and continue their dominance of Canadian award lists by being among this year's fiction nominees for the 75th year of the Governor General's Literary Awards, .
- , The Free World (HarperCollins Canada)
- , The Sisters Brothers (House of Anansi Press)
- , Half-Blood Blues (Thomas Allen Publishers)
- , The Little Shadows (Doubleday Canada)
- , Touch (Knopf Canada)
For a complete list of nominated works, click ****** below.
Categories: Awards, Poetry, Publishing News, Literature
Congratulations to Swedish poet , who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality".
- For the Living and the Dead: New Poems and a Memoir
- Great Enigma
- The Half-Finished Heaven
- Selected Poems Tranströmer 1954-1986
The Scotiabank Giller Prize is one of most prestigious Canadian literary awards.
The winner receives $40,000. The shortlist was announced today.
The 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists are:
for his novel The Free World.
for her novel The Antagonist.
for his novel The Sisters Brothers
for her novel Half-Blood Blues.
for her short story collection Better Living Through Plastic Explosives.
for his novel The Cat's Table.
We are very proud to have these Manitoba authors on our bestseller list this week. The complete Bestseller list is available under the Bestsellers heading on the right.
Hardcover Fiction2. A Trick of the Light, .
3.Irma Voth, .
Hardcover Non-Fiction
2. Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories, .
3.Henry Kalen's Manitoba,
4. Four Strong Winds,
5.The Hermetic Code, .
Paperback Fiction
3. Bandit, .
4.The Girl in the Wall, .
5. A Book of Fragments,.
Paperback Non-Fiction
1. Made in Manitoba: Best of the Open Road Stories, .
2. Cancer Scores a Hat Trick, .
3. Grammar Matters, .
4. Out of Grief Singing, .
5. With Love to You All, Bogga S. .
Books for Young People
1. The Jinx,.
2. The Lion's Deceit, .
Categories: Awards, Winnipeg
The Winnipeg International Writers Festival, McNally Robinson Booksellers and CBC Manitoba Scene are proud to announce the winner of Manitoba Reads is Where Nests the Water Hen, defended by Niigon Sinclair. The book that came in a very close second was The Life of Helen Betty Osborne, written by , and defended by Vincent Ho. This book was also voted #1 in the Audience Choice poll. Alison Gillmor went to battle for Reading by Lightning by . And Paul Jordan got behind Bandit by
Based on the popular Canada Reads model, Manitoba Reads voters narrowed a field of 16 books written by Manitoba authors down to eight. Four public figures have agreed to serve as panelists, each choosing one of the final eight as their top pick.
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