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Manitoba Book Awards Shortlists Announced by Ryan McBride - Thursday, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:12pm

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

Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction

Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry/Prix Lansdowne de poésie

  • Fear Not by Maurice Mierau, published by Turnstone Press
  • La Métisse filante de Laurent Poliquin, publié par L'Harmattan
  • The Sleeping Life by Kerry Ryan, published by The Muses' Company, an imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
  • this is a small northern town by Rosanna Deerchild, published by The Muses' Company, an imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing

Best Illustrated Book of the Year

Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award

  • The Beech Nut of Big Water Beach by Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon, published by Aivilo Press
  • The Prairie Bridesmaid by Daria Salamon, published by Key Porter Books Ltd.
  • Saint-Boniface 1908-2008: reflets d'une ville, sous la direction de André Fauchon et Carol J. Harvey, publié par les Presses universitaires de Saint-Boniface
  • Subconscious City, curated by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, essays by various contributors, published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
  • Widows of Hamilton House by Christina Penner, published by Enfield & Wizenty

Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book

John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer

  • Rosanna Deerchild
  • Christina Penner
  • Daria Salamon
  • Michael Van Rooy
  • Adam Smoluk

Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year

The Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction

Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher

McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older Category

McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger Category

  • Andrea's Fiddle by Blaine Klippenstein, illustrated by Christie Jedele, published by Loon Books Publishing
  • Goose Girl by Joe McLellan and Matrine McLellan, illustrated by Rhian Brynjolson, published by Pemmican Publications
  • Granny's Giant Bannock by Brenda Isabel Wastasecoot, illustrated by Kimberly McKay-Fleming, published by Pemmican Publications

Le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault

  • L'endroit et l'envers par Lise Gaboury-Diallo, publié par L'Harmattan
  • Pauline Boutal, Destin d'artiste par Louise Duguay, publié par Les Éditions du Blé
  • Voyages au pays des maléfices de Tatiana Arcand, publié par Les Éditions du Blé
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