Veteran journalist Carol Off has won this year's British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. Off beat out finalists Ken Dryden, Doug Saunders, and Tanya Talaga. This year's jury included Jan Walter, Rick Antonson, and Eliza Reid. The British Columbia Achievement Foundation presents the award, which is open to non-fiction writers from across the country. Now in its 14th year, it's billed as one of Canada's major national book prizes and the only one to originate in B.C.

Source: CBC News February 02, 2018 03:33 UTC