Manitoba Authors on our Winnipeg Bestsellers list this week by D - Friday, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:49am

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 Fiction
3.Irma Voth, Miriam Toews.
4. A Trick of the Light, Louise Penny.

Hardcover Non-Fiction
1. Four Strong Winds, John Einarson.
2. Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories, Randy Bachman.
5.Henry Kalen's Manitoba, Henry Kalen.

Paperback Non-Fiction
3. The Setting Lake Sun, J.R. Léveillé.
4. Alert to Glory, Sally Ito.

Paperback Non-Fiction
2. Sprang Unsprung, Carol James.
4. Twenty One Years in the Penalty Box, Harold Skazyk.

Books for Young People
1. The Jinx, D.F. Lamont.

Categories: Awards, Winnipeg

Be a part of the Manitoba Reads live recording Saturday September 24 at THIN AIR by D - Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:51am

The Winnipeg International Writers Festival, McNally Robinson Booksellers and CBC Manitoba Scene are proud to announce the four finalists of the first-ever Manitoba Reads contest. Based on the popular Canada Reads model, 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.

The Manitoba Reads panellists and their selections are:

Alison Gillmor, freelance arts and entertainment columnist,
Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas

Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
The Life of Helen Betty Osborne by David Alexander Robertson

Paul Jordan, Chief Operating Officer at The Forks
Bandit by Wayne Tefs

Niigonwedom James Sinclair, Writer/Professor at the University of Manitoba
Where Nests the Water Hen by Gabrielle Roy

Be a part of the live recording this Saturday, September 24 at THIN AIR (taking place at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People). The debate will be hosted by CBC's Keran Sanders and broadcast the Sunday morning, September 25, on the Weekend Morning Show.

The final book is chosen through three rounds of debate, and three rounds of voting. If there is a tie at any point during the evening, the results of the Manitoba Reads Audience Choice poll will serve as the tie-breaker.

Your vote counts AND you will be eligible to win a sweet prize package. Click here to vote.

Categories: Awards, Winnipeg

Louise Penny wins the Anthony Award. by D - Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 8:19pm

Louise Penny has won has won the Anthony Award at Bouchercon! Best Crime Novel of the year for Bury Your Dead. The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. The Anthony Awards are among the most prestigious awards in the world of mystery writers.

Louise Penny will in our Grant Park store for the Winnipeg launch of A Trick of the Light: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Tuesday, September 27, 8:00 pm.

Categories: Awards

Manitoba Authors on our Winnipeg Bestseller List by D - Friday, Sep 16, 2011 at 10:12am

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 Fiction
2.Irma Voth, Miriam Toews.

Hardcover Non-Fiction
1.Henry Kalen's Manitoba, Henry Kalen.
2. Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories, Randy Bachman. Meet Randy this Saturday at 11:00 am, in our Grant Park store.
3. Stories of Selkirk's Pioneers and Their Heritage, Kenneth G. Howard.

Paperback Fiction
3. Dadolescence, Bob Armstrong
4.The Setting Lake Sun, J.R. Léveillé.
5. Alert to Glory, Sally Ito.

Paperback Non-Fiction
1. Snapshots II: Navigating the University Years, Frank Maraj.
2. Twenty One Years in the Penalty Box, Harold Skazyk.
3. Sprang Unsprung, Carol James.

Books for Young People
1. Where the Rivers Meet, Don Sawyer.
2. Retro Girl, T.D. Thompson.
4.The McGillicuddy Book of Personal Records, Colleen Sydor.
5. The Archaeolojesters #1, Andreas Oertel.

Categories: Awards, Winnipeg