Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists talk about their books

The $25,000 prize will be handed out on Sept. 24 in Ottawa at the Politics and the Pen event, the annual fundraiser for the Writers' Trust of Canada.

The nominees are: The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau, by Stephen Maher; The Knowing, by Tanya Talaga; Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity, by Raymond Blake; Health for All, by Jane Philpott; and The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, by Alasdair Roberts.Book covers courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada, UBC Press, Harper Collins Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press and Simon & Schuster

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BY KATE MALLOY

September 24, 2025

This year's five finalists for the prestigious Shaughnessy Cohen Prize For Political Writing, the best non-fiction political book of the year, talk about why their books are important and who should read them. The $25,000 prize will be handed out on Sept. 24 in Ottawa at the...

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