--- title: "BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction Announced" description: "The longlist for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction has been announced. One hundred and forty-three books were nominated for the 2013 prize of $40,000 and from that list the longlist of..." url: https://somisguided.com/2012/11/06/bc-national-award-for-canadian-non-fiction-announced/ date: 2012-11-06 modified: 2012-11-06 author: "Monique" categories: ["News: Arts & Entertainment"] type: post lang: en --- # BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction Announced The longlist for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction has been announced. One hundred and forty-three books were nominated for the 2013 prize of $40,000 and from that list the longlist of ten books have been selected. The longlist is as follows and full details are included on the attached news release: [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1553652347&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1553652347/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=1553652347&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=1553652347) A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape Candace Savage [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1443402044&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1443402044/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=1443402044&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=1443402044) A Season in Hell: My 130 Days in the Sahara with Al Qaeda Robert Fowler [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0670069094&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0670069094/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=0670069094&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=0670069094) A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring Nahlah Ayed [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1926639448&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1926639448/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=1926639448&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=1926639448) Here We are Among the Living: A Memoir in Emails Samantha Bernstein [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1897151934&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1897151934/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=1897151934&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=1897151934) Pinboy: A Memoir George Bowering [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0307398595&Format=_SL110_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0307398595/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=0307398595&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=0307398595) Solar Dance: Genius, Forgery, and the Crisis of Truth in the Modern Age Modris Eksteins [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1554686245&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1554686245/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=1554686245&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=1554686245) Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile Taras Grescoe [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=067697743X&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/067697743X/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=067697743X&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=067697743X) Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy Andrew Preston [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1553659376&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1553659376/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=1553659376&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=1553659376) The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen Stephen R. Bown [![](http://ws.assoc-amazon.ca/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0864926634&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=CA&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=somisguided-20)](http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0864926634/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&camp=15121&creative=390961&creativeASIN=0864926634&linkCode=as2&tag=somisguided-20)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.ca/e/ir?t=somisguided-20&l=as2&o=15&a=0864926634) Walls: Travels Along the Barricades Marcello Di Cintio The finalists for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction will be announced December 4, 2012. The $40,000 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction is presented by the BC Achievement Foundation and will take place in Vancouver in early 2013. Previous winners of the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction include: • Charlotte Gill for Eating Dirt (2012) • John Vaillant for The Tiger (2011) • Ian Brown for The Boy in the Moon (2010) • Russell Wangersky for Burning Down the House (2009) • Lorna Goodison for From Harvey River (2008) • Noah Richler for This Is My Country, What’s Yours? (2007) • Rebecca Godfrey for Under the Bridge (2006) • Patrick Lane for There Is a Season (2005)