Vancouver, BC - November 25th, 2009.

Greystone Books is thrilled to announce that Brian Brett's major work, Trauma Farm: A Rebel History of Rural Life, has won the Writers' Trust of Canada Non-Fiction Prize!

The three member jury, comprised of Tim Bowling, Anne Hart and Bruce Meyer, called the book "a lively, well-researched blend of memoir and socio-political commentary; a rare celebration of youth, age, and the tumultuous, surprising journey between them.";

Brett was up against fellow non-fiction writers Wade Davis, Trevor Herriot, Erika Ritter, and Eric Siblin, and takes home a grand prize of $25,000.

For eighteen years, writer Brian Brett has tended a small farm in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, affectionately named Trauma Farm. This illuminating memoir of his experiences is threaded with a deep knowledge of biology and botany and explores the gardens, orchards, fields, the mysteries of livestock and poultry, and the social intricacies of rural communities. Whether discussing the uses and misuses of gates, examining the energy of seeds, or contemplating the modern slaughterhouse, Brett reveals the miracles of life and the ecological paradoxes that confront the rural world every day.

Trauma Farm has also been long-listed for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.