumental in fostering growth and appreciation for the genre of Canadian non-fiction.

Hosted by: Noreen Taylor, Prize Founder & Chair

Shortlist Announcers: RBC Taylor Prize Jurors - James Polk and Andrew Westoll

Spokespersons: Noreen Taylor; Dr. David Staines, Charles Taylor Prize Trustee; English Department, University of Ottawa and attending Jurors

Special Guests: Vijay Parmar, President PH&N Investment Council, RBC Wealth Management; Canadian publishers, book editors and literary agents

Why attend?           

This is the first big book award announcement of the year. Be there to learn which titles have been shortlisted and why they were selected.  Speak with jurors, and interact with publishers and agents to get their reactions and views.

The $25,000 RBC Taylor Prize is awarded annually 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. An honorarium of $2,000 is given to each finalist with promotional support for each shortlisted title. The winner of the 2014 prize will be announced on Monday, March 10th.

124 submissions from 45 publishers competed for the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize Longlist which was announced in December.  To review this year’s longlist or learn more about the Prize visit: www.thecharlestaylorprize.ca

The presenting sponsor of the RBC Taylor Prize is RBC Wealth Management, its Major Sponsor is Metropia, its media sponsors are The Globe and Mail (exclusive newspaper sponsor), CNW Group, The Huffington Post Canada, Maclean's magazine, and Quill & Quire magazine; its in-kind sponsors are Authors at Harbourfront Centre, Ben McNally Books, Event Source, Indigo Books and Music, Kobo Inc., and The Omni King Edward Hotel.

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Media are requested to confirm their attendance with Stephen Weir & Associates:

Stephen Weir:            416-489-5868              cell: 416-801-3101   stephen@stephenweir.com

Linda Crane:                 416-727-0112   cranepr@rogers.com

Just Published: Valerie Gibson’s new E-Book for Dating Boomers

MEDIA ALERT 

The Later Dater: 

A Guide for the Newly Single Woman Over 50

Toronto, ON.   Kindle, Kobo, and  Amazon (and soon on Apple) have just listed a new Canadian E-book for single female Boomers and beyond.  Canadian Writers Group have published Valerie Gibson’s new guide for mid and late-life women who would like to start dating again!

The Later Dater: A Guide For the Newly Single Woman Over 50 reaches out to single women of 50, 60, 70, and above who want to date older, same age or younger men and who need either a nudge in the right direction or some help understanding the intricacies, pleasures, pitfalls and rules of what can be a complex world of relationships today.

“It's a helpful, honest and practical guide for women 50, 60 and over who are starting out again and want to know how to date and meet someone new in what can be a confusing, often complex, contemporary dating world,” explains author Valerie Gibson.

Valerie Gibson is a well-known and popular Canadian celebrity and was the award-winning sex and relationships columnist for the Toronto Sun newspaper. She is an author, radio and television personality and is considered one of North America’s top experts on contemporary love, sex, relationships and dating. She is frequently interviewed by international websites, newspapers and magazines. 

Her previous best-selling book Cougar: A Guide for Older Women Dating Younger Men launched the "Cougar" trend internationally – and now 11-years later she focuses on single women who, in their 50s, 60s and 70s, are pioneering what has become another new social trend.

Valerie lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  She is currently single and exploring the joys (and many hazards!) of the contemporary dating world but, most of all, loves to help men and women meet and enjoy each other, no matter what their age.

Based in Toronto, the Canadian Writers Group represents Canada’s most talented, in-demand freelance writers and published the bestselling e-book Finding Karla. See more at:  HYPERLINK  http://canadianwritersgroup.com/#sthash.mJyj0k5T.dpuf

Media interested in interviewing Valerie Gibson should contact Stephen Weir: stephen@stephenweir.com