The Association for Manitoba Archives has awarded one of the 6th annual Manitoba Day Awards to Joe Mackintosh for his book Andy De Jarlis, The Life and Music of an Old-Time Fiddler.  Congratulations Joe!  A good time for the Red River Jig!

Gail Sidonie Sobat’s Chance to Dance for You was runner-up at the White Pine Awards!  In very good company as one of three finalists (with Kelley Armstrong and Moira Young of Doubleday) we’re so proud Gail.  Congratulations!

The 24th annual Manitoba Book Awards named W.P. Kinsella’s Butterfly Winter Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher (Mary Scorer Award)!  The McNally Roninson Book for Young People Award (older category) went to Colleen Nelson for her first book Tori by Design.  Watch for Colleen’s second book, The Fall from Great Plains Teen Fiction next spring!

Congratulations Bill and Colleen!

Congratulations to Cameron Dueck who just completed his national tour for a wonderful book about a challenging voyage; The New Northwest Passage.  Cameron will be returning to Canada in June, a trip that will include a Gimli launch at Tergesen’s.  Don’t miss your chance to hear Cameron’s presentation about this 4 month yachting adventure!

Great Plains Teen Fiction has seen 3 successful launches this month.  It all started with Brenda Hammond and Cape Town on April 14th at Chapters in Ottawa, then Nelsa Roberto with The Break on April  20th at Type Books in Toronto.  Kevin Marc Fournier launched The Green-Eyed Queen of Suicide City on April 24th at McNally Robinson and we’re looking forward to another great event for Jocelyn Shipley when she launches How to Tend a Grave on May 24th at Ben McNally in Toronto.  Congratulations to all our 2012 YA authors who have written truly engaging novels.

Nicole Luiken’s Dreamfire is a finalist for the Golden Eagle Book Award!  The winner is to be announced on April 19th.  Congratulations Nicole!  And good luck!

Get a sneak peak at an exciting spring release from Great Plains Publications.

http://vimeo.com/37284478

The New Northwest Passage will be launched at McNally Robinson April 10th.

Our congratulations to W.P. Kinsella and Colleen Nelson whose books have both been shortlisted for Manitoba Book Awards.  Butterfly Winter for the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher and Tori by Design for the McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award in the older category.  We’ll be cheering for both on April 28th!

Congratulations to our award winning Alberta author Gail Sidonie Sobat!  Her most recent book Chance to Dance for You is on the long list for the 2012 Alberta Readers’ Choice Award.  Finalists will be announced in April with public voting beginning in May.  Best of luck Gail!