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Svend Robinson biography a finalist for BC Book Prize

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VANCOUVER — The West Coast Book Prize Society has announced the finalists for the 30th Annual BC Book Prizes, and an author from North Delta has made the list.

 

Graeme Truelove, who grew up in North Delta and now works in Ottawa, is one of the finalists vying for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize for Svend Robinson: A Life in Politics. The biography was published by New Star Books in Vancouver.

 

The Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize is given to recognize the author or authors of the book that contributes most to the enjoyment and understanding of British Columbia.

 

Svend Robinson, of course, was a longtime NDP MP in Burnaby who had a hand in bringing about many pieces of legislation before a personal crisis ended his career.

 

BC Book Prizes awards are also given for work in fiction, best original non-fiction, poetry and children’s literature. The last category – the Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice – is presented to the originating publisher and author(s) of the best book in terms of public appeal, initiative, design, production and content.

 

The winners will be announced at a gala on Saturday, May 3 in Vancouver.

 

For a full list of nominees, see bcbookprizes.ca.