Noah Richler wins non-fiction prize for “Ideas”-inspired book
Toronto writer Noah Richler is this year’s winner of the $25,000 British Columbia Award for Canadian Non-Fiction for This is My Country, What’s Yours? A Literary Atlas of Canada.
The book, based on a 10-part series Richler did for CBC Radio’s Ideas, is a “window onto Canadian writing in the present day,” the jury said.
Richler interviewed more than 100 Canadian writers and in the book reflects on the communities they represent. The Literary Atlas also makes a strong argument that literature matters.
Richler has pledged $5,000 of the award to native writers and/or the Downtown Eastside. He is still deciding specifically where the money will go.
You can subscribe to the Ideas podcast, or, heck, make your own documentary for Ideas!
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Does NPR have more money than CBC? Because NPR seems to have no problem putting up full shows. Is it the cost of copyright clearance or bandwith that’s curbing the ability of the CBC to put full shows online?
Actually, NPR doesn’t have as many podcasts as you think. The huge list you’re seeing on their site is actually from NPR’s AFFILIATES.
But to your specific question, U.S. and Canadian rightsholders treat their content differently, and we are still negotiating with the various rightsholders (for music). That’s why there’s barely any music on CBC’s podcasts.
It’s kind of funny to call Noah Richler a Toronto author, but I guess he must live there now. Anyway, good for Noah. I listen to Ideas quite a bit and like it very much.
I hope the music negotiations go well. It can’t be easy with so few companies holding all the strings. I’m reading the Richler book now, and I look forward to a time when we can get a full podcast of his show.