2014 / 2015 Gala

Roar Back to the 20′s at the Manitoba Book Awards! / Retour aux années folles de 1920 au Gala des Prix du livre du Manitoba

Saturday, April 25, Marlborough Hotel, Skyview Ballroom / le samedi 25 Avril , l’Hôtel Marlborough à la salle Skyview

Cocktails at 6pm, show starts at 7pm / Cocktails à 16 h, la cérémonie commence à 19 h

Free and open to the publication, please RSVP to reserve your seat: 

Cette soirée est ouverte au public et l’entrée est gratuite, mais les invités doivent confirmer leur présence au préalable :

[email protected]

204.944.8013

2014 / 2015 Shortlists / Liste des candidats

 

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

Detachment: An Adoption Memoir by Maurice Mierau, published by Freehand Books

 

Indigenous Women, Work, and History: 1940–1980 by Mary Jane Logan McCallum, published by University of Manitoba Press

 

The Patriotic Consensus: Unity, Morale, and the Second World War in Winnipeg by Jody Perrun, published by University of Manitoba Press



 

The Showman and the The Ukrainian Cause: Folk Dance, Film, and the Life of Vasile Avramenko by Orest T. Martynowych, published by University of Manitoba Press

 

Toronto: Biography of a City by Allan Levine, published by Douglas & McIntyre

 

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

Deborah L. Delaronde

 

David Alexander Robertson

 

Katherena Vermette

 

 

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

Barker by Wayne Tefs, published by Turnstone Press

 

John Paizs’s Crime Wave by Jonathan Ball, published by University of Toronto Press

 

The Opening Sky by Joan Thomas, published by McClelland & Stewart

 

The Patriotic Consensus: Unity, Morale, and the Second World War in Winnipeg by Jody Perrun, published by University of Manitoba Press

 

Put on the Armour of Light by Catherine Macdonald, published by Dundurn Press

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

Fort Mac, by Marc Prescott, published by Les Éditions du Blé, Winnipeg

 

Sargent & Victor & Me by Deborah Patterson, produced by Theatre Projects Manitoba

 

The Miser of Middlegate by Carolyn Gray, published by Scirocco Drama, an imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing

The Secret Mask by Rick Chafe, published by Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto

 

Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book

Indigenous Women, Work, and History by Mary Jane Logan McCallum, published by University of Manitoba Press

 

Magpie Days by Brenda Sciberras, published by Turnstone Press

 

The Patriotic Consensus by Jody Perrun, published by University of Manitoba Press

 

What Lies Behind by Luann Hiebert, published by Turnstone Press

 

John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer / Prix John-Hirsch pour l’écrivain manitobain le plus prometteur

MC Joudrey

 

David Alexander Robertson

 

Brenda Sciberras

Lansdowne Prize for Poetry / Prix Lansdowne de poésie

De l’amuïssement des certitudes by Laurent Poliquin, published by Jacques André Editeur

 

In the Tiger Park by Alison Calder, published by Coteau Books

 

Stowaways by Ariel Gordon, published by Palimpsest Press

 

What Lies Behind by Luann Hiebert, published by Turnstone Press

 

 

Le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault

 

Confessions sans pénitence par Lise Gaboury-Diallo avec illustrations de Denis Devigne, publié par Les Éditions du Blé

 

De l’amuïssement des certitudes par Laurent Poliquin, publié par Jacques André éditeur

 

Jean Riel, fils de Louis Riel : sous une mauvaise étoile par Annette Saint-Pierre, publié par Les Éditions du Blé

 

soubresauts par Charles Leblanc, publié par Les Éditions du Blé

 

Un vent prodigue par Simone Chaput, publié par Leméac

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

Design Category (emphasis on cover design and typography):

 

Devil in Deerskins: My Life with Grey Owl by Anahareo, edited and with an afterword by Sophie McCall, published by University of Manitoba Press, cover design by Mike Carroll, interior design by Jessica Koroscil

 

Kraken Bake: An Epikurean Epic by Karen Dudley, published by Ravenstone, an imprint of Turnstone Press, cover and interior design by Jamis Paulson

 

Text Me / Dimmelo per SMS by Corrado Calabrò, translated by Genni Gunn, published by Signature Editions, cover and interior design by Terry Gallagher of Doowah Design

 

 

Children’s Books/Graphic Novels Category:

 

Cassie and Tonk, created and illustrated by Justin Currie, written by GMB Chomichuk, robotic reference by Will Liddle, published by Chasing Artwork

 

The Chair by the Side of the Road
by Adrian Hawaleshka, self-published/Friesen Press, illustrated by Natasha Boone

 

The Peacemaker: Thanadelthur (Tales from Big Spirit Series)
by David Alexander Robertson, published by HighWater Press (an imprint of Portage & Main Press), design by Relish New Brand Experience, illustrated by Wai Tien

 

General Illustration Category:

 

City Beautiful: How Architecture Shaped Winnipeg’s DNA by Randy Turner, art director Gordon Preece, published by the Winnipeg Free Press

 

Exploring Old Highway No. 1 West: Canada’s Route 66 by J. Clark Saunders, design by Bergdís Sigurðardóttir, maps by Dawn Huck, published by Heartland Associates

 

Warehouse Journal Volume 23, edited and designed by Liane Lanzar and Kevin Complido, published by University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture

 

 

Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction

 

Blue Vengeance by Alison Preston, published by Signature Editions

 

The Evolution of Alice by David A. Robertson, published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage & Main Press

 

Kraken Bake: An Epikurean Epic by Karen Dudley, published by Ravenstone, an imprint of Turnstone Press

 

Leaving Tomorrow by David Bergen, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

 

Mr. Jones by Margaret Sweatman, published by Goose Lane Editions

 

The Opening Sky by Joan Thomas, published by McClelland & Stewart

 

 

Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher/ Prix Mary-Scorer pour le meilleur livre par un éditeur du Manitoba

Boy Lost in Wild by Brenda Hasiuk, published by Turnstone Press

Kraken Bake: An Epikurean Epic by Karen Dudley, published by Ravenstone, an imprint of Turnstone Press

Jean Riel, fils de Louis Riel : sous une mauvaise étoile par Annette Saint-Pierre, publié par Les Éditions du Blé

Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, transliterated and translated by Bernard Saladin d’Anglure, translated from French by Peter Frost, published by University of Manitoba Press

 

The Winter We Danced: Voices from the Past, the Future, and the Idle No More Movement, edited by The Kino-nda-niimi Collective, published by ARP Books

 

 

McNally Robinson Books for Young People Awards

 

Younger category

 

The Chair by the Side of the Road by Adrian Hawaleshka, self-published/Friesen Press

 

The Firewalker by Shezza Ansloos, published by Pemmican Publications 

 

Hokey Dowa Gerda and the Snowflake Girl by M.J. Matheson, published by Peanut Butter Press

 

Mr. Jacobson’s Window by Deborah Froese, published by Peanut Butter Press

 

Princess by Dennis Fast, published by Heartland Associates

 

Older category

 

Empty Cup by Suzanne Costigan, published by Rebelight Publishing

 

Missing in Paradise by Larry Verstraete, published by Rebelight Publishing

 

Tucson Jo by Carol Matas, published by Fictive Press

 

The World Outside by Eva Wiseman, published by Tundra Books

 

Your Constant Star by Brenda Hasiuk, published by Orca Book Publishers 

McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award

Detachment by Maurice Mierau, published by Freehand Books

 

Leaving Tomorrow by David Bergen, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

 

Mr. Jones by Margaret Sweatman, published by Goose Lane Editions

 

The Opening Sky by Joan Thomas, published by McClelland & Stewart

 

Toronto by Allan Levine, published by Douglas & McIntyre

 

 

 

Regular season submissions can be sent to the Manitoba Writer’s Guild office throughout November. December publications can be submitted, with advance notice, until early January. Please visit http://manitobabookawards.com/ for guidelines as well as the Submissions and Deadlines pages for more information. This year’s awards gala will take place on Saturday, April 25 in the Skyview Ballroom of the historic Marlborough Hotel. We have a few extra special treats planned, which will be unveiled in good measure. Stay tuned!

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