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SHORTLISTED — EDNA STAEBLER CREATIVE NON-FICTION AWARD
Four books have been shortlisted for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non- Fiction. The $10,000 award, administered by Wilfrid Laurier University, encourages and recognizes Canadian writers for a first or second work of creative non-fiction that includes a Canadian locale and/or significance.
“This year’s shortlist displayed a wealth of talent in addressing subjects of considerable power and arresting magnitude,” said Tanis MacDonald, award juror and assistant professor in Laurier’s Department of English and Film Studies. “The books that are the finalists for this award are evidence that the memoir, in all its political, personal and contemplative glory, is a force in Canadian non-fiction writing.”
The books on the 2009 shortlist are:
The Darien Gap: Travels in the Rainforest of Panama (Harbour Publishing) by Martin Mitchinson.
Lost: A Memoir (Key Porter Books) by Cathy Ostlere.
Burning Down the House: Fighting Fire and Losing Myself (Thomas Allen Publishers) by Russell Wangersky.
The Riverbones: Stumbling After Eden in the Jungles of Suriname (McClelland & Stewart) by Andrew Westoll.
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LOST — THE PLAY
As part of Theatre Calgary’s ENBRIDGE FUSE 09 Development Program, LOST is being explored as a one-woman play. Adapted by Dennis Garnhum and Cathy Ostlere.
“A LYRICAL ONE-WOMAN PORTRAYAL OF LOVE, LOSS AND HOPE, BASED ON CATHY OSTLERE’S BESTSELLING MEMOIR.”
FUSE is dedicated to the development of new plays that have the potential to be produced on the Theatre Calgary stage, with the goal to launch these works nationally and internationally.
Edna Staebler Award
“Intensely lyrical, hypnotic and haunting, Cathy Ostlere’s memoir of personal loss is unafraid to take risks. The rich language of Lost pulls the reader into an intimate and singular state of mind, into a place “where time has collapsed” and a fierce gravity takes hold. This is a book that refuses easy consolation, taking us beyond a traditional tragic ending to reconsider our understanding of love, responsibility and loyalty. “
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