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  • Max Eisen's Harrowing Holocaust Memoir By Chance Alone Captures 2019 Canada Reads Crown
    Max Eisen's Harrowing Holocaust Memoir By Chance Alone Captures 2019 Canada Reads Crown
    March 28, 2019

    Max Eisen's Harrowing Holocaust Memoir By Chance Alone Captures 2019 Canada Reads Crown

    Ziya Tong and Chuck ComeauIt was an emotional day at CBC as the final Canada Reads debates got underway to see what book would be the 2019 victor: Homes by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung (Freehand ...

  • Special Feature: The RBC Taylor Prize Finalists on Non-Fiction
    Special Feature: The RBC Taylor Prize Finalists on Non-Fiction
    March 06, 2017

    Special Feature: The RBC Taylor Prize Finalists on Non-Fiction

    Today in Toronto, the 2017 RBC Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction will be presented to one of five shortlisted authors. This year's list is focused on personal stories, with memoirs from a Holocaust survivor, ...

  • Featured Video: Max Eisen on his Taylor Prize Nominated Book By Chance Alone
    Featured Video: Max Eisen on his Taylor Prize Nominated Book By Chance Alone
    February 06, 2017

    Featured Video: Max Eisen on his Taylor Prize Nominated Book By Chance Alone

    Max Eisen is the author of By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz (HarperCollins Canada), nominated for the 2017 RBC Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction. The harrowing ...

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