Canada's best nonfiction books - The RBC Taylor Prize to hold press conference Wednesday morning in Toronto to announce its 2019 shortlist

TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2019 /CNW/ - The RBC Taylor Prize will be announcing its 2019 shortlist at a downtown Toronto press conference. The 30-minute press conference will take place Wednesday, January 9, 2019 10 a.m. sharp in the Consort Bar (Main Level) of The Omni King Edward Hotel, 37 King Street East Toronto, ON M5C 1E9.

There will be five finalists on this year's shortlist, which the jury will select from the 10 longlisted books announced in December.

Who: Noreen Taylor, chair of the Charles Taylor Foundation and Prize founder. Presenting Sponsor Vijay Parmar, president of RBC PH&N Investment Counsel, RBC Taylor Prize 2018 Jurors Camilla Gibb, Roy MacGregor and the Right. Honourable Beverley McLachlin

What: RBC Taylor Prize Shortlist Announcement Event

Why: To hear the names of the shortlist authors/books and celebrate all 10 books on the RBC Taylor Prize longlist of Canadian Literary Nonfiction works.

When: Wednesday, January 09, 2019 at 10:00 am sharp

Where: The Omni King Edward Hotel, Main Level Consort Bar, 37 King Street East, downtown Toronto

The longlisted books for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize are:

1. Son of a Critch: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir, by Mark Critch, published by Viking/Penguin Canada 
2. Just Let Me Look at You: On Fatherhood, by Bill Gaston, published by Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Canada 
3. Jan in 35 Pieces: A Memoir in Music, by Ian Hampton, published by Porcupine's Quill 
4. Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Roads, by Kate Harris, published by Knopf Canada. 
5. All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir, by Elizabeth Hay, published by McClelland & Stewart 
6. Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country, by David Johnston, published by Signal/M&S ** 
7. Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience, by Allan Levine, published by McClelland and Stewart 
8. Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill, by Robert Lewis, published by Dundurn Press. 
9. Heart Berries: A Memoir, by Terese Marie Mailhot, published by Doubleday Canada 
10. Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age, by Darrel McLeod, published by Douglas & McIntyre.

The presenting sponsor of the RBC Taylor Prize is RBC Wealth Management. The media sponsors are The Globe and Mail, Cision, Quill & Quire magazine; its in-kind sponsors are Ben McNally Books, Event Source, Toronto international Festival of Authors, and The Omni King Edward Hotel. The RBC Taylor Prize winner will be revealed at a gala luncheon on Monday March 4th, 2019 at the Omni King Edward Hotel in downtown Toronto.

** Please note that juror Beverley McLachlin recused herself from discussion on this title, as she had contributed the Foreword.

SOURCE RBC Taylor Prize

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