Photos: introducing the Writers’ Trust fiction finalists

This morning, the shortlist for the 12th annual Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize was announced at Toronto’s Ben McNally Books.

Click on the thumbnails to see photos from today’s event and to learn more about the five finalists.

95042 Q&Q reviewer Stephen Knight calls Bowling's Civil War novel a powerful and emotionally wrenching book. <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=7647">Read the rest of the review.</a> The Tinsmith, Tim Bowling (Brindle & Glass) https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Tinsmith-Bowling-90x90.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Tinsmith-Bowling.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Tinsmith-Bowling.jpg 600 434 [] https://stage.quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/19/photos-introducing-the-writers-trust-fiction-finalists/slide/tinsmith-bowling/ tinsmith-bowling 0 0

95041 Look for Robert J. Wiersema's starred review of Dobozy's linked-story collection, which launches today in Waterloo, Ontario, in the November issue of Q&Q. Siege 13, Tamas Dobozy (Thomas Allen Publishers) https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Siege13-debozy-90x90.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Siege13-debozy.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Siege13-debozy.jpg 600 439 [] https://stage.quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/19/photos-introducing-the-writers-trust-fiction-finalists/slide/siege13-debozy/ siege13-debozy 0 0

95040 In her Q&Q review of The Purchase, Emily M. Keeler writes, Spalding offers a powerful perspective on pains and oppressions that are specific to a time and place, though it reverberates into the present in uncomfortable ways. <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=7793">Read the rest of the review.</a> The Purchase, Linda Spalding (McClelland & Stewart) https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Purchase-Spalding-90x90.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Purchase-Spalding.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Purchase-Spalding.jpg 600 434 [] https://stage.quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/19/photos-introducing-the-writers-trust-fiction-finalists/slide/purchase-spalding/ purchase-spalding 0 0

95039 It's always a good sign when a book that opens with an attempted suicide still manages to elicit a surprised chuckle from the reader by page eight, writes Q&Q's Dory Cerny in her starred review of Inside. <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=7724">Read the rest of the review.</a> Inside, Alix Ohlin (Anansi) https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Inside-Ohlin-90x90.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Inside-Ohlin.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Inside-Ohlin.jpg 600 444 [] https://stage.quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/19/photos-introducing-the-writers-trust-fiction-finalists/slide/inside-ohlin/ inside-ohlin 0 0

95038 (Photo: Writers' Trust of Canada) Left to right: Don Oravec, Writers' Trust; Lynn Henry, Doubleday Canada; and Samantha Haywood, Transatlantic Literary Agency https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Don-Lynn-Sam-90x90.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Don-Lynn-Sam.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Don-Lynn-Sam.jpg 600 400 [] https://stage.quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/19/photos-introducing-the-writers-trust-fiction-finalists/slide/don-lynn-sam/ don-lynn-sam 0 0

95037 (Photo: Writers' Trust of Canada) The crowd gathers at Ben McNally's (from left to right): Chris Jackson, Apple Canada; Carolyn Forde, Hilary McMahon, and Jake Babad, Westwood Creative Artists; Janice Zawerbny, Thomas Allen Publishers; Jackie Kaiser, Westwood; Valerie Laws, TWUC; prize juror Drew Hayden Taylor; and Corina Eberle, D&M Publishers https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Crowd2-90x90.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Crowd2.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Crowd2.jpg 600 400 [] https://stage.quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/19/photos-introducing-the-writers-trust-fiction-finalists/slide/crowd2/ crowd2 0 0

95036 Q&Q reviewer Nathan Whitlock writes, Carnival is an impressively over-the-top book, and the sheer level of antiheroic bluster it achieves is enough to set it apart from the more domestic CanLit pack. <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=7794">Read the rest of the review.</a> Carnival, Rawi Hage (House of Anansi Press) https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Carnival-Hage-90x90.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Carnival-Hage.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/Carnival-Hage.jpg 600 437 [] https://stage.quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/19/photos-introducing-the-writers-trust-fiction-finalists/slide/carnival-hage/ carnival-hage 0 0

95035 (Photo: Writers' Trust of Canada) Carolyn Wood, Association of Canadian Publishers, and Kelly Duffin, The Writers' Union of Canada https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2.-Carolyn-Wood-CBA_Kelly-Duffin-TWUC-90x90.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2.-Carolyn-Wood-CBA_Kelly-Duffin-TWUC.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/2.-Carolyn-Wood-CBA_Kelly-Duffin-TWUC.jpg 600 400 [] https://stage.quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/19/photos-introducing-the-writers-trust-fiction-finalists/slide/2-carolyn-wood-cba_kelly-duffin-twuc/ 2-carolyn-wood-cba_kelly-duffin-twuc 0 0

95034 (Photo: Writers' Trust of Canada) The nominated titles https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/1.-Book-Covers-90x90.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/1.-Book-Covers.jpg https://stage.quillandquire.com/wp-content/uploads/1.-Book-Covers.jpg 600 400 [] https://stage.quillandquire.com/awards/2012/09/19/photos-introducing-the-writers-trust-fiction-finalists/slide/1-book-covers/ 1-book-covers 0 0

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