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2014 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize shortlist announced

naomi klein

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has revealed the finalists for the 15th annual Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

The award recognizes a superb work of literary non-fiction that “captures a political subject of relevance to Canadian readers and has the potential to shape or influence thinking on Canadian political life.”

A jury comprising author Denise Chong, author and Ottawa Citizen columnist Terry Glavin, and The Globe and Mail’s Atlantic bureau chief Jane Taber selected the following titles:

Each finalist will receive $2,500. The winner will receive the $25,000 prize at the Writers’ Trust Politics and the Pen gala in Ottawa on March 11.