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CANADA READS 2012
The 2012 CBC Canada Reads, an annual battle of the books, was devoted for the first time to works of non-fiction. Canada Reads: True Stories was about finding a memoir, biography or work of literary non-fiction that the entire country should read. After a week of debate, the book that this year was selected as the must read for Canadians was Something Fierce by Carmen Aguirre,
The Canada Reads 2012 contenders were:
• The Game by Ken Dryden, defended by actor Alan Thicke.
• On a Cold Road by Dave Bidini, defended by supermodel Stacey McKenzie
• Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat, defended Arlene Dickinson, from the TV show Dragons’ Den.
• Something Fierce by Carmen Aguirre, defended by Anne-France Goldwater, star of l’Arbitre, Quebec’s reality-TV courtroom series.
• The Tiger by John Vaillant, defended by award-winning rapper Shad
ESI EDUGYAN WINS THE 2011 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE
Esi Edugyan, a Calgary native now living in Victoria, won the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Half Blood Blues. The jury wrote this about the winning title:
"Imagine Mozart were a black German trumpet player and Salieri a bassist, and 18th century Vienna were WWII Paris; that's Esi Edugyan's joyful lament, Half-Blood Blues. It's conventional to liken the prose in novels about jazz to the music itself, as though there could be no higher praise. In this case, say rather that any jazz musician would be happy to play the way Edugyan writes. Her style is deceptively conversational and easy, but with the simultaneous exuberance and discipline of a true prodigy. Put this book next to Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues" – these two works of art belong together."
Founded in 1994, the Giller Prize recognizes excellence in Canadian fiction. The largest annual literary prize in the country, the Scotiabank Giller Prize awards $50,000 to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English and $5,000 to each of the finalists. A shortlist of six authors and their books was announced on October 4, 2011. Those finalists were:
Enjoy the first few pages of each title online by visiting the Scotiabank Giller Prize website.
2011 Man Booker Prize Winner
Each year The Man Booker Prize is awarded to the finest original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and even publishers....
The 2011 winner is:
THE SENSE OF AN ENDING – Julian Barnes
Additional information is available at http://www.themanbookerprize.com/
2011 Canadian Culinary Book Award Winners
The Canadian Culinary Book Awards recognize excellence and creativity in food and beverage writing and publishing in both English- and French-language culinary books.
The 2011 Gold Medal winner - Special Interest Category is:
Locavore From Farmers' Fields to Rooftop Gardens: How Canadians Are Changing the Way We Eat – Sarah Elton
The 2011 Gold Medal winner - Cookbook Category is:
3 Chefs : The Kitchen Men - Michael Bonacini, Massimo Capra, & Jason Parsons
