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Writers & Books

Each of these authors has benefitted from Writers' Trust awards or programs.

Awards

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing

2007

Winner

The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar

The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar

Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang

Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang

Finalists

Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual

Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual

Clive Doucet

John A: The Man Who Made Us; The Life and Times of John A. Macdonald, Volume One: 1815–1867

John A: The Man Who Made Us; The Life and Times of John A. Macdonald, Volume One: 1815–1867

Richard Gwyn

Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson

Why Mexicans Don’t Drink Molson

Andrea Mandel-Campbell

The People’s House of Commons: Theories of Democracy in Contention

The People’s House of Commons: Theories of Democracy in Contention

David Smith