Coupland, Gartner, Hodgins and Nielsen nominated for BC Book Prizes

By Westwood Creative ArtistsMarch 17, 2011News

Please join Westwood Creative Artists in congratulating WCA authors Douglas Coupland, Zsuzsi Gartner, Jack Hodgins and Susin Nielsen, all nominated for 2011 BC Book Prizes. The specific nominations follow:

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize

The Master of Happy Endings by Jack Hodgins (Thomas Allen Publishers)

Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize

Marshall McLuhan by Douglas Coupland (Penguin Canada)

Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize

Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom by Susin Nielsen (Tundra Books)

Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award

Darwin’s Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow by Zsuzsi Gartner (editor) (Douglas & McIntyre)

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Westwood Creative Artists is one of Canada’s oldest and most respected literary agencies. We take enormous pride in our superbly talented roster of clients, and in the phenomenal recognition their work receives from publishers, critics, and award juries in North America and throughout the world. Working out of the historic Chelsea Shop, in Toronto’s Huron-Sussex neighbourhood, our staff of fourteen includes eight literary agents who are supported by a dedicated administrative and bookkeeping staff, in-house international rights and film/TV and multimedia rights teams, and an outstanding network of twenty-five international co-agencies. We take great pride in the enthusiastic response to our list from publishers around the world and in the wide praise our writers receive from Canadian and international critics. We are honoured that many of the writers we represent have won and been shortlisted for such esteemed prizes as the Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize, and the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Coupland, Gartner, Hodgins and Nielsen nominated for BC Book Prizes

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