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Prairie Authors Marina Endicott and Joan Thomas Shortlisted for 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Awards by Nicole Berard - Wednesday, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:47pm

Hot on the heals of its Giller shortlist appearance, Marina Endicott's novel Good to a Fault has been shortlisted for a 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Award for Best Book - Canada and The Caribbean. Winnipeg's own Joan Thomas has also garnered a spot on the shortlist of the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Award for Best First Book - Canada and The Caribbean for her novel Reading By Lightning.

A complete list of all of the nominees in every category can be found here.

Categories: Awards, buzz, Authors, Saskatoon, Winnipeg
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Good to a Fault - trade paperback
by Marina Endicott - $25.95 - add to cart

Winner of the 2009 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Novel (Canadian and Caribbean Category)Shortlisted for the 2008 Giller Prize for Fiction.In a novel reminiscent of the work of Penel...

 

Reading by Lightning - trade paperback
by Joan Thomas - $22.95 - add to cart

Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck His faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairie. Lily tries to be ready, but sh...

 






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