Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Winners

The Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize is awarded for literary excellence in the category of nonfiction, which includes, among other forms, personal o ...more

Winners

	Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past by Jessica J. Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 2,978 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.: A Memoir by Jenny Heijun Wills (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 738 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir by Elizabeth Hay 3.95 avg rating — 1,223 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life on the Ground Floor: Letters from the Edge of Emergency Medicine by James Maskalyk (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 1,126 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War by Deborah Campbell 4.13 avg rating — 621 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan 3.96 avg rating — 4,575 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein 4.15 avg rating — 24,588 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan by Graeme Smith 4.05 avg rating — 479 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape by Candace Savage (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 356 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mordecai: The Life & Times by Charles Foran 4.17 avg rating — 127 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past by James Fitzgerald 3.65 avg rating — 160 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life by Brian Brett 4.05 avg rating — 466 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood by Taras Grescoe 4.15 avg rating — 655 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kasztner's Train: The True Story of Rezso Kaztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust by Anna Porter (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 152 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Revenge by Dragan Todorovic (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant 4.11 avg rating — 9,319 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Second Tree: Stem Cells, Clones, Chimeras, and Quests for Immortality by Elaine Dewar 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virtual Clearcut: Or, the Way Things Are in My Hometown by Brian Fawcett 3.42 avg rating — 24 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country by Jake Macdonald 4.16 avg rating — 90 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Lord : Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time by Clark Blaise 3.04 avg rating — 137 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History by Erna Paris 4.20 avg rating — 100 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking Since Daybreak : A Story of Eastern Europe, World War II, and the Heart of Our Century by Modris Eksteins 3.93 avg rating — 165 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stolen Life: Journey Of A Cree Woman by Rudy Wiebe 4.09 avg rating — 576 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small mercies: A boy after war by Ernest Hillen 3.36 avg rating — 14 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Disorientation: Being Black in the World by Ian Williams 4.41 avg rating — 314 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Nominee (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Permanent Astonishment by Tomson Highway 4.25 avg rating — 781 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Nominee (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Foot to Canterbury: A Son's Pilgrimage by Ken Haigh 3.91 avg rating — 67 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Nominee (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nishga by Jordan Abel (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 347 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Nominee (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way Home by David Neel 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Nominee (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging by Tessa McWatt 4.12 avg rating — 649 ratings Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Nominee (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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