McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
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The McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award is associated with Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards
and was established in 1988. It is presented to the Manitoba writer whose adult English language book is judged the best written. The author receives a cash award of $5,000, donated by McNally Robinson
Booksellers.
Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards
Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards is a gala, held annually in April in Winnipeg, Manitoba, celebrating the best of Manitoban publishing from the previous year...
and was established in 1988. It is presented to the Manitoba writer whose adult English language book is judged the best written. The author receives a cash award of $5,000, donated by McNally Robinson
McNally Robinson
McNally Robinson Booksellers is a family-operated chain of Canadian independent bookstores founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1981. It is managed by Holly and Paul McNally and their daughter Victoria .- Overview :...
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Winners
- 1988 — Jan Horner, Recent Mistakes
- 1989 — Kristjana GunnarsKristjana GunnarsKristjana Gunnars is an Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist. Her volumes of poetry include Settlement Poems, which focuses on 19th century Icelandic settlers in Manitoba, and One-Eyed Moon Maps.-External links:...
, The Prowler - 1990 — Di BrandtDi BrandtDi Brandt is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Dionne Brand.-Biography:...
, Agnes in the sky - 1991 — Margaret SweatmanMargaret SweatmanMargaret Sweatman is a Canadian writer.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sweatman was educated at the University of Winnipeg, Concordia University and Simon Fraser University....
, Fox - 1992 — Sandra BirdsellSandra BirdsellSandra Louise Birdsell, CM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer of Métis and Mennonite heritage....
, The Chrome Suite - 1993 — Carol ShieldsCarol ShieldsCarol Ann Shields, CC, OM, FRSC, MA was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.-Biography:Shields was born in Oak Park, Illinois...
, The Stone Diaries - 1994 — Patrick FriesenPatrick FriesenPatrick Frank Friesen is a Canadian author. He has written many works, from poetry to stage plays. He began his works in 1970, writing books of poetry. This Canadian poet, who was born in Steinbach, Manitoba, studied at the University of Manitoba. While there, he received a Bachelor of Arts ...
, Blasphemer's Wheel - 1995 — Victoria Jason, Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak
- 1996 — David BergenDavid BergenDavid Bergen is a Canadian novelist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has published six novels and one collection of short stories since 1993...
, A Year of Lesser - 1997 — Catherine HunterCatherine HunterCatherine Hunter is a Canadian poet, novelist, editor, professor and critic.Hunter received a BA from the University of Winnipeg and an MA and PhD from the University of Victoria...
, Latent Heat - 1998 — Miriam ToewsMiriam ToewsMiriam Toews is a Canadian writer of Mennonite descent. She grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba and has lived in Montreal and London, before settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She moved to Toronto in 2009....
, A Boy of Good Breeding - 1999 — Gordon Sinclair, Jr., Cowboys and Indians
- 2000 — Miriam ToewsMiriam ToewsMiriam Toews is a Canadian writer of Mennonite descent. She grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba and has lived in Montreal and London, before settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She moved to Toronto in 2009....
, Swing Low: A Life - 2001 — Margaret Sweatman, When Alice Lay Down With Peter
- 2002 — Jake MacDonaldJake MacDonaldJake MacDonald is a Canadian author who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Over twenty-five years he has produced eight books of both fiction and non-fiction and several hundred stories for many of Canada’s leading publications, including the Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic, Macleans, Cottage Life,...
, Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country - 2003 — Armin WiebeArmin WiebeArmin Wiebe is a Canadian novelist of Mennonite descent born in Altona, Manitoba.Wiebe has written numerous humorous novels about Mennonites including The Salvation of Yasch Siemens, "Murder in Gutenthal", and "The Second Coming of Yeeat Shpanst". In 1984, he was shortlisted for the Stephen...
, Tatsea - 2004 — Miriam ToewsMiriam ToewsMiriam Toews is a Canadian writer of Mennonite descent. She grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba and has lived in Montreal and London, before settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She moved to Toronto in 2009....
, A Complicated KindnessA Complicated KindnessA Complicated Kindness is a novel by Canadian author Miriam Toews.Originally published in 2004 by Knopf Canada, it was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English Fiction, and was nominated for the Giller Prize. It spent over a year on the Canadian bestseller lists... - 2005 — David BergenDavid BergenDavid Bergen is a Canadian novelist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has published six novels and one collection of short stories since 1993...
, The Time in Between - 2006 — Faith Johnston, A Great Restlessness: The Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen
- 2008 — Wayne TefsWayne TefsWayne Tefs is a Canadian novelist, critic, and anthologist.-Personal life:Tefs lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with his wife, Kristen Wittman and son, Andrew. He was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, the middle of three children, to Armin and Stella Tefs, and grew up in Northwestern Ontario...
, Be Wolf: A True Account of the Survival of Reinhold Kaletsch - 2010 - Allan LevineAllan LevineAllan Levine is a Canadian author from Winnipeg, Manitoba, known mainly for his award-winning non-fiction and historical mystery writing. As of 2004, Levine teaches history at St...
,Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba - 2011 — Dora DueckDora DueckDora Dueck is a Canadian writer and editor. She is the author of Under the Still Standing Sun and the co-editor of Northern Lights: An Anthology of Contemporary Christian Writing in Canada...
, This Hidden Thing