{"id":131136,"date":"2017-11-14T06:47:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T11:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=131136"},"modified":"2017-11-14T06:47:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T11:47:51","slug":"david-chariandy-tanya-talaga-up-for-prizes-at-tonights-writers-trust-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/14\/david-chariandy-tanya-talaga-up-for-prizes-at-tonights-writers-trust-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"David Chariandy, Tanya Talaga up for prizes at tonight’s Writers’ Trust Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chariandy is on the short list for \u201cBrother,\u201d about siblings in a Toronto housing complex who confront violence and prejudice. (Photo:<\/a> Writers’ Trust of Canada\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO\u2014 Canada’s literary community will come together tonight for the Writers’ Trust Awards in Toronto.<\/p>\n

David Chariandy and Omar El Akkad are among the finalists for the fiction prize, which was doubled in amount this year to $50,000.<\/p>\n

Chariandy is on the short list for \u201cBrother,\u201d about siblings in a Toronto housing complex who confront violence and prejudice.<\/p>\n

El Akkad is nominated for the political thriller \u201cAmerican War.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other finalists in the fiction category include Claire Cameron for \u201cThe Last Neanderthal,\u201d Carleigh Baker with \u201cBad Endings\u201d and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson for \u201cThis Accident of Being Lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

The finalists will receive $5,000 each.<\/p>\n

Finalists for the $60,000 nonfiction prize include Tanya Talaga’s \u201cSeven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City\u201d and Carol Off’s \u201cAll We Leave Behind: A Reporter’s Journey into the Lives of Others.\u201d<\/p>\n

The non-fiction short list is rounded out by Ivan Coyote’s \u201cTomboy Survival Guide,\u201d Kyo Maclear’s \u201cBirds Art Life\u201d and James Maskalyk’s \u201cLife on the Ground Floor: Letters from the Edge of Emergency Medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are also awards for poetry and young people’s literature, as well as trophies for lifetime achievement and for new writers.<\/p>\n

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