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Fresh Air | Feb 24, 2013 | 13:57

Non-Fiction Don't Get No Respect

Fresh Air's Mary Ito talked with Erin Balser from CBC Books, Diane Turbide, editorial director at Penguin Canada and the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Non-Fiction Award-winner Andrew Westoll about the level of regard that non-fiction authors receive at awards time.

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