2007 Manitoba Book Awards

2007 Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards Winners Announced

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - The 2007 Brave New Words: Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards were held on April 28, 2007 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Following is a list of nominees and winners. (Winners are starred.)

McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award

- Time out of Mind by Laurie Block, published by Oolichan Books.
- Where the Rocks Say Your Name by Brenda Hasiuk, published by Thistledown Press.
- The Moonlit Cage by Linda Holeman, published by Headline Publishers (UK)/McArthur Co.
** A Great Restlessness: The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen by Faith Johnston, published by University of Manitoba Press.
- Beautiful Girl Thumb by Melissa Steele, published by Turnstone Press.

McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award (Older Category)

- The Serpent's Spell by Rae Bridgman, published by Great Plains Publications.
- Out of Focus by Margaret Buffie, published by Kids Can Press.
** Lost Treasures: True Stories of Discovery by Larry Verstraete, published by Scholastic Canada.
- Kanada by Eva Wiseman, published by Tundra Books.

McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award (Younger Category)

- A is for Ampe: An Alphabet Book from Ghana by Kathy Knowles, published by Osu Children's Library Fund.
- Nanabosho and Porcupine by Joe McLellan, published by Pemmican Publications.
** Raising a Little Stink by Colleen Sydor, published by Kids Can Press.

John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer

** Anita Daher, Fiction.
- Brenda Hasiuk, Fiction.
- Bartley Kives, Non-Fiction.
- Michael Van Rooy, Fiction.

Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book by a Manitoba Author

- Where the Rocks Say Your Name by Brenda Hasiuk, published by Thistledown Press.
** A Great Restlessness: The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen by Faith Johnston, published by University of Manitoba Press.
- The Fate of Olives by Carmelo Militano, published by Olive Press.

Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher

** A Great Restlessness: The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen by Faith Johnston, published by University of Manitoba Press.
- Released by Margaret Macpherson, published by Signature Editions.
- Winnipeg Modern: Architecture 1945 to 1975, edited by Serena Keshavjee, published by University of Manitoba Press.

Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award

- St. John's College: The Origins of Higher Education in Western Canada by J.M. Bumsted, published by University of Manitoba Press.
- Queen of Diamonds by Catherine Hunter, published by Turnstone Press.
** Winnipeg Modern: Architecture 1945 to 1975, edited by Serena Keshavjee, published by University of Manitoba Press.
- Winnipeg Connection: Writing Lives at Mid-Century, edited by Birk Sproxton, published by Prairie Fire Press.
- Beautiful Girl Thumb by Melissa Steele, published by Turnstone Press.

Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction

- Where the Rocks Say Your Name by Brenda Hasiuk, published by Thistledown Press.
- The Moonlit Cage by Linda Holeman, published by Headline Publishers (UK)/McArthur Co.
- Queen of Diamonds by Catherine Hunter, published by Turnstone Press.
** Beautiful Girl Thumb by Melissa Steele, published by Turnstone Press.

Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction

- Gabriel Dumont: Memoirs edited and annotated by Denis Combet, English translation by Lise Gaboury-Diallo, published by Les Éditions du Blé.
** A Great Restlessness: The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen by Faith Johnston, published by University of Manitoba Press.
- In Their Own Voices: Building Urban Aboriginal Communities by Jim Silver with Parvin Ghorayshi, Joan Hay, Darlene Klyne, Peter Gorzen, Cyril Keeper, Michael MacKenzie and Freeman Simard, published by Fernwood Publishing.
- Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955 by Darlene Coward Wight, published by the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Lansdowne Prize for Poetry

** Time out of Mind by Laurie Block, published by Oolichan Books.
- Poste restante: cartes poétiques du Sénégal by Lise Gaboury-Diallo, published by Les Éditions du Blé.
- A Curious Beatitude by Sarah Klassen, published by The Muses' Company, an imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford.

Le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault

- CKSB, la radio du Petit-Canada: une emission radiographique by Bernard Bocquel, published by Les Éditions du Blé.
** Manguiers têtus by Bathélemy Bolivar, published by Les Éditions du Blé.
- La seconde moitié by Janis Locas, published by Éditions Hurtubise HMH.

Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award

- Arthur Adamson: A Celebration, interior and cover design by Francis V. Kaczoroski (Central Park Productions Ltd.), illustrations by Arthur Adamson, published by J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing.
- A Daytrippers Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada's Undiscovered Province, interior and cover design by Relish Design Studio Inc., Illustrations by Relish Design Studio Inc./various, published by Great Plains publications.
** Going Downtown: A History of Winnipeg's Portage Avenue, interior and cover design by Relish Design Studio Inc., illustrations by Relish Design Studio Inc., published by Great Plains publications.
- Warehouse Fifteen, interior and cover design by Evan Marnoch and Zach Pauls, illustrations and photos various, published by Warehouse Journal.
- The Winnipeg Connection: Writing Lives at Mid-Century, interior design by Tétro Design, cover design by Mike Newton and Paul Tétrault, cover photo by Robert E. Wanner, published by Prairie Fire Press.

Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award

- Do Unto Otters and Other Bedtime Stories, illustrations by Sheldon Dawson, interior and cover design by Rhiannon Lynch, published by Pemmican Publications.
** Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955, photographs by Ernest Mayer, interior and cover design by Frank Reimer, published by the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
- In Search of Ancient British Columbia, photographs and illustrations from various contributors, interior and cover design by Dawn Huck, published by Heartland Associates Inc.
- Warehouse Fifteen, illustrations and photos various, interior and cover design by Evan Marnoch and Zach Pauls, published by Warehouse Journal.

For more information, please contact:
Jamis Paulson, Programming and Outreach Director
Manitoba Writers' Guild Inc., 206-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, MB. R3B 1H3
(204) 942-5273; toll free (888) 637-5802; e-mail programming@mbwriter.mb.ca

Nominees and winners are selected by juries comprised of members of Canada's literary community. The administrators gratefully acknowledge the support of the CanWest Global Foundation, The Manitoba Foundation for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, Manitoba Culture, Heritage, and Tourism, the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council, The Winnipeg Foundation and Friesens.

Brave New Words: the Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards are co-produced by the Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers.

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