Monday, March 03, 2008

Richard Gwyn wins Charles Taylor Prize

From the Quill and Quire :

Richard Gwyn wins Charles Taylor Prize

A book with a distinctly Canadian focus has captured this year’s Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. John A.: The Man Who Made Us: The Life and Times of John A. Macdonald (Random House Canada), the first biography of Canada’s founding prime minister to appear in more than 50 years, took home the $25,000 purse on Monday.Click here for the full story in the Quill and Quire.