RBC Taylor Prize

Given by Charles Taylor Foundation

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The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor, a noted Canadian vis mere historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. vis mindre
Stages:
Alle, Winner (19), Finalist (70), Longlist (52)
Years:
Alle, 2020 (5), 2019 (9), 2018 (10), 2017 (12), 2016 (11), 2015 (11), 2014 (12), 2013 (15), 2012 (11), 2011 (5), 2010 (4), 2009 (3), 2008 (5), 2007 (3), 2006 (4), 2005 (4), 2004 (5), 2002 (6), 2000 (6)

Winner 19

Finalist 70

VærkÅr
Had It Coming: What's Fair in the Age of #MeToo? af Robyn Doolittle2020
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls af Jessica Mcdiarmid2020
The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths, and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World af Ziya Tong2020
The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator af Timothy C Winegard2020
Just Let Me Look at You: On Fatherhood af Bill Gaston2019
Jan in 35 Pieces: A Memoir in Music af Ian Hampton2019
All Things Consoled: A daughter's memoir af Elizabeth Hay2019
Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age af Darrel J. McLeod2019
Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) af Stephen R. Bown2018
Life on the Ground Floor af James Maskalyk2018
In the Name of Humanity af Max Wallace2018
By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz af Max Eisen2017
Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story af Matti Friedman2017
Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World af Marc Raboy2017
This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications af Diane Schoemperlen2017
Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year: The Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? af Ian Brown2016
This Is Happy af Camilla Gibb2016
Dispatches from the Front: The Life of Matthew Halton, Canada's Voice at War af David Halton2016
The Reason You Walk: A Memoir af Wab Kinew2016
One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada's Tragedy at Dieppe af David O'Keefe2015
The Last Asylum af Barbara Taylor2015
And Home Was Kariakoo: A Memoir of East Africa af M. G. Vassanji2015
Boundless: Tracing Land and Dream in a New Northwest Passage af Kathleen Winter2015
The Massey Murder: A Maid, Her Master and the Trial that Shocked a Country af Charlotte Gray2014
The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be af J. B. MacKinnon2014
The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan af Graeme Smith2014
Arthur Erickson: An Architect's Life af David Stouck2014
The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca af Carol Bishop-Gwyn2013
Warlords: Borden;mackenzie King And Canada's World Wars af Tim Cook2013
Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page af Sandra Djwa2013
Leonardo and the Last Supper af Ross King2013
Into the silence af Wade Davis2012
Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe af Charlotte Gill2012
The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit af Jj Lee2012
Afflictions and Departures af Madeline Sonik2012
On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women af Stevie Cameron2011
Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven af Ross King2011
The Geography of Arrival af George Sipos2011
The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das af Merrily Weisbord2011
Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau: 1968-2000 af John English2010
René Lévesque af Daniel Poliquin2010
The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst af Kenneth Whyte2010
Sugar: A Bittersweet History af Elizabeth Abbott2009
Angel of Vengeance: The "Girl Assassin," the Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russia's Revolutionary World af Ana Siljak2009
Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy af Kevin Bazzana2008
The Film Club: A Memoir af David Gilmour2008
From Harvey River: A Memoir of My Mother and Her Island af Lorna Goodison2008
Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust af Anna Porter2008
Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968 af John English2007
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism af Ross King2007
The Greek for Love: A Memoir of Sorrow and Joy af James Chatto2006
Curse of The Narrows: The Halifax Disaster of 1917 af Laura M. Mac Donald2006
The Boys: Or, Waiting for the Electrician's Daughter af John Terpstra2006
Acquainted with the Night: Excursions Through the World After Dark af Christopher Dewdney2005
What the Stones Remember: A Life Rediscovered af Patrick Lane2005
A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq af Paul William Roberts2005
In The Shadow Of Silence af Gertrud Baer2004
Lake of the Prairies af Warren Cariou2004
If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground af J. Edward Chamberlin2004
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World af Margaret MacMillan2004
Time Lord: The Remarkable Canadian Who Missed His Train and Changed the World af Clark Blaise2002
Things That Must Not Be Forgotten af Michael David Kwan2002
The Spinster and the Prophet: H.G. Wells, Florence Deeks, and the Case of the Plagiarized Text af A. B. McKillop2002
Notes from the Hyena's Belly: An Ethiopian Boyhood af Nega Mezlekia2002
The Geometry of Love: Space, Time, Mystery, and Meaning in an Ordinary Church af Margaret Visser2002
Losing the Dead af Lisa Appignanesi2000
Paper Shadows: A Memoir of a Past Lost and Found af Wayson Choy2000
The Warrior's Honor af Michael Ignatieff2000
A Clearing In The Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century af Witold Rybczynski2000
Always give a penny to a blind man : a memoir af Eric Wright2000

Longlist 52

VærkÅr
Son of a Critch: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir af Mark Critch2019
Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country af David Johnston2019
Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience af Allan Levine2019
Heart Berries: A Memoir af Terese Marie Mailhot2019
How to Fall in Love with Anyone: A Memoir in Essays af Mandy Len Catron2018
Yardwork: A Biography of an Urban Place af Daniel Coleman2018
The Marriott Cell: An Epic Journey from Cairo's Scorpion Prison to Freedom af Mohamed Fahmy2018
Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World af Michael Harris2018
A History of Canada in Ten Maps: Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land af Adam Shoalts2018
Apron Strings: Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy, and China af Jan Wong2018
Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD af Roméo Dallaire2017
An intimate wilderness : Arctic voices in a land of vast horizons af Norman Hallendy2017
The Killer Whale Who Changed the World af Mark Leiren-Young2017
Quinn: The Life of a Hockey Legend af Dan Robson2017
Wait Time: A Memoir of Cancer (Life Writing) af Kenneth Sherman2017
Invisible North: The Search for Answers on a Troubled Reserve af Alexandra Shimo2017
A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905 af Bill Waiser2017
Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours that Made History af Andrew Cohen2016
Road Trip Rwanda: A Journey Into the New Heart of Africa af Will Ferguson2016
Zoroaster's Children: and Other Travels af Marius Kociejowski2016
Genius At Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway af Siobhan Roberts2016
The Prison Book Club af Ann Walmsley2016
Into the Blizzard: Walking the Fields of the Newfoundland Dead af Michael Winter2016
The Necessary War, Volume 1: Canadians Fighting The Second World War:1939-1943 af Tim Cook2015
The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection af Michael Harris2015
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate af Naomi Klein2015
Berlin : Den Tyske Demokratiske Republiks hovedstad af Rory MacLean2015
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design af Charles Montgomery2015
Warsaw 1944: Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw Uprising af Alexandra Richie2015
The Juggler's Children: A Journey into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us af Carolyn Abraham2014
Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation af Mary Janigan2014
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 af Margaret MacMillan2014
How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit af Witold Rybczynski2014
Without Honour af Rob Tripp2014
Confessions of a Fairy's Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad af Alison Wearing2014
Little Ship of Fools: Sixteen Rowers, One Improbable Boat, Seven Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic af Charles Wilkins2014
Walls: Travels Along the Barricades af Marcello Di Cintio2013
Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age af Modris Eksteins2013
A Season in Hell af Robert Fowler2013
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else af Chrystia Freeland2013
March Forth: The Inspiring True Story of a Canadian Soldier's Journey of Love, Hope and Survival [Hardcover] af Trevor Greene2013
Working the Dead Beat: 50 Lives That Changed Canada af Sandra Martin2013
What We Talk About When We Talk About War af Noah Richler2013
Chronic Condition: Why Canada's Health-Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century af Jeffrey Simpson2013
Epistolophilia : writing the life of Ona Šimaitė af Julija Sukys2013
The Universe Within af Neil Turok2013
Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter af Carmen Aguirre2012
The Patrol: Seven Days in the Life of a Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan af Ryan Flavelle2012
John A: The Man Who Made Us af Richard J. Gwyn2012
Facing the Hunter af David Adams Richards2012
Why Not?: Fifteen Reasons to Live af Ray Robertson2012
Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism af Joel Yanofsky2012

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The Charles Taylor Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Charles Taylor Foundation to the best Canadian work of literary non-fiction. It is named for Charles Taylor, a noted Canadian historian and writer. The prize comes with a monetary value of $25,000. (English, Member-written)
RBC TAYLOR PRIZE commemorates Charles Taylor’s pursuit of excellence in the field of literary non-fiction. The Prize will be awarded to the author whose book best combines a superb command of the English language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception. The Prize consists of $25,000 for the winner and $2,000 for each of the runners up. (English, Member-written)

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