Events in our Winnipeg store this week. by D - Monday, Sep 05, 2011 at 9:25pm

Kenneth G. Howard launching Stories of Selkirk's Pioneers and Their Heritage. Tuesday, September 6, 7:00 pm.
Martha Street Studio, Small Works Gallery Opening. The artists participating in this show are Michael Dumontier, Andrew Lodwick, The Royal Art Lodge, Suzie Smith and Darren Stebeleski. Tuesday, September 6, 7:30 pm.
Bernice Stebbing from Colette Vacations offering a travel talk on the Galapagos Islands.
Kay Alexander & Cendrine Marrouat presenting a dual poetry reading. Wednesday, September 7, 7:30 pm.
On the Same Page Nominee Reading with David Arnason (Baldur's Song), Jim Blanchard (Winnipeg's Great War: A City Comes of Age), J.R. Léveillé (The Setting Lake Sun), and Craig Russell (Black Bottle Man). Wednesday, September 7, 8:00 pm
The Aboriginal Writers' Collective launching xxx ndn: love and lust in ndn country. Hosted by Duncan Mercredi, with readings from Marie Annharte, Méla Fox-Allen, Elizabeth Denny, Trevor Greyeyes, Katherena Vermette, Maeengan Linklater, and Shayla Elizabeth. Thursday September 8, 7:00 pm
Bob Armstrong launching Dadolescence, with a musical performance from haLf man haLf eLf. Thursday, September 8, 8:00 pm
Matchstalk Men, Free Live Music in Prairie Ink Restaurant + Bakery, Friday September 9 8:00 pm.
Ara Wiseman presentation on Feed Your Body, Feed Your Soul Saturday, September 10, 2:00 pm.
Bob Watts Trio, Free Live Music in Prairie Ink Restaurant + Bakery, Saturday September 10, 8:00 pm.
Frank Maraj launching Snapshots II: Navigating the University Years, Sunday, September 11, 2:00 pm.

Categories: Winnipeg

Manitoba Authors on our Winnipeg Bestseller List by D - Friday, Sep 02, 2011 at 9:52am

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
1.Irma Voth, Miriam Toews.

Hardcover Non-Fiction
4. Portraits of Winnipeg, Robert J. Sweeney.

Books for Young People
4. The Archaeolojesters #1, Andreas Oertel.

Categories: Awards, Winnipeg

Manitoba Reads finalists by D - Monday, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:17am

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.

On September 24 at the closing Mainstage show of THIN AIR 2011, the panellists will debate the books down to a single title--the book that Manitobans are invited to read! The debate will then be broadcast the following morning on CBC's Weekend Morning Show.

The Manitoba Reads panellists and their selections:

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

Categories: Winnipeg

McNally Robinson BTV Book Club by D - Friday, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:30pm

Join Breakfast Television's Jenna Khan and Krista Strang of McNally Robinson as they wrap the August BT Book Club choice, Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad, on Monday, August 29th, at 8:30 am. Categories: Winnipeg