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Three books with Manitoba connections are up for prizes in the coming months.
On March 4, McMaster University’s Wilson Institute for Canadian History revealed its three-book short list for the annual Wilson Institute Book Prize, awarded to the book “which best exemplifies the quest to place Canadian history in a transnational perspective.” Catherine Larochelle’s School of Racism: A Canadian History, 1830-1915, published by University of Manitoba Press, is among the trio of finalists for the prize, which will be awarded in late May.
To the west, meanwhile, a pair of books with Manitoba roots are up for prizes at the Saskatchewan Book Awards. The collaborative poetry collection Siteseeing, by Winnipeg poet Ariel Gordon and Saskatchewan’s Brenda Schmidt, is in the running for the top poetry award; the book was published in October 2023 by Winnipeg’s At Bay Press.
Shop Class Hall Pass: Facing the Buried Trauma of Sexual Assault, by American-born, Saskatoon-based Karin Martel and published by Winnipeg’s Signature Editions, is in the running for top non-fiction prize.
The Saskatchewan Book Awards will be presented on May 3 in Regina. For a complete list of nominees see wfp.to/jQc.
A bevy of book launches at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location this coming week can only mean one thing — spring book tour season has begun in earnest.
U.K.-born, Canada-raised Kazim Ali, now a professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego, will be at McNally Robinson on Wednesday at 7 p.m. to read from and discuss his latest book Sukun: New and Selected Poems, published by Goose Lane in September 2023. He’ll be joined at the launch by Winnipeg author Jenny Heijun Wills.
On Thursday at 7 p.m., Free Press investigative reporter Katrina Clarke will play host to Trent University’s Mandi Gray, who will launch Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law (UBC Press). The book explores how defamation suits have been used to silence those who disclose sexual violence.
Then on Friday at 7 p.m., Winnipeg art and architectural historian Marieke Gruwel launches Manitoba Women in Design, presented the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation. The book details the contributions of women to the province’s built landscape — as designers, planners, architects and more.
The Friends of the Winnipeg Public Library are ringing in spring with a two-day book sale at the St. James Civic Centre (2055 Ness Ave.).
The Big Book Sale, one of the Friends’ primary fundraising events, takes place April 6-7 from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre. They’re still looking for donations; books, DVDs, CDs and LPs can be dropped off at any Winnipeg Public Library branch.
For more on the book sale see wfp.to/jQM.
Alicia Elliott’s novel And Then She Fell is the lone Canadian title on this year’s 16-book long list for the U.K. Women’s Prize for Fiction.
The Brantford, Ont.-based Haudenosaunee writer’s novel, published in Canada in September 2023, is in contention for the £30,000 prize (about C$51,600) along with, among others, Anne Enright, Kate Foster, Peace Adzo Medie and Maya Binyam.
The Women’s Prize for Fiction short list will be revealed April 24, and the winner announced on June 13. To browse the full long list visit wfp.to/jQN.
CBC’s Canada Reads has a new winner — The Future by Montreal’s Catherine Leroux (translated by Susan Ouriou).
The Future, published in September 2023 by Biblioasis, was championed on Canada Reads by Montreal author (and 2007 winner) Heather O’Neill. Leroux’s book beat out 2019’s Shut Up You’re Pretty by Téa Mutonji (championed by actor Kudakwashe Rutendo) in the final round of the elimination-style show on March 7.
The winner of Canada Reads typically sees a significant bump in sales, as was evidenced by last year’s winner, Kate Beaton’s 2022 graphic novel Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.
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Ben Sigurdson
Literary editor, drinks writer
Ben Sigurdson is the Free Press‘s literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly Free Press drinks column. He joined the Free Press full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014. Read more about Ben.
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Ben Sigurdson
Literary editor, drinks writer
Ben Sigurdson is the Free Press‘s literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly Free Press drinks column. He joined the Free Press full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014. Read more about Ben.
In addition to providing opinions and analysis on wine and drinks, Ben oversees a team of freelance book reviewers and produces content for the arts and life section, all of which is reviewed by the Free Press’s editing team before being posted online or published in print. It’s part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
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