THE MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS 2010 SHORTLISTS -

THE MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS 2010 SHORTLISTS by Matt MacHutchon - Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:41am The Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers have announced the Manitoba Book Awards shortlists. Winners will be announced at the Manitoba Book Awards Gala on Sunday, April 25, 2010, at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 boulevard Provencher. A pre-awards reception will begin at 7:00 p.m. and the ceremony will run from 8:00-10:00 p.m. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. This year's ceremony will be hosted by Neil Besner, Vice President and former Dean of Arts of the University of Winnipeg. Since the event's inception in 1989, during which a single award (the McNally Robinson Book of the Year) was presented, The Manitoba Book Awards has grown to feature 13 categories. Nominees and winners are selected by jurors drawn from across Manitoba and Canada.

A few of the shortlists are as follows:

McNALLY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

An Unexpected Break in the Weather by Deborah Schnitzer

Automatic World by Struan Sinclair

Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba by Allan Levine

Mama Dada: Songs of the Baronessès Dog by Jan Horner

The Players by Margaret Sweatman

MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AWARD (Younger Category)

Catch That Catfish! by John Toone

Freddie's Problem by Resa Ostrove, illustrated by Jason Doll

G is for Golden Boy by Larry Verstraete

Tansi by Flora Rideout