RBC Taylor Prize

Mark Bourrie’s chronicling of Pierre-Esprit Radisson includes cannibalism, a Caribbean shipwreck and the creation of the Hudson’s Bay Company

Talaga’s book, a wrenching account of the deaths of seven Indigenous teens in Thunder Bay, was one of the most acclaimed non-fiction titles of 2017

Two intense works of history, a wrenching account of contemporary racism, and two intimate memoirs make for wide-ranging reading

A memoir puts readers on the front lines in Lebanon at the turn of the century, when a new Middle East was being born

Read an excerpt from Diane Schoemperlen’s RBC Taylor Prize-nominated book, ‘This Is Not My Life’

Another award, another win for the biography of Joseph Stalin’s daughter penned by Sullivan, who thanked Stalin’s granddaughter for the access

Rosemary Sullivan’s biography on a sad, remarkable life has won the 2016 RBC Taylor Prize

In tracing his relationship with his dad, Wab Kinew finds one between Indigenous peoples and Canadians

In his RBC Taylor Prize-nominated diary, Ian Brown turned his sharp eye and deft writing to aging and the road ahead

The younger Halton chronicles the life and times of Canada’s finest war correspondent

Camilla Gibb’s haunting memoir, a finalist for the 2016 RBC Taylor prize, heads to the heart of what family means

The gobsmacked author rose wonderfully to the occasion, writes Brian Bethune