CB railways book shortlisted for writing award
The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) announced the shortlists for its 2013 WFNS Literary Awards on Saturday evening in Halifax.
Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History, by Herb MacDonald, published by Cape Breton University Press (2012), is shortlisted for the Evelyn Richardson Memorial Non-Fiction Award.
The book looks at the Island’s railways in the contexts of economic, political and social developments on and beyond Cape Breton supported by a rich array of photographs, drawings, maps, documents and artifacts to illustrate the themes and events within the Island’s railway history.
Winners will be announced and awards presented at the WFNS Literary Awards Ceremony in Halifax on September 21, following a day of public events and readings celebrating the awards. Shortlisted writers for three WFNS awards (Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Richardson award) will also appear at Halifax’s Word on the Street Book and Magazine Festival on the Halifax waterfront the following day.
The shortlist for all three awards is included in this release and can be viewed at www.writers.ns.ca.