Eric Siblin

Eric Siblin is a Canadian writer.[1]

A former music critic for the Montreal Gazette,[2] he is most noted for his 2009 book The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece.[3] The book won both the McAuslan First Book Prize and the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards,[4] and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction,[5] the Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction[6] and the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.[7]

His second book, Studio Grace: The Making of a Record, was published in 2015.[8] It chronicled his year-long effort to record and release an album of self-written songs with a group of session musicians, and was released concurrently with the album Songs from Studio Grace.[9]

Books
  • The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece (2009, ISBN 9780802145246)
  • Studio Grace: The Making of a Record (2015, ISBN 9781770899346

Albums
  • Songs from Studio Grace (2015)

References
  1. "Bach can change your life". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, May 16, 2009.
  2. "Review: Eric Siblin chronicles his lifelong dream of recording an album in Studio Grace". The Globe and Mail, June 19, 2015.
  3. "Bewitched by Bach, Bewildered by His Masterpiece". The New York Times, November 30, 2009.
  4. "Siblin wins awards". Prince George Citizen, November 19, 2009.
  5. "Literary finalists announced". Sherbrooke Record, October 16, 2009.
  6. "Music to his ears". Edmonton Journal, October 23. 2009.
  7. "Globe writer calls B.C. literary win shot in the arm for creative non-fiction". The Globe and Mail, January 16, 2010.
  8. "Studio Grace: The Making of a Record". Quill & Quire, May 2015.
  9. "Eric Siblin's Studio Grace chronicles a life in music". The Georgia Straight, August 18, 2015.


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