Something Fierce and Eating Dirt nominated for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction

Douglas & McIntyre and Greystone Books are delighted to announce that Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter and Charlotte Gill’s Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe have been longlisted for the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.

The Charles Taylor Prize commemorates Charles Taylor’s pursuit of excellence in the field of literary non-fiction. The prize will be awarded to the author whose book best combines a superb command of the English language, an elegance of style, and a subtlety of thought and perception. The shortlist will be announced Tuesday January 10th, 2012 with the winner announced on Monday March 5th, 2012.

The prize consists of $25,000 for the winner and $2,000 for each of the runners up.