2017 Shortlists / Liste des candidats

2017 Manitoba Book Awards Shortlists are out!  

Les candidats pour Les Prix du livre du Manitoba 2017

sont annoncés!

 

Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction/Prix Alexander-Kennedy-Isbister pour les études et essais

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

 

Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year  Award/Prix Beatrice Mosionier pourl’écrivain.e autochtone de l’année

Gimiwan Last Nation by Trevor Greyeyes, in Mitewacimowina: Indigenous Science Fiction and Speculative Storytelling, published by Theytus Books

I Don’t Like Bugs!/J’aime paa lii biibiits! by Edgar D. Desjarlais, illustrated by Kimberly McKay, published by Pemmican Publications Inc.

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

 

Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award/Prix littéraire Carol Shields de la ville de Winnipeg

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

 

The Chris Johnson Award for Best Play by a Manitoba Playwright/Prix Chris-Johnson pour la meilleure pièce par un dramaturge manitobain

 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/Prix John-Hirsch pour l’écrivain manitobain le plus prometteur

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

 

Lansdowne Prize for Poetry/Prix Lansdowne de poésie

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:

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:

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

 

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

 

Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards/Prix Manuela-Dias de conception graphique et d’illustration en édition

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

Giants’ 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/Prix Mary-Scorer pour le meilleur livre par un éditeur du Manitoba

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

 

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

 

 

 

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