Manitoba Book Awards Shortlists Announced!

The much anticipated Manitoba Book Award shortlists has been released. Among the many fantastic Manitoba books are a number of excellent UMP titles from the past year.

We’re pleased to note that UMP authors got eight MBA nominations in five categories.

Here is a breakdown of the nominations by category:

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

Indigenous Women, Work, and History: 1940–1980
by Mary Jane Logan McCallum

The Patriotic Consensus: Unity, Morale, and the Second World War in Winnipeg
by Jody Perrun

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

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

The Patriotic Consensus: Unity, Morale, and the Second World War in Winnipeg
by Jody Perrun

3) Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book

Indigenous Women, Work, and History
by Mary Jane Logan McCallum

The Patriotic Consensus: Unity, Morale, and the Second World War in Winnipeg
by Jody Perrun

4) 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, cover design by Mike Carroll, interior design by Jessica Koroscil

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

Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk
Transliterated and translated by Bernard Saladin d’Anglure, translated from French by Peter Frost

The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at the Marlborough Hotel (331 Smith Street). See you there?