''After'' is a

non-fiction Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with be ...

book, written by

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Francis Chalifour, first published in October

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

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. In the book, the author narrates his pain and confusion as he grieved his father's death by suicide.

Judith Miller Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist and commentator known for her coverage of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion, which was later discovered to have been based on ...

, an award judge for the

Edna Staebler Award The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual literary award recognizing the previous year's best creative nonfiction book with a "Canadian locale and/or significance" that is a Canadian writer's "first or second published book of ...

called ''After'', "deeply moving" saying, "We enjoyed the lyricism of his language and his strong sense of character."Faculty of Arts, 2006, Edna Staebler Award
, ''Wilfrid Laurier University'', Previous winners, Francis Chalifour, Retrieved 11/27/2012

Awards and honours

''After'' received the 2006 "

for

Creative Non-Fiction Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction or literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contra ...

". The book was also nominated for a

Governor General's Literary Award The Governor General's Awards are a collection of annual awards presented by the Governor General of Canada, recognizing distinction in numerous academic, artistic, and social fields. The first award was conceived and inaugurated in 1937 by the ...

in 2005.Tundra Books, ''After''
, About the Book, Awards, Retrieved 11/27/2012

References

External links

*Tundra Books, Francis Chalifour
/span>, Artist Spotlight, Retrieved 11/27/2012 Canadian non-fiction books 2005 non-fiction books {{memoir-stub

Awards and honours

See also

References

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