Dafoe Prize winner reads at Whodunit
On October 29, the 2024 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize winner, John Vaillant, read from Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast to a full house at Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore.
This reading followed John’s excellent daytime event at the University of Manitoba, in University College’s Concourse Lounge.
David Carr, the former director of University of Manitoba Press and a current J.W. Dafoe Foundation board member, welcomed the audience to the event and introduced John.
Our thanks to Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore for their excellent hosting and to Frenchway Bakery for the platter of cookies.
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The J.W. Dafoe Book Prize is worth $12,000, and is formally awarded at the J.W. Dafoe Foundation’s Book Prize Event this fall in Winnipeg.
The Prize is one of the richest book awards in Canada for excellence in non-fiction, with a focus on major subjects involving Canada, the West, and Canadians, as well as the Canadian nation in international affairs.
It memorializes JohnWesley Dafoe, one of the most significant Canadian newspaper editors of the 20th century.
During his tenure at the Manitoba Free Press, later renamed the Winnipeg Free Press, from 1901-1944, Dafoe was known for his advocacy of western development, free trade, national independence, and the British Commonwealth.
The Foundation’s activities also support a $10,000 fellowship for M.A. students pursuing studies in international relations, international conflict resolution, economics, history, law or politics at the University of Manitoba; a $1,000 writing award for Manitoba post-secondary students; the annual J.W. Dafoe Political Studies Students’ Conference (PSSC); a prize for student and community newspaper writers established in partnership with the Winnipeg Press Club; and a number of colloquia on Canada in international affairs.
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