Eric Siblin

{{short description|Canadian writer}}

Eric Siblin is a Canadian writer."Bach can change your life". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, May 16, 2009.

A former music critic for the Montreal Gazette,[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-eric-siblin-chronicles-his-lifelong-dream-of-recording-an-album-in-studio-grace/article25038146/ "Review: Eric Siblin chronicles his lifelong dream of recording an album in Studio Grace"]. The Globe and Mail, June 19, 2015. he is most noted for his 2009 book The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece.[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/books/01book.html "Bewitched by Bach, Bewildered by His Masterpiece"]. The New York Times, November 30, 2009. The book won both the McAuslan First Book Prize and the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards,"Siblin wins awards". Prince George Citizen, November 19, 2009. and was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction,"Literary finalists announced". Sherbrooke Record, October 16, 2009. the Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction"Music to his ears". Edmonton Journal, October 23. 2009. and the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction."Globe writer calls B.C. literary win shot in the arm for creative non-fiction". The Globe and Mail, January 16, 2010.

His second book, Studio Grace: The Making of a Record, was published in 2015.[https://quillandquire.com/review/studio-grace-the-making-of-a-record/ "Studio Grace: The Making of a Record"]. Quill & Quire, May 2015. 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.[https://www.straight.com/life/510516/eric-siblins-studio-grace-chronicles-life-music "Eric Siblin's Studio Grace chronicles a life in music"]. The Georgia Straight, August 18, 2015.