Helen Knott and Wayne McCrory have been named co-winners of the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature, Knott for Becoming a Matriarch (Knopf Canada) and McCrory for his book, Wild Horses of the Chilcotin (Harbour Publishing). The winners will share the $2,500 prize. The award will be presented at an event at the Vancouver
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Nothing seems to make a city politician’s eyes light up like the promise of the smart city. In his latest book, Dream States, journalist John Lorinc questions whether smart technologies live up to the hype and whether ultimately smart cities serve the interests of city dwellers or big tech companies.
The P.E.I. novelist chats to Atlantic Voice about why he wanted to write about lobster fishing, and how surreal it is to win a Writers' Trust prize with his very first book.