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
Taylor Prize
In conversation with Marc Raboy
McGill professor Marc Raboy’s biography of Guglielmo Marconi examines the inventor’s ties to fascism
A call to arms for the call of the wild
An excerpt of J.B. MacKinnon’s Taylor Prize-nominated The Once and Future World
Building a legacy for Arthur Erickson
An excerpt from David Stouck’s Taylor Prize-nominated biography of Canada’s bad boy architect