RBC Taylor Prize
A vibrant biography of explorer Radisson wins final RBC Taylor prize
Mark Bourrie’s chronicling of Pierre-Esprit Radisson includes cannibalism, a Caribbean shipwreck and the creation of the Hudson’s Bay Company
Tanya Talaga wins RBC Taylor Prize for Seven Fallen Feathers: "I’m writing the history of now"
Talaga’s book, a wrenching account of the deaths of seven Indigenous teens in Thunder Bay, was one of the most acclaimed non-fiction titles of 2017
These are the five very different books shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize
Two intense works of history, a wrenching account of contemporary racism, and two intimate memoirs make for wide-ranging reading
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
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’
Rosemary Sullivan wins the prestigious 2016 RBC Taylor Prize
Another award, another win for the biography of Joseph Stalin’s daughter penned by Sullivan, who thanked Stalin’s granddaughter for the access
Seeking justice for Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin’s only daughter
Rosemary Sullivan’s biography on a sad, remarkable life has won the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize
For Wab Kinew, the personal is political
In tracing his relationship with his dad, Wab Kinew finds one between Indigenous peoples and Canadians
Ian Brown’s self-portrait of the author as a 60-year-old man
In his RBC Taylor Prize-nominated diary, Ian Brown turned his sharp eye and deft writing to aging and the road ahead
Exclusive excerpt: David Halton immortalizes his legendary father
The younger Halton chronicles the life and times of Canada’s finest war correspondent