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  • Banner for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Across the top, bold white text reads: “2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction.” Below are the five shortlisted book covers, from left to right: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (red cover with black silhouettes), The Snag: A Mother, A Forest and Wild Grief by Tessa McWatt (white cover with green tree illustration), The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse by Vinh Nguyen (blue cover with a figure riding a bicycle), Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (blue patterned cover with circular title), and A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews (orange and purple cover with abstract shapes). At the bottom are the logos for Open Book and the Writers’ Trust of Canada.
    Banner for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Across the top, bold white text reads: “2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction.” Below are the five shortlisted book covers, from left to right: One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (red cover with black silhouettes), The Snag: A Mother, A Forest and Wild Grief by Tessa McWatt (white cover with green tree illustration), The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse by Vinh Nguyen (blue cover with a figure riding a bicycle), Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (blue patterned cover with circular title), and A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews (orange and purple cover with abstract shapes). At the bottom are the logos for Open Book and the Writers’ Trust of Canada.
    September 12, 2025

    Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

    Meet the Finalists for the 2025 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionThe Writers’ Trust of Canada has unveiled the shortlist for the 2025 edition of the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust ...

  • The 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Finalists Have Been Announced banner. Textured charcoal background with all five finalist books lined up horizontally at centre of image. Open Book logo to bottom left, and Writers' Trust logo to bottom-centre. Text at header above images of book covers.
    The 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Finalists Have Been Announced banner. Textured charcoal background with all five finalist books lined up horizontally at centre of image. Open Book logo to bottom left, and Writers' Trust logo to bottom-centre. Text at header above images of book covers.
    September 18, 2024

    The 2024 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Finalists Have Been Announced

    The Writers’ Trust of Canada have just announced the five finalists for the 2024 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The prize is the richest annual literary award for a book of ...

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