''Whirl Away'' is a book written by award winning Canadian writer

Russell Wangersky Russell Wangersky is a Canadian journalist and award-winning writer of creative non-fiction. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Canada since the age of three, Wangersky was educated at Acadia University. He has been page editor of ''Th ...

, first published in March

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, by

Thomas Allen Publishers Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult and children's fiction and non-fiction. The company publishes Canadian literature, history, biography, politics and arts. Dundurn has about 2500 books in print, ...

. In the book, the author compiles a collection of short stories that examine "what happens when people's personal coping skills go awry."Goodreads
''Whirl Away''
Book review, Retrieved 11/22/2012

Awards and honours

''Whirl Away'' received shortlist honours for the 2012

Scotiabank Giller Prize The Giller Prize (sponsored as the Scotiabank Giller Prize), is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competition be ...

,Giller Prize nominee Russell Wangersky on writing, and reading — Plus, an exclusive excerpt from his book of short stories, ''Whirl Away''
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Maclean's ''Maclean's'', founded in 1905, is a Canadian news magazine reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events. Its founder, publisher John Bayne Maclean, established the magazine to provide a uniquely Canadian perspe ...

'', October 4, 2012. Retrieved 11/22/2012. and won the 2013

Thomas Head Raddall Award The Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award is a Canadian literary award administered by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival for the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces.

."Wangersky wins fiction award for ‘Whirl Away’"
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The Telegram ''The Telegram'' is a daily newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays (as ''The Weekend Telegram'') in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. History ''The Evening Telegram'' was first published on April 3, 1879 by William James Herde ...

'', September 23, 2013.

References

External links

Russell Wangersky
Canadian short story collections 2012 short story collections Thomas Allen Publishers books {{2010s-story-collection-stub