Eric Siblin is a

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writer. A former music critic for the ''

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'', he is most noted for his 2009 book ''The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece''. The book won both the McAuslan First Book Prize and the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction from the

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, and was a shortlisted finalist for the

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, the Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction and the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. His second book, ''Studio Grace: The Making of a Record'', was published in 2015. It chronicled his year-long effort to record and release an album of self-written songs with a group of session musicians, and was released concurrently with the album ''Songs from Studio Grace''."Eric Siblin's Studio Grace chronicles a life in music"
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'', August 18, 2015.

Books

*''The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece'' (2009, ) *''Studio Grace: The Making of a Record'' (2015,

Albums

*''Songs from Studio Grace'' (2015)

References

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