Nights getting cooler and leaves promising to change colour can only mean one thing: it's literary awards season! For the next few weeks, we will be featuring blog posts on the sales impact of some major national literary awards.
First up: The shortlisted titles for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction were announced today. Congratulations to the shortlisted publishers and authors:
| Tomboy Survival Guide Ivan Coyote Arsenal Pulp Press 9781551526560 |
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Birds Art Life Kyo Maclear Doubleday Canada 9780385687515 |
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Life on the Ground Floor Dr. James Maskalyk Doubleday Canada 9780385665971 |
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All We Leave Behind Carol Off Random House Canada 9780345816832 |
| Seven Fallen Feathers Tanya Talaga House of Anansi Press 9781487002268 |
You can see all the books in this BNC CataList catalogue.
The Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize is one of the leading Canadian non-fiction literary prizes. Many of the shortlisted titles go on to be contenders for other Canadian, regional, or international awards such as the RBC Taylor Prize, the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction or the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book.
Looking for a book to buy your favourite non-fiction reader this holiday season? Look no further than these nominated titles. While a specific increase in sales is difficult to gauge, as many of the books shortlisted for this prize are also shortlisted for or winners of other awards, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize-winning titles consistently see an increase in sales following the announcement and steady sales right through the holiday period. The 2014 winner, Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything, sold more units than any other winner in the past five years.
The winning books from the last three years are:
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| A Disappearance in Damascus Deborah Campbell Vintage Canada 9780345809308 |
Stalin's Daughter Rosemary Sullivan HarperCollins 9781443414425 |
This Changes Everything Naomi Klein Vintage Canada 9780307402004 |
The 2017 winner will be announced on Nov. 14, 2017.
