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29th annual Manitoba Book Awards winners

Tuesday, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:39pm

At an awards gala held in Winnipeg's historic Fort Garry Hotel this past Saturday, the winners of the 29th annual Manitoba Book Awards were announced and celebrated.

The Awards, presented by the Manitoba Writers' Guild and made possible by sponsorships from government funding and many local businesses, honour books published in 2016 that were written by a Manitoba author, made by a Manitoba press, or with a focus on Manitoba content.

Congratulations to all of the winners! See a complete list of them after the jump...


• ALEXANDER KENNEDY ISBISTER AWARD FOR NON-FICTION
Naamiwan’s Drum: The Story of a Contested Repatriation of Anishinaabe Artefacts by Maureen Matthews

• CAROL SHIELDS WINNIPEG BOOK AWARD
The Break by Katherena Vermette

• JOHN HIRSCH AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING MANITOBA WRITER
Angeline Schellenberg, author of Tell Them It Was Mozart

• CHRIS JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST PLAY BY A MANITOBA PLAYWRIGHT
Social Studies by Trish Cooper, produced at Prairie Theatre Exchange, 2015

• LANSDOWNE PRIZE FOR POETRY
Tell Them It Was Mozart by Angeline Schellenberg

• EILEEN MCTAVISH SYKES AWARD FOR BEST FIRST BOOK
Tell Them It Was Mozart by Angeline Schellenberg

• MARY SCORER AWARD FOR BEST BOOK BY A MANITOBA PUBLISHER
The Spanish Boy by C.S. Reardon

• BEATRICE MOSIONIER ABORIGINAL WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Trevor Greyeyes and David Alexander Robertson (tie)



MANUELA DIAS BOOK DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION AWARDS

> Design category
Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel, cover design by Relish New Brand Experience

> General illustrated category
Giants’ Well by Scott A. Ford, illustration and design by Scott A. Ford

> Children’s illustrated category
Rudiger and the Painted Door by Jonathan Toews, illustrated by Ryan Polinsky

> Graphic novel
Will I See? by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by GMB Chomichuk, cover design by Relish New Brand Experience, based on the story by Iskwé and Erin Leslie

 LE PRIX LITTÉRAIRE RUE-DESCHAMBAULT
FM Youth by Stéphane Oystryk

• MARGARET LAURENCE AWARD FOR FICTION
The Break by Katherena Vermette



• MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AWARDS

> Younger
When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett

> Older
Trouble Makes a Comeback by Stephanie Tromly

 

• MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
The Break by Katherena Vermette

Categories: Awards, Winnipeg, Prairie Writing, Canadian Lit

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