Commonwealth Book Prize short list has three Canadian authors
Posted Apr 24, 2012 04:13:48 PM.
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LONDON – Johanna Skibsrud’s Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novel “The Sentimentalists” is among three Canadian titles on the short list for this year’s Commonwealth Book Prize.
The other Canuck finalists are “The Town that Drowned” by Riel Nason of Quispamsis, N.B., and “Dancing Lessons” from Jamaican-born, Toronto-based Olive Senior.
Skibsrud, who grew up in Pictou County, N.S., won the Giller for “The Sentimentalists” in November 2010. At 30, she was the youngest recipient ever for the $50,000 honour.
The Commonwealth Book Prize honours debut novels, giving 2,500 British pounds (nearly C$4,000) to a regional winner and 10,000 pounds (nearly C$16,000) to an overall victor annually.
This year’s regional winner will be announced on May 22 and an overall winner will be declared on June 8 in London.
