Getting in early on the fall prize season, the Writers' Trust announces the short list for its Non-fiction prize. Not much straight-up history here, but several good writers for sure (and a couple of friends of mine too)
This year's nominees:
• Brian Brett, Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life, Greystone Books
• Wade Davis, The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World, House of Anansi Press
• Trevor Herriot, Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds, HarperCollins Publishers: A Phyllis Bruce Book
• Erika Ritter, The Dog by the Cradle, the Serpent Beneath: Some Paradoxes of Human-Animal Relationships , Key Porter Books
• Eric Siblin, The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece , House of Anansi Press.
Winners November 24.
