"Fire Weather", de John Vaillant, sobre o incêndio florestal em Fort McMurray, foi selecionado para o Prêmio Shaughnessy Cohen de Redação Política. "Fire Weather" by John Vaillant, about the Fort McMurray wildfire, is shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

"Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast", de John Vaillant, um livro sobre o incêndio florestal de Fort McMurray, foi selecionado para o Prêmio Shaughnessy Cohen de Redação Política, um prêmio de US$ 25.000 administrado pelo Writers' Trust of Canada. "Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast" by John Vaillant, a book about the Fort McMurray wildfire, is shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, a $25,000 award administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada. Os outros finalistas incluem "Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself" de Rob Goodman, "Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial" de Benjamin Perrin, "Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity" de Donald J. Savoie e "A era da insegurança: unindo-se à medida que as coisas desmoronam", de Astra Taylor. The other finalists include "Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself" by Rob Goodman, "Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial" by Benjamin Perrin, "Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity" by Donald J. Savoie, and "The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart" by Astra Taylor. O prêmio será entregue na gala Política e Pena, no dia 7 de maio. The award will be presented at the Politics and the Pen gala on May 7. O livro de Vaillant já ganhou o prestigiado Prêmio Baillie Gifford de Não-Ficção no Reino Unido. Vaillant's book previously won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in the UK.