This morning, at the press conference announcing the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize shortlist, juror Rabindranath Maharaj told Q&Q, Four out of five people on this list aren’t recognizable names in Canadian literature. I don’t know why that is so this year, if it is a coincidence or what.
If you’re not already familiar with these authors’ names, you will be soon. Here is a quick roundup of the five Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize nominees:
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- <a href ="http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=11981">Clark Blaise profile</a><br /> Review of <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=7304"><i>The Meagre Tarmac</i></a><br />
- Clark Blaise, </I>The Meagre Tarmac</I> (Biblioasis)
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- 93890
- <a href="http://danvyleta.com">Dan Vyleta's website</a>
- Dan Vyleta, The Quiet Twin (HarperCollins Canada)
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- <a href ="http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=11911">Esi Edugyan profile</a>
- Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers)
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- 93887
- Review of <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=7130"><i>The Beggar's Garden</i></a>
- Michael Christie, The Beggar's Garden (HarperCollins Canada)
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- 93888
- <a href="http://patrickdewitt.net">Patrick deWitt's website</a>
- Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers (House of Anansi Press)
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