THE MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS 2010 SHORTLISTS
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
Timmerman Was Here by Colleen Sydor
MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AWARD
(Older Category)
At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times by Larry Verstraete
The Kulak's Daughter by Gabriele Goldstone
Puppet by Eva Wiseman
Recipe for Disaster by Maureen Fergus
ALEXANDER KENNEDY ISBISTER AWARDS FOR NON-FICTION
An American by Degrees: The Extraordinary Lives of Jules Jusserand by
Robert J. Young
Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba by Allan Levine
Grizzlyville: Adventures in Bear Country by Jake MacDonald
Immigrants in Prairie Cities: Ethnic Diversity in Twentieth-Century
Canada by Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen
Impact: A History of Disasters in Manitoba by Brock Holowachuk
JOHN HIRSCH AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING MANITOBA WRITER
Rosie Chard
Danishka Esterhazy
Ariel Gordon
John Toone
CAROL SHIELDS WINNIPEG BOOK AWARD
Armstrong's Point-A History by Randy R. Rostecki
Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba by Allan Levine
Grizzlyville: Adventures in Bear Country by Jake MacDonald
My Winnipeg by Guy Maddin
Prairie Metropolis: New Essays on Winnipeg Social History by Esyllt W.
Jones and Gerald Friesen
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