Books on opium trade, Indigenous sovereignty and gun control longlisted for $104K historical writing prize – CBC
Aug 06, 2024
McGill University administers the Cundill History Prize, a global prize for English-language writing
Books on the opium trade, Indigenous sovereignty and gun control have made the longlist for the 2024 Cundill History Prize.
The $75,000 US ($104,055 Cdn) prize annually recognizes the best historical nonfiction work of the year, which exhibits literary excellence and broad appeal. It is administered by McGill University in Montreal and is open to books about any historical period or subject, by authors of all nationalities from across the world.
“This is a longlist which showcases the very best that’s being written in history, with topics from around the globe and stretching over immense lengths of time,” said jury chair Rana Mitter. “All of these books combine superb research with compelling prose — we congratulate all 13 of the longlisted authors.”
