Manitoba Book Awards 2020 shortlists
Friday, Apr 17, 2020 at 1:46pm
The finalists for the 2020 Manitoba Book Awards have been announced!
These awards celebrate books written and published by Manitoban authors in the past year.
The COVID-19 pandemic of course means we will have to forego the usual gala celebration, but the winners will still be announced and celebrated online on Friday, May 15, 2020.
Look after the jump for all of this year's finalists...
Alexander Kennedy IsbisterAward for Non-Fiction / Prix Alexander-Kennedy-Isbister pour les études et essais
- Don Proch: Masking and Mapping by Patricia Bovey, published by University of Manitoba Press
- Friends, Foes, and Furs: George Nelson's Lake Winnipeg Journals, 1804–1822, edited by Harry W. Duckworth, published by McGill-Queen's University Press
- Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related., by Jenny Heijun Wills, published by McClelland & Stewart
- Radical Housewives: Price Wars and Food Politics in Mid-Twentieth-Century Canada, by Julie Guard, published by University of Toronto Press
- Radical Medicine: The International Origins of Socialized Health Care in Canada by Esyllt W. Jones, published by ARP Books
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award / Prix Littéraire Carol-Shields De La Ville De Winnipeg
- All That Belongs by Dora Dueck, published by Turnstone Press
- Communal Solidarity: Immigration, Settlement, and Social Welfare in Winnipeg’s Jewish Community, 1882–1930 by Arthur Ross, published by University of Manitoba Press
- Perception: A Photo Series by KC Adams, published by HighWater Press (an Imprint of Portage & Main Press)
- The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation, by Jean Teillet, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
- Treed: Walking in Canada's Urban Forests by Ariel Gordon, published by Wolsak and Wynn Publishers
Eileen Mctavish Sykes Award for First Book
- The Accidental Veterinarian: Tales from a Pet Practice by Philipp Schott, published by ECW Press
- Even that Wildest Hope by Seyward Goodhand, published by Invisible Publishing
- Moon Was a Feather by Scott Nolan, published by The Muses’ Company, an imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishers
- Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related., by Jenny Heijun Wills, published by McClelland & Stewart
- Perception: A Photo Series by KC Adams, published by HighWater Press (an Imprint of Portage & Main Press)
John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Writer / Prix John-Hirsch pour l’écrivaine ou l’écrivain manitobain le plus prometteur
Lansdowne Prize for Poetry / Prix Lansdowne de poésie
- Adagio for the Horizon by Laurelyn Whitt, published by Signature Editions
- Mrs. Romanov by Lori Cayer, published by The Porcupine's Quill
- Pressure Cooker Love Bomb by Sharanpal Ruprai, published by Frontenac House Ltd.
- St. Boniface Elegies by Catherine Hunter, published by Signature Editions
Manuela Dias Design and Illustration Awards / Prix Manuela-Dias de conception graphique et d’illustration en édition
- Book Design / Conception de livre
- Carnet brûlé (du monde qui crie) par Marilyne Busque-Dubois, maquette de couverture et mise en page par Urbanink, publié par Les Éditions du Blé
- Fanonymous by M.C. Joudrey, illustrations, cover and interior design by M. C. Joudrey and Matthew Stevens, published by At Bay Press
- Romans/Snowmare by Cam Scott, cover and interior design by LOKI, published by ARP Books
- What Fox Knew by Mary Barnes, cover art by M. C. Joudrey, cover and interior design by M. C. Joudrey and Matthew Stevens, published by At Bay Press
- Children’s Illustrated Category / Illustration de livres pour enfant
- 123 Count with Me: Exploring Nature with Numbers by Jessie Thiessen, illustrations and design by Jessie Thiessen, published by Small Jane
- Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock by Dallas Hunt, illustrations and cover design by Amanda Strong, interior design by Relish New Brand Experience, published by HighWater Press (an Imprint of Portage & Main Press)
- The Grizzly Mother (Book Two, Mother of Xsan) by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson), illustrations and cover art by Natasha Donovan, cover and interior design Relish New Brand Experience, published by HighWater Press (an Imprint of Portage & Main Press)
- General Illustration / Illustration et iconographie
- Don Proch: Masking and Mapping by Patricia Bovey, cover and interior design by Frank Reimer, published by University of Manitoba Press
- Place into Being by Robert Pasternak, illustrations and cover art by Robert Pasternak, cover and interior design by M. C. Joudrey and Matt Stevens, published by At Bay Press
- Portraits of the Far North by Gerald Kuehl, art by Gerald Kuehl, design by Dave Maddocks, published by Vidacom Publications
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
- Elizabeth of Bohemia: A Novel about Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen by David Elias, published by ECW Press
- Even That Wildest Hope by Seyward Goodhand, published by Invisible Publishing
- Fanonymous by M. C. Joudrey, published by At Bay Press
- Five Wives by Joan Thomas, published by Harper Avenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- This Has Nothing to Do with You by Lauren Carter, published by Freehand Books
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher / Prix Mary-Scorer pour le meilleur livre par un éditeur du Manitoba
- Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity by Darryl Leroux, cover design by David Drummond, interior design by Jess Koroscil, published by University of Manitoba Press
- Don't Try this at Home: One Family's (mis)Adventures Around the World by Daria Salamon and Rob Krause, cover and interior design by Jamis Paulson, published by Turnstone Press.
- Nitinikiau Innusi: I Keep the Land Alive, by Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue, cover and interior design by Vincent Design Inc., published by University of Manitoba Press
- This Place: 150 Years Retold, edited and published by HighWater Press (an Imprint of Portage & Main Press), cover art by Natasha Donovan, cover and interior design by Relish New Brand Experience
McNally Robinson Book for Young People: Younger Category
- 123 Count with Me: Exploring Nature with Numbers, text and illustrations by Jessie Thiessen, published by Small Jane
- Dinosaur Rodeo text and illustrations by Sheldon Dawson, published by Peanut Butter Press
- Entawi Kiskinomakawiyan by Pauline Apetagon, published by Goldrock Press
- The Grizzly Mother (Book Two, Mother of Xsan) by Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson), illustrations and cover art by Natasha Donovan, published by HighWater Press (an Imprint of Portage & Main Press)
- The Promise Basket by Bill Richardson, illustrated by Slavka Kolesar, published by Groundwood Books
McNally Robinson Book of the Year
- Five Wives by Joan Thomas, published by Harper Avenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related., by Jenny Heijun Wills, published by McClelland & Stewart
- Perception: A Photo Series by KC Adams, published by HighWater Press (an Imprint of Portage & Main Press)
- Radical Medicine: The International Origins of Socialized Health Care in Canada by Esyllt W. Jones, published by ARP Books
- St. Boniface Elegies by Catherine Hunter, published by Signature Editions
- This Place: 150 Years Retold, edited and published by HighWater Press (an Imprint of Portage & Main Press)
Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction
- A Land so Wild by Elyssa Warkentin, published by Carnation Books
- Another Spy for Paris by Robert J. Young, published by Signature Editions
- Operation Stealth Seed by George Amabile, published by Signature Editions
- Ride to Daylight by Alyssa Thiessen, published by Peasantry Press
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