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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

2023

Winner

How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World

How to Be a Climate Optimist: Blueprints for a Better World

Chris Turner

Chris Turner

Finalists

Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother

Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother

Norma Dunning

From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation

From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation

Dale Eisler

Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy

Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy

Josh O’Kane

Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation

Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation

Andrew Stobo Sniderman

and

Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)