Manitoba Book Awards

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Manitoba Books Awards/Les Prix du livre du Manitoba is the premiere annual book awards for Manitoba, Canada. Originating in 1988, an award gala is usually held in April in Winnipeg, Manitoba, celebrating the best of Manitoba writing and publishing from the previous year.

Depending on the year, there are several awards conferred, as some of the awards are only bestowed biannually. The awards are co-produced by the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers and the Manitoba Writers' Guild. Awards include the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, the Carol Shields Award for best Winnipeg book, the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher, the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction, the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and others. Past winners include Miriam Toews, David Bergen, Joan Thomas, W.P. Kinsella, Carol Shields and others.

2021 winners include David Bergen, David Robertson, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Duncan Mercredi, Lenard Monkman, Andrew Unger, Lara Rae, Amber O'Reilly, Colleen Nelson, Jonathan Ball, Magdalene Redekop and others.[1]

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Award Title Author/Winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award Here the Dark David Bergen
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction Black Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood Money David Robertson
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book Once Removed Andrew Unger
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Making Believe: Questions about Mennonites and Art Magdalene Redekop
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award Black Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood Money David Robertson
Manitowapow Award Duncan Mercredi and Lenard Monkman
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction The Lightning of Possible Storms
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older Harvey Never Comes Home Colleen Nelson
Book Design Becoming Our Future: Global Indigenous Curatorial Practice Nagam et al
Le Prix Littéraire rue-Deschambault Boussole Franche Amber O'Reilly
Illustration I Will See You Again Lisa Boivin
Graphic Novel This Place: 150 Years Retold Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm et al
Chris Johnson Award for Best Play by a Manitoba Playwright Dragonfly Lara Rae

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Award Title Author/Winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year The House on Sugarbush Road Meira Cook
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book Sonar
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Thunder Road Chadwick Ginther
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award The Age of Hope David Bergen
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry The Politics of Knives
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction The Age of Hope David Bergen
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older The Green-Eyed Queen of Suicide City
Manuela Dias Award for Book Design Warehouse Journal Vol. 21 Nicole Hunt and Brandon Bergem
Le Prix Littéraire rue-Deschambault La Révolution Tranquille Raymond – M. Hebert
Best Illustrated Book of the Year Imagining Winnipeg: History through the Photographs of L.B. Foote Esyllt Jones
John Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award
Lifetime Achievement Award Dennis Cooley

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2012[]

Award Title Author/Winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Not Being on a Boat
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction King: William Lyon MacKenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny Allan Levine
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book A Large Harmonium
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Butterfly Winter W. P. Kinsella
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award Ravenscraig
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Poème Pierre Prière J. R. Léveillé
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction The Girl in the Wall Alison Preston
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older Tori by Design
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger S is for Scientists: A Discovery Alphabet
Manuela Dias Award for Book Design Poème Pierre Prière J. R. Léveillé
Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction The Thirteen Susie Moloney
Best Illustrated Book of the Year David's Trip to Paraguay: The Land of Amazing Colours
John Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award

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2011[]

Award Title Author/Winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year This Hidden Thing Dora Dueck
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction When the Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990 Emma LaRocque
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book High Speed Crow
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher I Still Don't Even Know You Michelle Berry
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award The Matter With Morris David Bergen
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Hump
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction The Matter With Morris David Bergen
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older Ortega
Manuela Dias Award for Book Design A Dogs Breakfast: A Chef's Guide to Healthy Home Cooking for Your Favorite Pooch Jess Young
Le Prix Littéraire rue-Deschambault Lointaines
Best Illustrated Book of the Year The Imagination Manifesto Greg Chomichuk with James Rewucki and John Toone
John Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award

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Award Title Author/Winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba Allan Levine
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction An American by Degrees: The Extraordinary Lives of French Ambassador Jules Jusserand Robert J. Young
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book Talk Michael Nathanson
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Wild West: Nature Living on the Edge Heather Beattie and Barbara Huck
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award Prairie Metropolis: New Essays on Winnipeg Social History Esyllt W. Jones and
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Mama Dada
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction an unexpected break in the weather
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older Puppet
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger Timmerman Was Here
Manuela Dias Award for Book Design Dead on Arrival: Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba Journal 2009 Zach Pauls
Best Illustrated Book of the Year All Our Changes: Images from the Sixties Generation Gerry Kopelow
John Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award

2009[]

Award Title Author/Winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year "The Retreat" David Bergen
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction "Lord Selkirk: A Life" J.M. Bumsted
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book "The Prairie Bridesmaid"
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher "Pauline Boutal, Destin d'artiste" Louise Duguay
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award "Saint-Boniface 1908-2008 : reflets d'une ville" André Fauchon and Carol J. Harvey
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry "this is a small northern town" Rosanna Deerchild
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction "The Retreat" David Bergen
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older "My Mother is a French Fry and Further Proof of my Fuzzed-Up Life" Colleen Sydor
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger "Goose Girl" and Matrine McLellan
le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault "L'endroit et l'envers"
Manuela Dias Award for Book Design "Pauline Boutal, Destin d'artiste" Louise Duguay and Susan Chafe
Best Illustrated Book of the Year "The Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit Sculpture" Darlene Coward Wight and Frank Reimer
John Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award

2008[]

Award Title Author/Winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year "Be Wolf" Wayne Tefs
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction "Canada's Wheat King: The Life and Times of Seager Wheeler" Jim Shilliday
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book "Wolf Tree" Alison Calder
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher "The North End: Photographs by John Paskievich" John Paskievich
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award "A Glowing Dream: A Memoir" Roland Penner
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry "Wolf Tree" Alison Calder
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction "The Penance Drummer and Other Stories" Lois Braun
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older "Sandbag Shuffle" Kevin Marc Fournier
Manuela Dias Award for Book Design "Take Comfort: the Career of Charles Comfort" designed by Frank Reimer Design, photographs by Ernest Mayer
Best Illustrated Book of the Year "Take Comfort: the Career of Charles Comfort" designed by Frank Reimer Design, photographs by Ernest Mayer
John Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award Carolyn Gray

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Award Title Author/Winner
McNally Robinson Book of the Year "A Great Restlessness: the Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen" Faith Johnston
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction "A Great Restlessness: the Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen" Faith Johnston
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book "A Great Restlessness: the Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen" Faith Johnston
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher "A Great Restlessness: the Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen" Faith Johnston
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award "Winnipeg Modern: Architecture 1945 to 1975" edited by Serena Keshavjee
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry "Time out of Mind" Laurie Block awarded for the first time in 2007
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction "Beautiful Girl Thumb" Melissa Steele
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older "Lost Treasures: True Stories of Discovery" Larry Verstraete
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger "Raise a Little Stink" Colleen Sydor
le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault "Manguiers têtus" Bathélemy Bolivar
Manuela Dias Award for Book Design "Going Downtown: A History of Portage Avenue" Relish Design
Best Illustrated Book of the Year "Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955"
John Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award Anita Daher

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References[]

  1. ^ "David A. Robertson wins two 2021 Manitoba Book Awards for memoir Black Water". CBC.ca. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Ben Sigurdson (May 20, 2021). "Bergen wins book of the year a fourth time". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Morley Walker (April 29, 2013). "Little-known novel named Manitoba book of year". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Winners of 2012 Manitoba Book Awards announced". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. April 28, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  5. ^ Alison mayes (April 29, 2012). "Book Award Winners". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  6. ^ Morley Walker (April 18, 2011). "Mennonite writers dominate book gala". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  7. ^ "CBC host, francophone publisher honoured by Manitoba writers". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. April 19, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  8. ^ "Biography of Dorise Nielsen wins 4 Manitoba book awards". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. April 28, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  9. ^ Daher, Anita (Summer 2007). "Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards". Canadian Children's Book News. 30 (3): 7.
  10. ^ Rosborough, Linda (April 22, 2007). "Manitoba Book Week reaches out". Winnipeg Free Press.
  11. ^ Perreault, Diane (Summer 2006). "Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards". Canadian Children's Book News. 29 (3): 8.
  12. ^ Walker, Morley (April 30, 2006). "David Bergen wins book of the year award". Winnipeg Free Press.
  13. ^ "Manitoba rewards Complicated Kindness". The Globe and Mail. April 25, 2005.

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