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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