BooksCamilla Gibb explains why writing ’This Is Happy’ was a godsendCamilla Gibb’s haunting memoir, a finalist for the 2016 RBC Taylor prize, heads to the heart of what family means
SocietyPlum Johnson wins the 2015 RBC Taylor PrizeThe gobsmacked author rose wonderfully to the occasion, writes Brian Bethune
SocietyRBC Taylor Prize nominees: Plum Johnson’s They Left Us EverythingPlum Johnson’s family memoir changed as she cleared out the family house
BooksRBC Taylor Prize nominees: M.G. Vassanji, bound by East Africa’s call Drawing on his sense of ‘mad belonging,’ M.G. Vassanji crafted an insider’s account of his place of birth
BooksRBC Taylor Prize Nominees: Barbara Taylor’s The Last AsylumHistorian Barbara Taylor weaves her story into the larger one of psychiatric hospitals
BooksRBC Taylor Prize nominees: David O’Keefe on the secrets of DieppeDavid O’Keefe discovered the real motive behind the poorly planned raid where so many Canadians died
BooksRBC Taylor Prize nominees: Kathleen Winter’s ’Boundless’The Northwest Passage brought Kathleen Winter to a land too eloquent for fiction.