Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Russell Wangersky wins Canada's largest literary non-fiction prize


Russell Wangersky has won the $40,000 British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction for 2009. He did it with "Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself" published by Thomas Allen Publishers.

Congratulations Russell!

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Russell Wangersky also distinguishes himself as a fiction writer. Two of his short stories, Echo and McNally's Fair were recently published in audio format by Rattling Books as part of the short fiction audio anthology series EarLit Shorts.

Echo a short story by Russell Wangersky is read by Charlie Tomlinson.

McNally's Fair a short story by Russell Wangersky is read by the author.