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an - WA'l'iiRIIX) cummcuz - Wednesday. August 28. 2013‘ Shaben wins 2013 Edna Staebler Award 'â€" (‘aml Shaben has won the 2013 Edna I Board Chamber on Laurier's Waterloo Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Campus. followed by a reception at for into the Abyss: How 3 Deadly Plane ' 8 pm. (.rash Changed the Lives ofa Pilot. 8 V A reception will also be held on Politician. a Criminal and a Cop (Ran- Laurier’s Brantford campus earlier in the dom liousefanada, 2012). day. Details will be available at Award receptions to honour Shaben www.wlu.ca/staebleraward. ”.11 will take place Nov. 13 at Laurier’s Water- (’3': , L loo and Brantford campuses. EdnnStablerAward history A.“ If '3‘ - In into the Abyss. Shaben recon- Established and endowed by writer ,9 " g 1 structs a 1984 commuter plane crash in and award1winning journalist Edna Stae- .1" 1‘: northern Albena that killed six passen- bier. the Edna Staebler Award for Cre- ‘ ,5 gers and wounded four othersâ€"includ- ative Non-Fiction is administered byWil- . mg Shaben’s father. a prominent cabinet frid iaurier University, the only universi- mimster. ty in Canada to bestow a nationally rec- . . “it‘s a stylishly written. fast1paced tale ognized literary award. ot redemption that's more gripping and The $10,000 award encourages and engaging than you might expect,” said recognizes Canadian writers for a first or lite Lischke. award juror and Laurier focus on her long-time passion for writ- second work of creative non-fiction that z . professor of English and Film Studies. ing. and in 2009 she was nominated for includes a Canadian locale and/or 1 While the story is an expertly three National Magazine Awards. win- significance. ‘,' researched, detailed reconstruction of ning two: a Gold Medal for investigative Winning books are distinguished by the crash and a call for better oversight Reporting and a Silver Medal for Politics first-hand research, well-crafted inter- of small. commuter airlines, its hean lies and Public interest. pretive writing and a creative use of Ian- in the portraits Shaben draws of the into theAbyss is her first book. guage or approach to the subject matter. crash‘s survivors: her father, the pilot. an in addition to into the Abyss, the Previous winners include authors Rt‘MP officer and the prisoner he was shortlist for the 2013 Edna Staebler Linden Macintyre. Wayson (:hoy and transporting. Award also included: intolerable: A Elizabeth Hay. i’hrough intervrews and written doc» Memoir of Extremes by Kamal Al- First awarded in 1991. the Edna Stae- umt-nts. she paints a haunting portrait of Solaylee (HarperCollins. 2012) and A bier Award for Creative Non-Fiction is apmy anni‘rersany the bond created among the survivors Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's lour~ celebrating its 22nd anniversary this H . . and how the crash affected their lives. ney from Refugee Camp to the Arab year. The deadline for submissions is mee' 33’9“de Ladies "WWW“ Steven Page Shaben is a freelance writer who lives Spring by Nahlah Ayed (Viking. 2012). generally April 30 of each year. Email returned to .‘he Waterloo 3‘5“" Carnival '3“, mummy ill Vancouver with her husband and son, The award presentation will take staebleraward@wlu.ca for information or The band °"9ma”y performed 3‘ the (army‘s m 1990‘ In 2005. she left a business career to place Nov. 13 at 7 pm. in the Senate and to beadded to the distribution list. wart Mom My ' 1". 1 1.111111%“ -. » '-" 91.. “ ‘ {1... '1 I19 ’1‘. 1 ”1'11; 9 5.11.1.1}. l'é'11a'3.1,r" : ‘ . .1": ., 4:.;.=.'.1ffr.1 “~11 *1“,1 . sinks-"'1, .5 a2, 1‘ ‘1: 1:527: . ; t':,‘..‘_g..1. . 3; ”it; .~ ' 3» ~ 3 ‘ 1 1 ' 1‘ 1 adv-‘71:: '1.“ ' ' 2 ' 1 ;» :,,.¢’1'-"-‘1', . > 3.1.14 '11 g as? 1‘; : 7"" a 1_ _ *3 1‘1 l ‘ . ’3 ' 1‘ 7‘13 g, (1.. is”. I ‘4‘}, .. . 1,: . - r. ”i” ‘ ‘ ">3 " "-1.1. J.» 1“ "4 ‘ 1. 1‘ J‘- 1:11,“, . We" ’ L; . 1 ~ ~ .1 . . 5.1.: if"; ‘ I} :1 was areal. . 7:15;: . ‘23.: .1 . 1§’~,t*.5.,_;3¥‘1‘.17‘3,1; -_ 1» $5: - .1 1315.193} 15431-1: 5" sufi‘fixnsm ,1 gift”; .5“? ’39,»; it iffijrngtc-v {3.14 "if. . . = :~ 1 . Lâ€"-_~1~151’~11. ~11t~"‘~r“‘131%;.‘11-51. .. , 1 i 1’7" ~1 " ‘ 1-1‘ A11 . ' ‘3' ‘ ..,., . . .11.. ‘ ' mm we happy it»? _-t I 1 ‘5 anew 111 ”1.1113512; . I weekend... .11.,94‘.‘ .1 g ‘ 3'11 ‘ , z , ' 1‘" «Hf-1... I ma ”1.5.1... ~11_-I- Wlease, 1 . ‘. ‘iflml'i‘ii’fitw ' .. " 1 ‘ "i: .‘ 1 C} m a dim; 3...... , . - a. . ., z , . . 1 1 1: ”t’EFVMfi “5 1:; 1 _ 1 r , -1 1 ~ ,. -.. ‘fifi _ . ;“ W 2? W tsltmg All A Sate U 9-“ 1 1 1 . .1... 1;... Happy Long Weekend ‘1‘ ”We!“ . y a) F ”"1“”“17 x .1! . 1 ‘54, :.1 1m “ '- ‘.‘ .‘...."_ l.‘ .1}; Fâ€"V . 1A ANGELA VIETH (é '. n... 1 1. v 1.41.1: . ;"' 1,1,1, 2i“ [,1 g : ‘ . " . ‘(H‘mv .“‘ ‘ " " .. I. div”. _=- "1"," {I N 3’ ._.__, d . . 3, A1! 0 so, 5;. if f 3 1 4,. 121.15 Kilqui N.Sl Jacobs 1‘, ' 1‘:..-‘1.r:.‘~“. 1 ,. . . . . 1 1 . . b ‘ . 11-" fi;f41W-"z§i9§§,b 1.: ”-1; Call lOddy 319-143-3222!) or 519-664-3400 1 --U'1 111 ~ «u "um" Maxiéafiewe. :13". www iatrwaylumberca