Sergey Radchenko won the C$50,000 (about US$34,895) Lionel Gelber Prize, recognizing "the best nonfiction book published in the English language on the subject of international affairs," for To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power (Cambridge University Press) .The prize is presented by the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.
Jury chair Janice Stein said: "Sergey Radchenko has written a masterpiece. To Run the World made me think differently about the Cold War that took place last century and think differently about what Russia is doing now. Rich in original material, laced with wonderful stories so beautifully told, this is a magisterial history for our times."
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A longlist has been released for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize. Judges Nick Laird (Northern Ireland), Anne Michaels (Canada), and Tomasz Różycki (Poland) each read 578 books of poetry, including 47 translations from 20 languages, submitted by 219 publishers from 17 different countries.
The shortlist will be revealed April 23 and a winner named June 4 at the Griffin Poetry Prize Readings in Toronto. The winner receives C$130,000 (about US$90,725), while the other shortlisted authors each get C$10,000 (about US$6,980). Check out this year's longlisted titles here.