The Association of Manitoba Book Publishers has just announced the Manitoba Book Awards shortlists. The awards will be presented at a gala event on Saturday, April 25.
The shortlists and award winners are selected by a variety of juries comprised of writers, publishers and other book industry professionals from across the country.
The nominees are....
McNally Robinson Book of the Year
- Fear Not by , published by Turnstone Press
- The Flying Troutmans by , published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Reading by Lightning by , published by Goose Lane Editions
- The Retreat by , published by McClelland and Stewart Ltd.
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction
- Behind the Headlines: A History of Investigative Journalism in Canada by , published by Oxford University Press
- Head Space: Five Decades of Bruce Head, essays by and , published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Lord Selkirk: A Life by , published by University of Manitoba Press
- Politics in Manitoba: Parties, Leaders, and Voters by , published by University of Manitoba Press
- Subconscious City, curated by and , essays by various contributors, published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry/Prix Lansdowne de poésie
- Fear Not by , published by Turnstone Press
- La Métisse filante de , publié par L'Harmattan
- The Sleeping Life by , published by The Muses' Company, an imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
- this is a small northern town by , published by The Muses' Company, an imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
Best Illustrated Book of the Year
- L'Étang du soir de et , graphiste , publié par Les Éditions du Blé
- The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Sculpture, curated by , design by , published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Magic at the Museum, written and illustrated by , published by Wide Horizons Ink Publishing
- Pauline Boutal, Destin d'artiste par , graphiste , publié par Les Éditions du Blé
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
- The Beech Nut of Big Water Beach by , published by Aivilo Press
- The Prairie Bridesmaid by , published by Key Porter Books Ltd.
- Saint-Boniface 1908-2008: reflets d'une ville, sous la direction de et , publié par les Presses universitaires de Saint-Boniface
- Subconscious City, curated by and , essays by various contributors, published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Widows of Hamilton House by , published by Enfield & Wizenty
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book
- The Gargoyle by , published by Random House Canada
- The Prairie Bridesmaid by , published by Key Porter Books Ltd.
- Reading by Lightning by , published by Goose Lane Editions
- Somewhere Else by , published by Arbeiter Ring Publishing
- Widows of Hamilton House by , published by Enfield & Wizenty
John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer
Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year
- L'Étang du soir de et , graphiste , publié par Les Éditions du Blé
- The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Sculpture, curated by , design by , published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Head Space: Five Decades of Bruce Head, essays by and , design by , published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Pauline Boutal, Destin d'artiste par , graphiste , publié par Les Éditions du Blé
- Sheila Spence: Pictures of Me, curated by , design by , published by The Winnipeg Art gallery
- Subconscious City, curated by and , essays by various contributors, design by , published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
The Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
- The Flying Troutmans by , published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Reading by Lightning by , published by Goose Lane Editions
- The Retreat by , published by McClelland and Stewart Ltd.
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher
- Bush Camp by , published by Turnstone Press
- Pauline Boutal, Destin d'artiste par , publié par Les Éditions du Blé
- They Call Me Chief: Warriors on Ice by , published by J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older Category
- My Mother is a French Fry and Further Proof of my Fuzzed-Up Life by , published by Kids Can Press
- Shadow-Town by , published by Annick Press
- Withershins by , published by Great Plains Publications
- Spider's Song by , published by Penguin Group
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger Category
- Andrea's Fiddle by , illustrated by , published by Loon Books Publishing
- Goose Girl by and , illustrated by , published by Pemmican Publications
- Granny's Giant Bannock by , illustrated by , published by Pemmican Publications
Le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault
- L'endroit et l'envers par , publié par L'Harmattan
- Pauline Boutal, Destin d'artiste par , publié par Les Éditions du Blé
- Voyages au pays des maléfices de , publié par Les Éditions du Blé
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Fear Not is lyrical, political, raunchy, blasphemous, and deeply engaged with ethical questions. Inspired by the Gideon Bible's list of self-help topics each poem is arranged to play off ...
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Longlisted for the 2009 Orange Prize.Days after being dumped by her boyfriend Marc in Paris – "he was heading off to an ashram and said we could communicate telepathically" – Hattie hears...
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Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck His faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairie. Lily tries to be ready, but sh...
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Winner of the 2009 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and the Margaret Laurence Award for FictionBestselling novelist David Bergen follows his Scotiabank Giller Prize—winning The Tim...
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Canadian investigative journalism has brought down governments, held powerful interests to account, infiltrated criminal networks, and exonerated the wrongly accused. Behind the Headlines...
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Bruce Head has been a leading Canadian painter and designer for more than fifty years. This first monograph looks at his artistic career in the context of his experimentation and innovati...
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Winner of the 2009 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction and the 2009 J.W. Dafoe Prize.Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk (1770-1820), was a complex man of his times, wh...
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Politics in Manitoba is the first comprehensive review of the Manitoba party system that combines history and contemporary public opinion data to reveal the political and voter trends tha...
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Not a snapshot or a promotional image, this examination of the hidden sides of the city of Winnipeg, delves into the nature of urban social and physical landscape and its power to shape i...
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In this debut collection, like birds that "only ever fall half-way to sleep," poet Kerry Ryan keeps "an eye always open" to the growing intimacy between the poet and her lover. It is this...
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Winner of the 2009 Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry/Prix Lansdowne de poésie This is a small northern town is the long awaited, first full-length collection of poems by Rosanna Deer...
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Winner of the 2009 Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award
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It is Anne's birthday. Her mother takes her to a museum and gives her a necklace. Anne does not want to look at the paintings in the quiet gallery; she wants her cake. She falls aslee...
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Winner of the 2009 Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher and the 2009 Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award Rares sont les femmes qui ont mené une vraie vie d’...
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Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon, author of the award-winning Tiktala, (Fitzhenry and Whiteside) has brought us The Beech Nut of Big Water Beach (Aivilo Press), a humorous, uniquely Manitoban, com...
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Winner of the 2009 Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First BookJust cresting her thirties, Anna Lasko, a frustrated school teacher whose almost ex-boyfriend, Adam, is away on temporary...
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After Ruth moves into a suite in Winnipeg’s Hamilton House she discovers that world-famous seances were hosted in the building in the 1920s, led by Dr. Hamilton and his wife Lillian. Ruth...
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An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time. On a burn ward, a man lies between living and dying, so disfigured that no o...
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Jess is sixteen and aware that she is in an impossible position—being the homosexual daughter of the president of the Mennonite college. She hits the road in search of a language and the ...
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Sheila Spence’s twenty-year photographic practice has been dedicated to issues of identity, personal relationships and community. This richly illustrated publication presents her individu...
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They Call Me Chief: Warriors on Ice tells the fascinating stories of First Nations, Métis and Inuit players who overcame tremendous obstacles to star in the National Hockey League. From t...
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Reviewed by Dana Coates Eli Smyth, the main character in Colleen Sydor’s young adult novel My Mother is a French Fry and Further Proof of my Fuzzed-up Life is your typical teenager a...
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Beware the Whisperers. Cousins Jack and Rose have been sent to live on their grandmother's farm for the summer. Although he's never ventured beyond the dusty fields, Jack likes to ter...
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Most people have heard of Withershins- the ritual where one runs around a church three times at midnight. Some claim you will be transported to the Netherworld. What happens to Michelle i...
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I was smarter. I was always smarter. A little cut-cut, drip-drip, blood saved and sprinkled. Stuck in Yellowknife with her crazy grandmother, AJ is one angry girl. She’s lonely, too, a...
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Andrea's Fiddle is the story of a young girl who receives a special gift from her Grandfather – a fiddle! The fiddle comes with a story that has been passed down through many generations....
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A little miscommunication between English-speaking Larf and his Cree-speaking grandmother leads to hilarious results when a giant, sprawling bannock threatens to take over the town. Beyon...
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