Alexandra Shimo Shortlisted for BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction

Invisible North ShimoWe’re excited for Alexandra Shimo whose book Invisible North: The Search for Answers on a Troubled Reserve has been shortlisted for the British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. The award-winning journalist provides a first person account of the northern Ontario reserve Kashechewan, a place that pushes everyone to their limits.

The BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction was launched in 2005 to honour Canada’s finest writers of non-fiction and to celebrate a genre that stimulates Canada’s national conversation and shares knowledge about the complex world in which we live.