The Bookseller: May & June 2019

New books from Guy Gavriel Kay and Sharon Butala, the 50th anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, stories from Indigenous voices, books for True Crime enthusiasts, a mountain of novels, habitats to protect the bees, literary classics in high definition, and more — plenty of great new books and items to discover this summer.

Read about it all in the May & June 2019 issue of our newsletter, The Bookseller.

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Pulitzer Prize 2019 winners

The winners of this year's Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The Prizes, named after 19th century newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, honour excellence in journalism and the arts, and are awarded annually.

The Pulitzers are divided into many categories, and the finalists and winners of every category can be found on the Pulitzer Prize website. Of particular note to the world of books are the following 2019 winners:

• Fiction: The Overstory by Richard Powers
• Drama: Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury
• History: Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
• Biography: The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C. Stewart
• Poetry: Be With by Forrest Gander
• General Nonfiction: Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America by Eliza Griswold

Congratulations to all of the winners! For more details on the Pulitzers, see the official website.

Manitoba Book Awards 2019 finalists

The nominees for the 2019 Manitoba Book Awards have been revealed! These awards are divided into eleven categories that recognize excellence in Manitoba writing, book design, and publishing.

The winners will be announced and celebrated at 7 PM on May 3, 2019, at a gala in their honour. This celebration takes place at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and tickets are on sale now for $20 per person. For more information, please visit the Manitoba Book Awards website.

The lists of nomineese can be found after the jump.

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April's Author of the Month: RUTH REICHL

Ruth Reichl is an American chef, food writer, co-producer of PBS's Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS's Gourmet's Adventures With Ruth, and the last editor-in-chief of the now shuttered Gourmet magazine.

Reichl began writing about food in 1972, when she published Mmmmm: A Feastiary. Since then, she has authored the critically acclaimed, best-selling memoirs Tender at the Bone, Comfort Me with Apples, Garlic and Sapphires, and For You Mom, Finally, which have been translated into 18 languages. In 2014 she published her first novel: Delicious!

She is known for her ability to "make or break" a restaurant. For Reichl, her mission has been to "demystify the world of fine cuisine." She has won acclaim with both readers and writers alike for her honesty about many aspects of haute cuisine. Through an outsider's perspective, she harshly criticized the sexism prevalent toward women in dine-out experiences, as well as the pretentious nature of the ritziest New York restaurants.

Ruth Reichl spearheaded a revolution in the way we think about food. Here in Save Me the Plums, for the first time, she chronicles the personal and professional risks she took during her tenure as the editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine in this insightful, inspiring and very readable new memoir. But this is not just the tale of a magazine; it is also a story about taking a professional leap of faith, following your passion and holding onto your dreams — even when nothing works out the way you’d expected. (Hardcover. $32.00. RRC Price $28.80. Random House. April)