Shortlist for Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

Posted by Fiction Editor, 4 years ago

The Writers’ Trust of Canada announced finalists today for $82,000 in
prizes in the categories of fiction, non-fiction, and short fiction.

This year’s nominees transport readers from Alexandrian Greece to the near future, and explore ancient wisdom and why it matters in the modern world. The novels include a tale of people in disparate places united by a shared experience in a digital world; a Jewish actress’s escape from Nazi Germany; and an English translation of a French
novel about writing in a language that makes meaning foreign. A collection of short stories that examine the human ability to transcend adversity and emotions also makes the short list.

The winners of the awards, along with four other prizes, will be announced at the ninth annual Writers’ Trust Awards event on November 24, 2009, at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto. Total prize money awarded that night to Canadian writers will amount to $147,000, making the event one of the richest awards nights for literary excellence in Canada.

Book lovers have the chance to win a set of this year’s nominated titles by visiting writerstrust.com.


THE ROGERS WRITERS’ TRUST FICTION PRIZE ($25,000)
Sponsored by Rogers Communications Inc.
Jury: Marina Endicott (Edmonton), Miriam Toews (Toronto), and R.M. Vaughan (Toronto)

Each finalist for this prize receives $2,500.

• Nicole Brossard (Montreal), translated by Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood (Montreal), for Fences in Breathing, published by Coach House Books
• Douglas Coupland (Vancouver) for Generation A, published by Random House Canada
• Annabel Lyon (Vancouver) for The Golden Mean, published by Random House Canada
• Alice Munro (Clinton, Ontario) for Too Much Happiness, published by McClelland & Stewart: A Douglas Gibson Book
• Andrew Steinmetz (Ottawa) for Eva’s Threepenny Theatre, published by Gaspereau Press

The finalists for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize will deliver a reading at the International Festival of Authors on October 28, 2009. More information is available at readings.org.

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