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26th Manitoba Book Awards: The Winners

Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 at 10:25am

The winners of the 2013 Manitoba Book Awards were announced and honoured during the Awards Gala this past Sunday, April 27th. As is usual for the event, there were plenty of great presentations and a lot of wonderful words spoken by the winners. In short, another splendid evening celebrating some of Manitoba's best literature.

Here is a complete list of this year's winners:

> McNally Robinson Book of the Year: Kisiskatchewan: The Great River Road by Barbara Huck

> Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction: 'Indians Wear Red': Colonialism, Resistance and Aboriginal Street Gangs by Elizabeth Comack, Lawrence Deane, Larry Morrissette and Jim Silver

> The Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book: Breathing Life Into Stone Fort Treaty: An Anishinabe Understanding of Treaty One by Aimée Craft

> Best Illustrated Book of the Year: 300 Years of Beer: An Illustrated History of Brewing in Manitoba by Bill Wright and Dave Craig

> Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award: Stuck in the Middle: Dissenting Views of Winnipeg written by Bartley Kives with photos by Bryan Scott

> John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Writer: Jonathan Ball

> Landsowne Prize for Poetry: Tether by Laurelyn Whitt

> Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year: 100 Masters: Only in Canada by Stephen Borys with Andrew Kear, design by Frank Reimer

> Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction: The Insistent Garden by Rosie Chard

> Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher: Manitoba Butterflies: A field guide by Simone Hébert Allard

> McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award
    > Younger category: Powwow Counting in Cree by Penny M. Thomas
    > Older category: The Fall by Colleen Nelson

> Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction: Thunder Road by Chadwick Ginther

Congratulations to all of the winners! You can be sure we are well stocked of the winners, so stop by today to pick up any of the titles above.

Categories: Awards, buzz, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Publishing News

Cover Revealed for Cassandra Clare's City of Heavenly Fire

Monday, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:37pm

You guys, it's here, and it looks awesome!

After months of extreme secrecy associated with the final book in the Mortal Instruments series, we're final getting some news.

Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian - but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance...
Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world will change. Who will survive the explosive sixth and final installment of the Mortal Instruments series?

As if that isn't mind-blowing enough, you haven't even heard the best part! The cover actually wraps around to the back of the jacket creating a giant picture of all the characters!

City of Heavenly Fire will be released on May 27.

Categories: buzz, New Releases, Publishing News

Celebrate International Tabletop Day 2014 with us!

Tuesday, Mar 11, 2014 at 5:23pm

Once again, McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park will be joining in and celebrating International Tabletop Day. On April 5th, our Community Classroom will be open from 10 am to 10 pm for a day of gaming!

Whether you play board games all the time and are looking for a free table to use, or you are a novice wondering what the excitement is about, come by for free fun! Bring your favourite game, or try one of ours. Our current featured game Coal Baron will be among those on display to learn and play.

This event is entirely free and runs on a "drop-in" basis, so there's no registration. Just come for as long or short a time as you want and have some fun with other local gamers! We're aiming for a casual and relaxing event -- the focus is entirely on having fun!

Read all the details by clicking here.

We hope to see you here.


Please note that this event is only at our Winnipeg (Grant Park) location.

Categories: buzz, Fun, Store News, Winnipeg, Games

An Interview with Rainbow Rowell

Thursday, Jan 16, 2014 at 7:53pm

Recently, Rainbow Rowell, author of such YA novels as Eleanor and Park and Fangirl, was contacted by one of our booksellers -- who is herself a mega fangirl -- with a few questions. And Ms. Rowell was nice enough to oblige with a few answers.

You can read the interview on our Tumblr.

And be sure to watch for Ms. Rowell's new novel, Landline, which will be coming out this summer. Just so you know, we are taking pre-orders, so contact your nearest McNally Robinson bookstore right now!

Categories: buzz, Authors, Saskatoon, Winnipeg

Poster Revealed for "The Fault in Our Stars"

Thursday, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:34am

The first poster for the highly anticipated film adaptation of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars has been unveiled.

Starring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, "The Fault in Our Stars" has been getting some premature buzz, and heat, over its tagline line, "One Sick Love Story." In response, Green has said,

"I like the tag line.... I mostly wanted something that said, 'This is hopefully not going to be a gauzy, sentimental love story that romanticizes illness and further spreads the lie that the only reason sick people exist is so that healthy people can learn lessons." (See more of his response here)

Months from being released and its already controversial. Be sure to check it out when it hits theatres on June 6th.

And be sure to check out This Star Won't Go Out, available on January 28th, about the incredible Esther Grace Earl, fellow Green fan and inspiration for Hazel Grace. Check out her foundation of the same name here.

Categories: buzz, movies
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