British Columbia’s National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction - Canada’s largest non-fiction prize - was awarded in Vancouver yesterday to John Vaillant for his book, 
Do you love to discover new voices and fresh fiction? Well, look no further than the New Face of Fiction program, now in its 15th year. The NFOF is devoted to bringing spectacular first-time Canadian writers to readers everywhere. Each year Knopf Canada and Random House Canada editors get to choose a handful of books written by new authors that they feel really passionate about, and whose work exhibits an exceptional quality of writing and remarkable storytelling ability. While each book is quintessentially ‘Canadian’ in its own unique way, the program pushes the boundaries and parameters of CanLit to showcase a true diversity of writing styles and settings; everything from a tale of true love set amidst the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, to a heartbreaking but optimistic journey through the underground railroad, to the words and ways of an outspoken Acadian midwife. (Can you guess which books I’m referring to? Follow the links to see if you know these famous stories.)
