Book on Indigenous teens who died in Thunder Bay finalist for award – Tbnewswatch.com
“Seven Fallen Feathers” in running for Hilary Weston prize
Journalist Tanya Talaga’s book focusing on the deaths of seven Indigenous students in Thunder Bay is one of five finalists for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
The investigative reporter for the Toronto Star is the author of Seven Fallen Fathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City.
It was named Wednesday as a finalist for the $60,000 prize, the richest annual literary award for a book of nonfiction published in Canada.
The publisher, House of Anansi Press, describes the work as a searing critique of Canada’s ongoing colonial legacy.
