Margaret McWilliams Award: 2011 Short Lists

The following are the 2011 short lists for Margaret McWilliams Awards, one of the oldest literary awards in Canada, named in honour of writer Margaret McWilliams. Books nominated for this award have been published in the 2011 calendar year.

Readings from short-listed books will be given on Thursday, 3 May 2012, 7:00 PM at McNally-Robinson Booksellers Grant Park. All are invited to attend this free event.

Winners will be announced on Manitoba Day 2012 (12 May) and presented at Dalnavert Museum on Saturday, 9 June 2012 at 1:00 PM during the Annual General Meeting of the Manitoba Historical Society.

Categories:
Scholarly History | Local History | Popular History

Scholarly History	Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands edited by Sarah Carter & Patricia A. McCormack Athabasca University Press More information on this book here Community and Frontier: A Ukrainian Settlement in the Canadian Parkland by John C. Lehr University of Manitoba Press More information on this book here
Local History	Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967 by Dale Barbour University of Manitoba Press More information on this book here With Love to You All, Bogga S: Stories and Letters from the Remarkable Life of Sigurbjorg Stefansson by Audrhea Lande Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing Much Ado About Squat: Squatters and Homesteaders Ravage Riding Mountain Forest by Ron Stevens Heartland Associates
Popular History	Ravenscraig by Sandi Krawchenko Altner Heartland Associates More information on this book here Winnie the Bear by Mary Anne Appleby Dominion Street Publishing More information on this book here The Home Front: Hopscotch and Heartache While Daddy was at War by Margaret Dennis Owen Heartland Associates Keep True: A Life in Politics by Howard Pawley University of Manitoba Press More information on this book here   Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman by Wayne Tefs Turnstone Press More information on this book here

The Manitoba Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship of its
Margaret McWilliams Awards by Friesens Corporation of Altona, Manitoba.

Posted: 7 March 2012, updated 17 September 2014