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The Newbery Award and More by Alexandra K - Tuesday, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:26am

Some very prestigious kids and teen awards were announced this weekend.

The John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature went to Jack Gantos' Dead End in Norvelt.

The Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children went to A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka.

Finally, the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults went to Where Things Come Back, written by John Corey Whaley.

Amongst the Printz Honor books are Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler, which was featured in our most recent newsletter, and The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, which our Be First Club absolutely loved.

For a full listing of more ALA award winners and honor books, see the ALA press release.

Congratulations to all the authors involved!

Categories: Awards, buzz, Publishing News

Canada Reads, Manitoba Style: Claudia Garcia dela Huerta attests to "Something Fierce" by Events Winnipeg - Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:24pm

Paging all booklovers! On January 25th, at 8 p.m., CBC Radio and McNally Robinson Booksellers invite you to Prairie Ink Restaurant for an evening we're calling: 5 Writers, 5 Readers, 5 Minutes.

Canada Reads 2012 features five non-fiction titles this year, and in our regional warm-up to the national CBC Radio book brawl, five well-known Manitobans have been matched with the five titles. Up to Speed host Larry Updike will invite each reader to share their insights with the audience, each with a unique presentation lasting only five minutes. Well, maybe ten. No debating, no brawling, but plenty of insight, humour and stories.

Find out more about the evening and corresponding Big Ticket Contest that could see one lucky person walk away with the five nominated books and dinner for two at Prairie Ink Restaurant by visiting the CBC Manitoba SCENE website. You can also visit them on Facebook, Twitter and stay tuned to our own front page for a feature interview with all five of the evening's advocates!

Categories: Discussions, buzz, Winnipeg, Event News, Contests and Giveaways

Adrienne Clarkson Intervew by Events Winnipeg - Thursday, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:40pm

The Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada, will be joining us on Sunday November 6th at the West End Cultural Centre for a special speaking event in support of her book Room for All of Us: Surprising Stories of Loss and Transformation (Allen Lane Canada).

Check out her recent interview with George Stroumboulopoulos online here.

Tickets to this special speaking event are $10 and are available at McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park in person or by calling 475-0483. For more information visit the event listing here.

Categories: Discussions, buzz, Winnipeg, Event News

Louise Penny on CBC Scene by D - Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:52am

Louise Penny has a feature article on CBC Scene, talking about her new book A Trick of the Light, A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel.

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

Categories: buzz, Winnipeg

Inheritance by Christopher Paolini Available for Pre-Order by Alexandra Kroeger - Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011 at 12:47pm

Fans of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle have been waiting seven long years to see how everything turns out. But fear not - the wait is almost over! Inheritance, the fourth and final book in the Inheritance Cycle, will finally venture into the wild on November 8, 2011. That's not even two months away!

If you can't wait to get your paws on Inheritance, you can pre-order it via phone, e-mail or come and visit the store. As a lucky bonus, Inheritance is also one of our 30% Off titles for November, so you get it for one low, easy payment of $19.59.

See you November 8th!

Categories: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy, New Releases

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