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
Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands
edited by Sarah Carter & Patricia A. McCormack
Athabasca University Press
Community and Frontier: A Ukrainian Settlement in the Canadian Parkland
by John C. Lehr
University of Manitoba Press
Winnipeg Beach: Leisure and Courtship in a Resort Town, 1900-1967
by Dale Barbour
University of Manitoba Press
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
Ravenscraig
by Sandi Krawchenko Altner
Heartland Associates
Winnie the Bear
by Mary Anne Appleby
Dominion Street Publishing
The Home Front: Hopscotch and Heartache While Daddy was at War
by Margaret Dennis Owen
Heartland AssociatesKeep True: A Life in Politics
by Howard Pawley
University of Manitoba PressMore information on this book here
Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman
by Wayne Tefs
Turnstone Press
The Manitoba Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship of its
Margaret McWilliams Awards by Friesens Corporation of Altona, Manitoba.
Posted: 7 March 2012, updated 10 June 2023
