Win a meet and greet with Josh Groban by D - Wednesday, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:04pm

Want to meet Josh Groban in person?
Josh Groban is coming to town for a concert on Sept. 4th, 2011 at the MTS Centre in support of his new CD Illuminations.
McNally Robinson Booksellers is giving away an amazing prize package:

Two tickets to the concert
A Meet and Greet with Josh Groban at the show for you and a guest.
AND a Josh Groban CD/DVD library.

ALL to one lucky winner!

Enter in person at the Winnipeg McNally Robinson Booksellers.
Draw will be held Friday, August, 26th.

Categories: Winnipeg

Events in our Winnipeg store this week. by D - Monday, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:32am

Shaw TV & McNally Robinson Book Club, Want to talk books with other book lovers ? but without the commitment of a regular book club? Shaw TV?s Joanne Kelly and McNally Robinson Booksellers have created a new kind of book club open to everyone. The title for this month is Kate Grenville's The Secret River. Tuesday, July 26, 7:00 pm.
Colleen Zacharias hosts a Gardening Presentation. This is the fifth in McNally Robinson Booksellers and the Prairie Garden Committee?s series of Gardening Information Talks. Wednesday, July 27, 7:30 pm.
GEM Munro signing South Asian Adventures with the Active Poor, Thursday, July 28, 4:00 pm.
Ainsley Friesen, Free Live Music in Prairie Ink Restaurant + Bakery, Friday Jul 29 2011 8:00 pm.
Julie Salverson Playwright Reading from her manuscript Atomic Elegy: Finding Community in Haunted Places; her opera libretto Shelter (a clown opera about the atomic bomb, written with composer Juliet Palmer) and her play BOOM (commissioned by the Canadian Red Cross). This event is presented in association with Sarasvàti Productions, The Playwrights Guild of Canada and the Canadian Council for the Arts. Saturday July 30, 2:00 pm.
Grace Hrabi Trio, Free Live Music in Prairie Ink Restaurant + Bakery, Saturday July 30, 8:00 pm.

Categories: Winnipeg

Manitoba authors on our bestseller list this week. by D - Friday, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:20am

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
2.The Hermetic Code, Winnipeg Free Press.
4.Henry Kalen's Manitoba, Henry Kalen.

5.Portraits of Winnipeg, Robert J. Sweeney.

Paperback Fiction
3. Shame: Conception, Lovern Kindzierski & John Bolton.
4. Bandit, Wayne Tefs.

Paperback Non-Fiction
1.Barbaric Civilization, Christopher Powell.
2. Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967, Dale Barbour.
5. Manitoba Book of Everything, Christine Hanlon.

Books for Young People
1.Black Bottle Man, Craig Russell.

Categories: Awards, Winnipeg

Meet Josh Groban by D - Tuesday, Jul 19, 2011 at 2:06pm

Want to meet Josh Groban in person?
Josh Groban is coming to town for a concert on Sept. 4th, 2011 at the MTS Centre in support of his new CD Illuminations.
McNally Robinson Booksellers is giving away an amazing prize package:

Two tickets to the concert
A Meet and Greet with Josh Groban at the show for you and a guest.
AND a Josh Groban CD/DVD library.

ALL to one lucky winner!

Enter in person at the Winnipeg McNally Robinson Booksellers.
Draw will be held Friday, August, 26th.

Categories: Music, Winnipeg, Contests and Giveaways