The Hilary Weston Writer’s Trust Prize for NonFiction is announced by the Writer’s Trust of Canada for best work in the nonfiction genre by Canadian writers. One of the prestigious and highest prize money, this year the winner receives a prize of CA $60,000 and the finalists get a CA $5,000.
The 2014 Finalists come from a variety of subjects. While Paula Todd looks at how bullying has crept into the virtual world and has grown stronger than the real world, Kathleen Winter explores the enigmatic arctic regions and the life of aborigines. Naomi Klein and Charles Montgomery evaluate our current lifestyle through the lens of climate change and urban planning and design.
Shopping for Votes: How Politicians Choose Us and We Choose Them
Author: Susan Delacourt
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre (October 5, 2013)
ISBN: 192681293X, 9781926812939
Political candidates are no aliens to marketing. The book takes an in-depth look at how political candidates use consumer data to tailor their campaigns for each constituency to attract voters.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
Author: Naomi Klein
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (September 16, 2014)
ISBN: 1451697384, 978-1451697384
We have experiences catastrophic floods and sharp swings in weather patterns in recent years but this has failed to shake us out of a deep slumber, and perhaps denial that these events are a result of our own habits. Naomi Klein takes a keen look at what has led to these problems and where we are failing in finding a solution to the problem of climate change.
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Author: Charles Montgomery
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (November 12, 2013)
ISBN: 0374168237, 978-0374168230
The author draws upon various disciplines including physiology, psychology and physics to unravel the ills of current city-suburb models of the cities. He believes that urban planning and design is central to our happiness and evaluates where we went wrong on this.
Extreme Mean: Trolls, Bullies, and Predators Online
Author: Paula Todd
Publisher: Signal; 1St Edition edition (May 21, 2014)
ISBN: 077108403X, 978-0771084034
A bully is a bully. You will find them everywhere, in schools, colleges, workplace, neighborhoods, and Internet is no different. Internet gives bullies an additional cover to commit aggression anonymously. Through stories of Amanda Todd, Rebecca Black, and countless other abuse victims around the world, Extreme Mean explores the different colors of cyber bullying from harassment to extortion in great detail.
Boundless: Tracing Land and Dream in a New Northwest Passage
Author: Kathleen Winter
Publisher: Anansi (Aug. 18 2014)
ISBN: 1770893997, 978-1770893993
The arctic land bordering European countries, the US and Canada have come into focus because of its oil reserves and quick transport potential between the continents. In Boundless the author narrates her exciting journey as she explores the North and the Inuk people’s way of life.