For the third year in a row, Bennett Jones is a co-sponsor of the National Business Book Award (NBBA), one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards. The NBBA is celebrating its 35th anniversary and the $30,000 prize will be presented to the winning author on November 18, 2020.

The finalists for the 2020 NBBA are:

• Andrea Benoit, Viva MˑAˑC: AIDS, Fashion, and the Philanthropic Practices of MˑAˑC Cosmetics
• Arlene Dickinson, Reinvention: Changing Your Life, Your Career, Your Future
• Wendy Dobson, Living with China: A Middle Power Finds Its Way
• John Stefanini, More Than We Bargained For: An Untold Story of Exploitation, Redemption and The Men Who Built A Worker’s Empire

The 2020 NBBA winner is selected by an independent jury which evaluates each submission based on originality, relevance, excellence of writing, thoroughness of research and depth of analysis. The jury is chaired by Peter Mansbridge.

To mark its 35th anniversary, the NBBA is featuring a retrospective of Canada’s best business authors and their books on social media (@NBBAward). Past winners include federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Daniel Levitin, Jacquie McNish, Gordon Pitts and Naomi Klein.

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