This Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 we are so very excited to welcome Robert Herjavec to the store. This event is co-presented by our friends at HarperCollins Canada and CBC Manitoba. Marcy Markusa of Information Radio 89.3 FM/990 AM will be on hand to host.
In his bestselling business book Driven: How to Succeed in Business and in Life, Robert Herjavec, the former co-star of CBC TV's Dragons' Den and current co-star of ABC TV's Shark Tank, urged his readers to take risks, take control of their lives, and stay true to their own visions. Now, in this inspirational follow-up, Herjavec wants to push his readers even further towards greatness.
Whether you are seeking to build the next big company in communications technology, to become the most respected teacher in your educational system, or to make a lasting impact as an artist in your field, the most important decision you can make, according to Herjavec, is to reject mediocrity. In the long run, "good enough" is never good enough, whether in our personal lives or in our careers.
Drawing on anecdotes from his own life and from the lives of celebrity friends such as Oprah, Georges St-Pierre and Celine Dion, Herjavec delivers valuable life lessons that promise to guide readers to greater happiness and success.
Categories: Authors, Store News, Winnipeg, Event News
To make it easier to find what you're looking for, we've added Games and Community Classes to our Search function.
So now, if you want to find a particular class or a specific game, all you need to do is Search! Type in the full or partial title of the game or class, or (specifically for classes) you can search by the instructor's name. To speed up the process, make sure to choose which category you want from the drop-down menu (either games or community classroom).
Or if you're not sure what you're looking for and want to browse what's available, then check out the Games and Community Classroom sections of our website. Games are categorized by style of game-play and classes are organized by subject matter. We're always adding new products and new classes, so check back regularly!
Categories: Site News, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Community Classroom, Games
Saskatchewan author Cassie Stocks has been awarded this year's Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Canadian humour writing.
It was Stocks' novel, Dance, Gladys, Dance - the author's first novel - that pulled through against tough competition, including bestsellers such as Terry Fallis' Up and Down and Jonathan Goldstein's I'll Seize The Day Tomorrow, to win the Leacock award and its accompanying $15,000 prize.
So congratulations, Cassie!
For more information on this year's Stephen Leacock award, click here.
Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, HumourCongratulations to Meira Cook whose novel, The House on Sugarbush Road, won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year last night at the gala at the West End Cultural Centre. The House on Sugarbush Road was published by Manitoba publisher Great Plains Publications.
And congratulations to all the other winners last night as well:
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and The Margaret Laurence Award for
Fiction: The Age of Hope by David Bergen (Harper Collins)
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction: Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art, by Darlene Coward Wight (Douglas and MacIntyre/ Winnipeg Art Gallery).
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher: Thunder Road by Chadwick Ginther, cover design by Jamis Paulson, interior design by Sharon Caseburg (Ravenstone/Turnstone).
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dennis Cooley
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award, older category: Green-Eyed Queen of Suicide City by Kevin Marc Fournier (Great Plains).
John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer: Kristian Enright.
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry: The Politics of Knives, by Jonathan Ball (Coach House Books).
Best Illustrated Book of the Year: Imagining Winnipeg: History through the Photographs of L.B. Foote, by Esyllt Jones, design by Doowah Design (University of Manitoba Press).
Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year: Warehouse Journal Vol. 21, edited and designed by Nicole Hunt and Brandon Bergem (U of M Faculty of Architecture).
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book: Sonar, by Kristian Enright (Turnstone Press).
Prix Littéraire rue-Deschambault: , by Raymond Hebert (Les Éditions du Blé).
The weather's lookin' pretty nice out there. Winds are disappearing, temperatures are rising, snow is melting. People are digging out their Summer moods and Summer gear and getting ready for the warm weather.
Meaning, among other things, it's bicycle season.
It's still gonna be a while before the roads and paths are cleaned and at their best for biking, so in the meantime why not read up before you ride out? We've got plenty of books on bikes, everything from tips on taking care of your wheeled-stallion to memoirs of famous cyclists.
If you're coming to our Winnipeg store, check out our Bicycle display near the stairs leading up to the Kids section. Or there is always the Cycling section located in our Sport-books alcove.
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