W.P. Kinsella wins E&W book prize, publication

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CANADIAN writer W.P. Kinsella's first novel since 1998 has won Winnipeg publisher Enfield & Wizenty's second annual Colophon Prize and will be released in September.

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CANADIAN writer W.P. Kinsella’s first novel since 1998 has won Winnipeg publisher Enfield & Wizenty’s second annual Colophon Prize and will be released in September.

Butterfly Winter is “an extraordinary and entertaining blend of baseball yarn, magic realism, and political satire, from a master storyteller” Maurice Mierau, E & W’s editor, said in a news release.

The novel recounts the story of twins whose divine destiny for baseball includes games of catch in the womb.

The literary imprint of Great Plains Publications, E & W offers a $5,000 advance for the best novel or story collection that combines literary and commercial appeal.

The two Colophon finalists also due for publication this fall are novelists Nerys Parry with Man and Other Natural Disasters and Sarah Dearing with The Art of Sufficient Conclusions.

Last year’s inaugural winner was Ontario author Michelle Berry’s novel This Book Will Not Save Your Life.

Kinsella is best known for his 1982 novel, Shoeless Joe, which was adapted into the Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams in 1989.

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CANADIAN writer W.P. Kinsella's first novel since 1998 has won Winnipeg publisher Enfield & Wizenty's second annual Colophon Prize and will be released in September.

Butterfly Winter is "an extraordinary and entertaining blend of baseball yarn, magic realism, and political satire, from a master storyteller" Maurice Mierau, E & W's editor, said in a news release.

The novel recounts the story of twins whose divine destiny for baseball includes games of catch in the womb.

The literary imprint of Great Plains Publications, E & W offers a $5,000 advance for the best novel or story collection that combines literary and commercial appeal.

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