Saskatchewan Book Awards 2020 winners
Tuesday, Jun 30, 2020 at 5:16pm
The winners of the 2020 Saskatchewan Book Awards have been announced! These awards highlight the best recent literature from Saskatchewan authors and publishers, honouring books in a variety of categories.
Congratulations to all of the winners! The complete list can be found after the jump...
Categories: Awards, SaskatoonOur Vibrant Community: Winnipeg, June & July 2020
Friday, May 29, 2020 at 4:44pm
Nothing is more important to us than the communities we are a part of, and, much like our own stores, the artistic, cultural and charitable communities of Winnipeg have all had to reimagine themselves over the past few months to protect the health and wellbeing of their audiences, staff, volunteers, friends, and neighbours.
These groups are still committed to bringing you as much engagement as they can from a safe distance, and after the jump you will find all of the ways to stay connected in Winnipeg during these difficult times...
Categories: Store News, Winnipeg, NewsletterManitoba Book Awards 2020 winners
Friday, May 15, 2020 at 10:47am
The winners of the 2020 Manitoba Book Awards have been announced!
These eleven separate awards recognize excellence in Manitoba writing, book design, publishing, and stories, honoured authors and books published in the last year.
Of particular note are This Place: 150 Years Retold published by HighWater Press, which won both the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year, and The Promise Basket by Bill Richardson, which won the McNally Robinson Book for Young People, Younger Category award.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions an awards gala is impossible this year, so instead the Manitoba Book Awards is celebrating the winners via social media. To join in, visit their Facebook Page and congratulate your favourite winners!
The full list of 2020 winners can be found after the jump...
Categories: Awards, Winnipeg, Prairie Writing, Canadian LitThe 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist
Tuesday, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:34am
The finalists for the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Orange Prize and the Bailey's Women's Prize, have been announced.
The Women's Prize is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best novel written in English in the past year. 2020 marks its 25th anniversary.
The 2020 shortlist includes:
- Dominicana by Angie Cruz
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes*
- The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel
- Hamnet by Maggie O’ Farrell*
- Weather by Jenny Offill
The winner will be announced on September 9, 2020.
(*As of posting this article, these titles are not available in Canada. Hopefully North American editions will be published later this year.)
Categories: Awards, Saskatoon, WinnipegManitoba 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...
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