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Posted in: Awards, Winnipeg
The Manitoba Book Awards Committee has announced the shortlists for the 2008 Manitoba Book Awards.
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
- So this is the world & here I am in it by , published by NeWest Press
- The Penance Drummer and Other Stories by , published by Turnstone Press
- The North End by , published by University of Manitoba Press
- Be Wolf by , published by Turnstone Press
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award (Older Category)
- Mistik Lake by , published by Groundwood Books
- Exploits of a Reluctant (But Extremely Goodlooking) Hero by , published by Kids Can Press
- Sandbag Shuffle by , published by Thistledown Press
- The Whirlwind by , published by Orca Book Publishers
- Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare by , published by Scholastic Canada
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award (Younger Category)
- Deferred to 2009
John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer
- (Poet)
- (Playwright)
- (Novelist)
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book by a Manitoba Author
- Wolf Tree by , published by Coteau Books
- Framing Identity: Social Practices of Photography in Canada (1880-1920) by , published by Arbeiter Ring Publishing
- Influenza 1918: Disease, Death and Struggle in Winnipeg by , published by University of Toronto Press
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher
- Framing Identity: Social Practices of Photography in Canada (1880 to 1920) by , published by Arbeiter Ring Publishing
- The Land Where the Sky Begins by , published by Heartland Associates
- The North End by , published by University of Manitoba Press
- Sunny Dreams by , published by Signature Editions
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
- Influenza 1918: Disease, Death and Struggle in Winnipeg by , published by University of Toronto Press
- Holding My Breath by , published by Key Porter Books
- The North End by , published by University of Manitoba Press
- A Glowing Dream: A Memoir by , published by J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
- The Winnipeg Jets: A Celebration of Professional Hockey in Winnipeg by , published by Studio Publications
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
- The Penance Drummer and Other Stories by , published by Turnstone Press
- A Possible Life by , published by Turnstone Press
- Twenty Miles by , published by Coach House Books
- A Feast of Longing by , published by Coteau Books
- Be Wolf by , published by Turnstone Press
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction
- Building Communities: The Changing Face of Manitoba Mennonites by , published by Canadian Mennonite University Press
- Take Comfort: the Career of Charles Comfort by et al, published by the Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Influenza 1918: Disease, Death and Struggle in Winnipeg by , published by University of Toronto Press
- Paddling South: Winnipeg to New Orleans by Canoe by , published by NeWest Press
- Canada’s Wheat King: The Life and Times of Seager Wheeler by , published by the Canadian Plains Research Centre
- Imagined Homes: Soviet German Immigrants in Two Cities by , published by the University of Manitoba Press
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry / Prix Lansdowne de Poésie
- Wolf Tree by , published by Coteau Books
- heures d'ouverture by , published by Les Éditions du Blé
- Exaucée by , published by Les Éditions des Plaines
Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award
- Architecture University of Manitoba: Catalogue ‘07, designed by and , published by the Department of Architecture, University of Manitoba
- Framing Identity: Social Practices of Photography in Canada (1880 to 1920), designed by , published by Arbeiter Ring Publishing
- Gertrude Unmanageable, designed by , published by Arbeiter Ring Publishing
- Marconi in the Sculpture of John McEwen, designed by , photographs by , published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Take Comfort: the Career of Charles Comfort, designed by , photographs by , published by The Winnipeg Art Gallery
Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award
- heures d’ouverture, designed by , illustrated by , published by Les Éditions du Blé
- The North End designed by , published by University of Manitoba Press
- Take Comfort: the Career of Charles Comfort, designed by , photographs by , published by the Winnipeg Art Gallery
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