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.
Categories: Awards
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 Fiction3.Irma Voth, .
4. A Trick of the Light, .
Hardcover Non-Fiction
1. Four Strong Winds,
2. Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap Stories, .
5.Henry Kalen's Manitoba,
Paperback Non-Fiction
3. The Setting Lake Sun,.
4. Alert to Glory, .
Paperback Non-Fiction
2. Sprang Unsprung, .
4. Twenty One Years in the Penalty Box, .
Books for Young People
1. The Jinx,.
Categories: Awards, Winnipeg
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
Vincent Ho, Composer-in-Residence at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
The Life of Helen Betty Osborne by
Paul Jordan, Chief Operating Officer at The Forks
Bandit by
Niigonwedom James Sinclair, Writer/Professor at the University of Manitoba
Where Nests the Water Hen by
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.
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