Gilding the lilies: Ross King wins the 2017 RBC Taylor Prize
King’s fourth nomination served up a win that studies of a much younger Monet, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci did not
Charles Taylor Prize
Pumpkinflowers, a soldier’s story
A memoir puts readers on the front lines in Lebanon at the turn of the century, when a new Middle East was being born
How beauty from the brush of Claude Monet was born from war
A captivating new book describes how Claude Monet painted his placid scenes with First World War shells sounding in the distance
RBC Taylor Prize: Spotlight on Marc Raboy
McGill professor Marc Raboy’s biography of Guglielmo Marconi examines the inventor’s ties to fascism
Diane Schoemperlen on what happens when a writer falls for a killer
Read an excerpt from Diane Schoemperlen’s RBC Taylor Prize-nominated book, ’This Is Not My Life’
RBC Taylor Prize: Spotlight on Max Eisen
Max Eisen waited until he was 86 to complete his harrowing memoir of life at Auschwitz
Max Eisen in conversation with Brian Bethune
Max Eisen waited until he was 86 to complete his harrowing memoir of life at Auschwitz
Presenting Charles Taylor Prize winner Andrew Preston
A profile of the author with bonus excerpt from Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith
One of these authors is about to win the Charles Taylor prize for non-fiction
... in the meantime, they share lessons on writing learned the hard way: 1. Write shorter. 2. Hit delete
Podcast: Talking with the who’s who in Canadian non-fiction
Dr. Staines in conversation with the Charles Taylor Prize nominees