Two Manitoba books up for Dafoe prize
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The short list for the 2025 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize has been announced, with two Manitoba-published books making the group of five finalists.
The prize, named for the journalist who was editor of the Manitoba Free Press (later the Winnipeg Free Press) from 1901 to 1944, is given to an author for a book of non-fiction about Canada, Canadians and the nation in international affairs. This year marks the 41st anniversary of the prize.
In contention for the $12,000 prize:
- Mark Bourrie for Crosses in the Sky: Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia;
- Crystal Gail Fraser for By Strength, We Are Still Here: Indigenous Peoples and Indian Residential Schooling in Inuvik, Northwest Territories;
- Winnipeg’s Gerald Friesen for The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman;
- Ken McGoogan for Shadows of Tyranny: Defending Democracy in an Age of Dictatorship;
- and Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh for Reconciling History: A Story of Canada.
Both By Strength, We Are Still Here and The Honourable John Norquay were published by the University of Manitoba Press.
The winner of the 2025 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize will be announced Oct. 14; jurors for this year’s prize were Dale Barbour, Patricia Bovey and Gregory Mason.