Congratulations to Duff Roblin, author of Speaking for Myself: Politics and Other Pursuits, who was selected as the Greatest Manitoban by readers of the Winnipeg Free Press. Read all about it here.
It was a full house for the launch of Enfield & Wizenty and our first titles; Widows of Hamilton House by Christina Penner, 10 Things to Ask Yourself in Warsaw, by Barbara Romanik, and The Tristan Chord, by Bettina von Kampen on September 18th at McNally Robinson in Winnipeg. All three authors were in fine form and E & W editor Maurice Mierau was an able host. For those of you who missed the event, we will soon be posting video highlights.
Great Plains welcomes back Anita Daher. Anita, who was the Marketing Director in 2005 and 2006, joins us as Associate Editor Teen Fiction. She has worked in the book publishing industry for more than a decade, reviewing books, leading workshops, and writing young adult novels. Her fifth book, Two Foot Punch, was released in October.
People are talking about Enfield & Wizenty! The imprint was featured in both the Quill & Quire and in the Winnipeg Free Press this month. You can read all about it here.
WINNIPEG- Congratulations to Great Plains author Alfred Silver, who was honoured with the Manitoba Historical Society’s Margaret McWilliams Award for Local History on Sunday! The Margaret McWilliams Award, one of Canada’s oldest literary prizes, was instituted in 1955 as a memorial to Margaret S. McWilliams by her husband, former Lieutenant Governor Roland F. McWilliams. The purpose of the award is to encourage the study and interpretation of the history of Manitoba.
Silver’s A Place Out of Time is a gripping historical fiction set in the last days of the Red River Settlement. Told from the point of view of ordinary citizens, the story also brings to life key historical figures such as Louis Riel, Dr. John Christian Schultz, and Joseph Howe.
WINNIPEG — On November 5, 2007, Great Plains Publications unveiled the largest and most detailed book project ever undertaken in this province. More than three years in the making, and with a quarter-million dollar budget, the Encyclopedia of Manitoba is an 814-page information extravaganza.
All aspects of the province’s history, arts, politics, geography, business, nature and sports are explored in 2,000 entries and essays, each written by an expert Manitoban. From Cindy Klassen to K-Tel, Lord Selkirk to Louis Riel, Bothwell Cheese to Chip & Pepper…anything & everything of importance to Manitobans is celebrated within the Encyclopedia’s pages.
“What a great idea, an encyclopedia on just Manitoba,” says Corey Koskie, major league ballplayer and pride of Anola, Manitoba. “This will be a terrific resource for kids to learn about our province and for people who proudly call themselves Manitobans.”
Publisher Gregg Shilliday says there is still room for big reference books in this era of on-line resources. “Unlike Wikipedia, our articles are written by experts and signed by them. Our editors went through a difficult process deciding what makes it into the book and our writers were proud to sign their names to the pieces.”
The Encyclopedia of Manitoba is full-colour, hardcover, 814 pages and features more than a thousand photographs, paintings and maps.
