Mar 02, 2020
By Christine Ross
Mark Bourrie is the winner of the RBC Taylor Prize for literary non-fiction.
The Ottawa journalist and historian was awarded the honour and $30,000 for Bush Runner.
He beat out four other authors to win this year’s Prize, which is shutting down after two decades of celebrating Canadian non-fiction writing.
Margaret Atwood was among the jurors who culled the 2020 short list from a record 155 submissions.
First awarded in 2000, the RBC Taylor Prize honours late Canadian writer and historian Charles Taylor’s commitment to literary non-fiction. Organizers say more than 100 Canadian non-fiction writers have benefited from the prize program.
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