Taylor shortlist unveiled

January 6, 2009 | 12:18 PM | By Derek Weiler

Three titles are in the running for this year’s Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction; the shortlist was announced in Toronto today. Watch Q&Q Omni later today for the full story, but in the meantime, the nominated titles are listed below, with links to Q&Q reviews where available.

Sugar: A Bittersweet History by Elizabeth Abbott (Penguin Canada)
Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917-1918, Volume Two by Tim Cook (Viking Canada)
Angel of Vengeance: The “Girl Assassin,” the Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russia’s Revolutionary World by Ana Siljak (St. Martin’s Press/H.B. Fenn)

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