Charles Taylor Prize

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

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

Breaking conventions

The life of P.K. Page: Exclusive excerpt from a new biography

A riveting portrait of an artist as a young — and old — woman

War through the eyes of Borden and Mackenzie King

Exclusive excerpt from Charles Taylor prize nominee Tim Cook’s new book Warlords