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Politics and the Pen gets heated, but don’t blame Fire Weather

This year's Politics and the Pen gala raised $530,000 for the Writers' Trust of Canada, and awarded the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing to John Vaillant for his book Fire Weather: The Making of the Beast.

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May 8, 2024

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Politics and the Pen gets heated, but don’t blame Fire Weather

This year's Politics and the Pen gala raised $530,000 for the Writers' Trust of Canada, and awarded the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing to John Vaillant for his book Fire Weather: The Making of the Beast.

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Politics and the Pen gets heated, but don’t blame Fire Weather

This year's Politics and the Pen gala raised $530,000 for the Writers' Trust of Canada, and awarded the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing to John Vaillant for his book Fire Weather: The Making of the Beast.

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