Alison Pick

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Alison Pick is an award-winning novelistand poet. In 2015, she served on the Giller prize jury. She is now faculty at theHumberSchool for Writers.In 2002, she receivedtheRBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers.Her workhas appearedin various publications,includingthe Globe and Mail and the Walrus.

Her memoir entitled Between Gods won the Canadian Jewish Book Award. It was also shortlisted forboth the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and for theJQ Wingate Prize in the UK.

She isthe author of novelsThe Sweet Edge, published in 2005,and Strangers With the Same Dream, published in 2017,as well astwo poetry collections,Questions & AnswersandThe Dream World. Most notably, her 2010 novel Far to Go was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

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Books by Alison Pick

Interviews

Writers' Trust prize juror Alison Pick

11 years ago

Duration 1:07

The author and juror talks about the strength and diversity of this year's fiction nominees

Daybreak Alberta7:55Daybreak September 08: Alison Pick

Daybreak Alberta's Chris dela Torre speaks to author Alison Pick.

The Next Chapter14:45"Far to Go" with author Alison Pick

Alison Pick speaks about her stunning new novel "Far to Go". It's the story of an affluent Jewish family living in Czechoslovakia during the build up of the Second World War.