Free VIDEO B-ROLL AVAILABLE VIA CNW - Canada's most prestigous non-fiction book prize picks a winner at afternoon awards luncheon

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STORY SUMMARY:  Canada's most prestigious non-fiction book prize is presented today at the Omni King Edward Hotel. The RBC Taylor Prize. See and hear the five shortlist authors - Plum Johnson (Toronto, Ontario) for They Left Us Everything, published by Penguin Canada; David O'Keefe (Montreal, Quebec) for One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada's Tragedy at Dieppe, published by Random House Canada; Barbara Taylor (London, England) for The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness In Our Times, published by Hamish Hamilton Canada; M.G. Vassanji (Toronto, Ontario) for And Home Was Kariakoo: A Memoir of East Africa, published by Doubleday Canada; and Kathleen Winter (Montreal, Quebec) for Boundless, published by House of Anansi Press. Watch Prize founder Noreen Taylor announce the winner and present the $25,000 cheque. Meet Vijay Parmar, President, RBC PH&N Investment Counsel and trustee as he talks about the prize.

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TIME OF POSTING:	Monday, March 2, 2015
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