B-Roll Available Immediately - Andrew Westoll Wins The 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction

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The winner of The 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction is Andrew Westoll (Toronto, ON) for his book The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery.

Of the book, the jury said: "Brilliantly blending science and storytelling, primatologist and author Andrew Westoll takes us deep into the world of the haunted and haunting rescued research chimps of Fauna Sanctuary. Pulled from decades of horrific lab conditions, rescued chimps live out the balance of their long lives in sanctuaries such as Fauna, cared for and loved by an extraordinary group of people. Westoll deftly draws the reader into the wild day-to-day ride of life with the Fauna chimps and soon their Otherness falls away. Through his lens, the chimps are revealed as the individuals they are, with all their foibles, damage, and possibility - and the reader's world view shifts on its axis. Heart-rending and heart-warming, this is a stunning and important work of art and documentary and science."

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General B-roll of event and lunch
Governor General - David Johnston
Author Introductions
Mary Ito introduction
Noreen Taylor announces winner
Andrew Westoll acceptance speech
Andrew Westoll Interview

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    DATE OF POSTING: Monday, March 5, 2012

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