Governor General's Literary Awards 2018 winners
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2018 at 5:37pm
The winners of this year's Governor General's Literary Awards, which are managed by the Canada Council for the Arts to recognize the best in Canadian books, were announced this week.
The winners in English include:
- Fiction: The Red Word by Sarah Henstra
- Poetry: Wayside Sang by Cecily Nicholson
- Drama: Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom by Jordan Tannahill
- Non-fiction: Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod (Sooke, British Columbia
- Young People's Literature – Text: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
- Young People's Literature – Illustrated: They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
- Translation (from French to English): Descent into Night translated by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott
Congratulations to all!
The list of French winners, as well as more general details of the awards, can be found on the GGBooks website.
Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, WinnipegAnna Burns wins the 2018 Man Booker Prize
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2018 at 5:14pm
This year's Man Booker Prize has been awarded to Anna Burns for her novel, Milkman.
Milkman is a timely story — in an era when the wrong flag, wrong religion, or even a sunset can be subversive — of the way inaction can have enormous repercussions. The novel follows a character known as middle sister, who stands out for all the wrong reasons and who suddenly becomes "interesting" — the last thing she ever wanted to be.
The book has not yet been released in North America, however we expect it to be published in early December of this year. Please get in touch with your nearest McNally Robinson bookstore to set up a pre-order, or pre-order online.
Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, LiteratureGovernor General's Literary Awards 2018 finalists
Thursday, Oct 04, 2018 at 1:11pm
The finalists for this year's Governor General's Literary Awards have been unveiled.
The Awards, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, celebrate the best in Canadian writing, and are presented in multiple categories in both English and French. The winners each receive a prize of $25,000, and each finalist receives $1,000.
The English finalists can be found after the jump below, and the French finalists can be found on the GGBooks website.
The winners will be announced on October 30th, 2018, at a special celebration at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Canadian LitThe Giller Prize 2018 shortlist
Tuesday, Oct 02, 2018 at 4:39pm
The finalists for this year's Giller Prize, which recognizes excellence in Canadian fiction, have been announced:
- Songs for the Cold of Heart by Eric Dupont
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
- French Exit by Patrick deWitt
- Motherhood by Sheila Heti
- An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
An excellent selection of contenders, indeed, and we extend congratulations to each. We'll find out which one of them is the winner on November 19th, 2018.
If you are in Winnipeg, we hope you'll join us to celebrate the winner on November 19th at the Giller Light Bash. Listen to local advocates from the community present each Giller shortlist nominated book, dine on a delicious meal from Prairie Ink Restaurant, and watch the proceedings on television from Toronto. Tickets are available now at the bookstore and online, with all proceeds going to benefit Frontier College. For more information on that event, please visit this page.
Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Canadian LitGiller Prize 2018 longlist announced
Tuesday, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:17pm
The longlist for this year's Scotiabank Giller Prize has been unveiled.
The Giller Prize's mission is to recognize excellence in Canadian fiction, and thus every year its list of candidates is full of phenomenal talent from new and veteran authors alike. The 2018 list, as you are about to see, is no exception:
- Zolitude by Paige Cooper
- French Exit by Patrick deWitt
- Songs for the Cold of Heart by Eric Dupont, translated by Peter McCambridge
- Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
- Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage
- Motherhood by Sheila Heti
- Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
- An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
- Something for Everyone by Lisa Moore
- Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
- Vi by Kim Thúy, translated Sheila Fischman
- Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
Congratulations to all who made the list! The finalists will be announced on October 1st, 2018, and the winner announced at a gala on November 19th, 2018.
If you are in Winnipeg, we hope you'll join us to celebrate the winner on November 19th at the Giller Light Bash. Listen to local advocates from the community present each Giller shortlist nominated book, dine on a delicious meal from Prairie Ink Restaurant, and watch the proceedings on television from Toronto. Tickets are available now at the bookstore and online, with all proceeds going to benefit Frontier College. For more information on that event, please visit this page.
We also hope you'll join us to celebrate many of this year's candidates in person! A number of authors on the list above will be visiting us to discuss and sign their new books. Please visit a book's details page to find out if the author has an upcoming event at one of our stores, or use the site's search function and look under Events.
To find out more about the Giller Prize, please visit the Prize's website.
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