The Colony of Unrequited Dreams explained

The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is a novel by Wayne Johnston, published on September 30, 1998 by Knopf Canada. Johnston's breakthrough work, the novel was a Canadian bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 1998 Giller Prize and the 1998 Governor General's Award for English fiction.^{[1] [2]}

In 2003, Justin Trudeau championed the book on CBC Radio's Canada Reads.^[3]

A work of historical fiction, the novel presents a fictionalized portrayal of real-life Newfoundland politician Joey Smallwood, the political leader who brought the province into Canadian Confederation in 1949. A major literary device in the novel is the intertwining of his life, since childhood, with (fictional) journalist Sheilagh Fielding.

A stage adaptation by Robert Chafe premiered in February 2015.^{[4] [5]} It was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award in 2017.^[6]

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Notes and References

1. http://www.ggbooks.ca/past-winners-and-finalists "Governor General's Literary Awards, Past Winners and Finalists"
2. http://dr.scotiabank.com/gillerprize/0,,6007,00.html "Scotiabank Giller Prize, Past Winners 1994-1999"
3. Adams, James. "And the Canada Reads winner is: Aquin's Prochain Episode", The Globe and Mail, Canada, April 26, 2003. Retrieved on February 24, 2018.
4. https://artsandculturecentre.com/stjohns/online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=2AA5D08A-907A-44DF-BED5-A3564CD09767 "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams 2017"
5. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/colony-of-unrequited-dreams-opens-tonight-in-st-john-s-1.2961256 "Colony of Unrequited Dreams opens tonight in St. John's | CBC News"
6. https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/T/The-Colony-of-Unrequited-Dreams "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams | Playwrights Canada Press"