The Manitoba Book Awards 2017 shortlists
Friday, Mar 24, 2017 at 3:50pm
The finalists for the 29th annual Manitoba Book Awards — which honours books by Manitoba authors, about Manitoba, and/or published within Manitoba in 2016 — have been unveiled.
The Awards, an annual project of the Manitoba Writers’ Guild produced with the assistance of the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers and various Manitoban sponsors, celebrate literary excellence, originality and diverse talent, and provide over $30,000 in prizes to Manitoba writers each year. Past winners include Carol Shields, Miriam Toews, David Bergen, and Wab Kinew.
This year's winners will be announced and celebrated at a gala dinner on Saturday, April 22nd, at The Fort Garry Hotel. All are welcome to attend, and tickets can be purchased online or by phone. Visit this page for more details.
The 2016/2017 shortlists can be found after the jump...
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction
• Abandoned Manitoba: From Residential Schools to Bank Vaults to Grain Elevators by Gordon Goldsborough, published by Great Plains Publications
• Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World’s Most Celebrated Holiday by Gerry Bowler, published by Oxford University Press
• Naamiwan’s Drum: The Story of a Contested Repatriation of Anishinaabe Artefacts by Maureen Matthews, published by University of Toronto Press
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
• Aqueduct: Colonialism, Resources, and the Histories We Remember by Adele Perry, published by ARP Books
• The Bootlegger’s Confession: A Sam Klein Mystery by Allan Levine, published by Ravenstone, an imprint of Turnstone Press
• The Break by Katherena Vermette, published by House of Anansi Press
• The Shadow Over Portage and Main: Weird Fictions, edited by Keith Cadieux and Dustin Geeraert, published by Enfield and Wizenty, an imprint of Great Plains Publications
Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards
DESIGN CATEGORY
• Her Darling Boy: The letters of a mother, her beloved son and the heartbreaking cost of Vimy Ridge by Tom Goodman, cover design by Relish New Brand Experience, published by Great Plains Publications
• Horse-and-Buggy Genius: Listening to Mennonites Contest the Modern World by Royden Loewen, cover design by David Drummond / Salamander Hill Design, interior design by Jess Koroscil, published by University of Manitoba Press
• Hot Town and Other Stories by Janet Trull, cover design by M.C. Joudrey and Alana Brooker, published by At Bay Press
• Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel, cover design by Relish New Brand Experience, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage and Main Press
• Thrashing Seasons: Sporting Culture in Manitoba and the Genesis of Prairie Wrestling by C. Nathan Hatton, cover design by Mike Carroll, interior design by Jess Koroscil, published by University of Manitoba Press
GENERAL ILLUSTRATED CATEGORY
• Abandoned Manitoba: From Residential Schools to Bank Vaults to Grain Elevators by Gordon Goldsborough, design by Relish New Brand Experience, published by Great Plains Publications
• Giant's Well by Scott A. Ford, illustration and design by Scott A. Ford, published by Scott A. Ford
• Manitoba: Land of the Unexpected, photographs and text by Mike Grandmaison, published by Les Éditions des Plaines
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED CATEGORY
• ‘Dinosaurs’ of the Deep: Discover Prehistoric Marine Life by Larry Verstraete, illustrations by Julius Csotonyi, published by Turnstone Press
• Rudiger and the Painted Door by Jonathan Toews, illustrated by Ryan Polinsky, Peasantry Press
• Rust and Water, written by GMB Chomichuk, created and illustrated by Justin Currie, published by Chasing Artwork
• Wilson, Do You Hear It? by Diane Van Wart, illustrated by Monika Hansen, designed by Jason Doll, published by Peanut Butter Press
GRAPHIC NOVEL
• Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage and Main Press
• A Blanket of Butterflies by Richard Van Camp, cover design by Relish New Brand Experience, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage and Main Press
• 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, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage and Main Press
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
• Be Still the Water by Karen Emilson, published by Perpetual Books
The Break by Katherena Vermette, published by House of Anansi Press
• Junkyard Lucy by Tony Nesca, published by Screamin’ Skull Press
• Somewhere a Long and Happy Life Probably Awaits You by Jill Sexsmith, published by ARP Books
• Stranger by David Bergen, published by Harper-Collins Publishers Ltd.
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher
• Abandoned Manitoba: From Residential Schools to Bank Vaults to Grain Elevators by Gordon Goldsborough, design by Relish New Brand Experience, published by Great Plains Publications
• The Archaeologists by Hal Niedzviecki, cover design by Mike Carroll, interior design by Relish New Brand Experience, published by ARP Books
• Departures by Dennis Cooley, design by Jamis Paulson, published by Turnstone Press
• Gloryland by Carla Funk, design by Jamis Paulson, published by Turnstone Press
• Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel, design by Relish New Brand Experience, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage and Main Press
• The Spanish Boy by C.S. Reardon, cover design by Doowah Design, published by Signature Editions
• A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby with Mary Louisa Plummer, design by Jess Koroscil, published by University of Manitoba Press
Lansdowne Prize for Poetry
• Departures by Dennis Cooley, published by Turnstone Press
• Martial Music by George Amabile, published by Signature Editions
• Tell Them It Was Mozart by Angeline Schellenberg, published by Brick Books
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Awards
Younger category
• A Dog Day for Susan by Maureen Fergus, illustrated by Monica Arnaldo, published by Owlkids Books
• The Day Santa Stopped Believing in Harold by Maureen Fergus illustrated by Cale Atkinson, published by Tundra Books
• When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett, design by Relish New Brand Experience, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage and Main Press
Older category
• Another Me by Eva Wiseman, published by Tundra Books
• Prisoner of Warren by Andreas Oertel, published by Nimbus Publishing
• Trouble Makes a Comeback by Stephanie Tromly, published by Kathy Dawson Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault
• FM Youth by Stéphane Oystryk, published by Les Éditions du Blé
• Vices et déboires by Marcien Ferland, published by Les Éditions des Plaines
The Chris Johnson Award for Best Play by a Manitoba Playwright
• Marriage: A Demolition in Two Acts by Rick Chafe, produced at Prairie Theatre Exchange, 2016
• Social Studies by Trish Cooper, produced at Prairie Theatre Exchange, 2015, published by Scirocco Drama
• Shiksa by Cairn Moore, produced at Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, 2016
• Reservations by Steven Ratzlaff, produced at Theatre Projects, 2016
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book
• Her Darling Boy: The letters of a mother, her beloved son and the heartbreaking cost of Vimy Ridge by Tom Goodman, published by Great Plains Publications
• Naamiwan’s Drum: The Story of a Contested Repatriation of Anishinaabe Artefacts by Maureen Matthews, published by University of Toronto Press
• No Escape from Greatness by Jeffrey John Eyamie, published by Turnstone Press
• Reflections by Karen E. Toole, self-published
• Tell Them It Was Mozart by Angeline Schellenberg, published by Brick Books
John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer
• Naamiwan’s Drum: The Story of a Contested Repatriation of Anishinaabe Artefacts by Maureen Matthews, published by University of Toronto Press
• No Escape from Greatness by Jeffrey John Eyamie, published by Turnstone Press
• Social Studies by Trish Cooper, published by Scirocco Drama
• Somewhere a Long and Happy Life Probably Awaits You by Jill Sexsmith, published by ARP Books
• Tell Them It Was Mozart by Angeline Schellenberg, published by Brick Books
Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year Award
• I Don’t Like Bugs!/J’aime paa lii biibiits! by Edgar D. Desjarlais, illustrated by Kimberly McKay, published by Pemmican Publications Inc.
• Gimiwan Last Nation by Trevor Greyeyes, in Mitewacimowina: Indigenous Science Fiction and Speculative Storytelling, published by Theytus Books
• When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett, design by Relish New Brand Experience, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage and Main Press
• 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, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage and Main Press
McNally Robinson Book of the Year
• Aqueduct: Colonialism, Resources, and the Histories We Remember by Adele Perry, published by ARP Books
• The Break by Katherena Vermette, published by House of Anansi Press
• Horse-and-Buggy Genius: Listening to Mennonites Contest the Modern World by Royden Loewen, cover design by David Drummond / Salamander Hill Design, interior design by Jess Koroscil, published by University of Manitoba Press
• Naamiwan’s Drum: The Story of a Contested Repatriation of Anishinaabe Artefacts by Maureen Matthews, published by University of Toronto Press
• Reflections by Karen E. Toole, self-published
• Somewhere a Long and Happy Life Probably Awaits You by Jill Sexsmith, published by ARP Books
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