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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

2008

Winner

An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century

An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century

James Orbinski

James Orbinski

Finalists

The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in Canada’s Polygamous Mormon Sect

The Secret Lives of Saints: Child Brides and Lost Boys in Canada’s Polygamous Mormon Sect

Daphne Bramham

The Sun Climbs Slow: Justice in the Age of Imperial America

The Sun Climbs Slow: Justice in the Age of Imperial America

Erna Paris

Where the Pavement Ends: Canada’s Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation

Where the Pavement Ends: Canada’s Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation

Marie Wadden

Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America

Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America

Chris Wood