Margaret McWilliams Award
2007 Short Lists

The following are the 2007 short lists for Margaret McWilliams Awards, named in honour of writer Margaret McWilliams.

Readings from short-listed books will be given on Tuesday, 15 April 2008, at 7:00 PM, at McNally-Robinson Booksellers, 1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg. All are welcome to attend.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony at St. Johns College (University of Manitoba, Fort Garry Campus) on Sunday, 27 April 2008, at 2:00 PM, with a reception to follow. All are welcome to attend.

Categories:
Scholarly History | Local History | Popular History

Scholarly History	Essential Song: Three Decades of Northern Cree Music by Lynn Whidden Wilfrid Laurier University Press More information on this book here. Imagined Homes: Soviet German Immigrants in Two Cities by Hans Werner University of Manitoba Press More information on this book here. Influenza 1918: Disease, Death, and Struggle in Winnipeg by Esyllt Jones University of Toronto Press More information on this book here. Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade by Carolyn Podruchny University of Toronto Press More information on this book here.
Local History	A Glowing Dream: A Memoir by Roland Penner J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Lettres des tranchées: Correspondance de guerre de Lucien, Eugène et Aimé Kern, trois frères manitobains, soldats de l’armée française durant la Première Guerre mondiale by Lucien, Eugene & Aime Kern Letters chosen and presented by Claude de Moissac Les Éditions du Blé More information on this book here. A Place Out of Time by Alfred Silver Great Plains Publications More information on this book here. The University of Winnipeg, Volume II: The First Forty Years (1967-2007) by A. Gerald Bedford University of Winnipeg Press
Popular History	Arc of the Medicine Line: Mapping the World's Longest Undefended Border Across the Western Plains by Tony Rees Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group More information on this book here. Metis Legacy II: Michif Culture, Heritage and Folkways edited by Lawrence Barkwell, Leah M. Dorion & Audreen Hourie Gabriel Dumont Institute & Pemmican Publications More information on this book here. Quiet Revolution West: The Rebirth of Métis Nationalism by John Weinstein Fifth House Publishers 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: 26 March 2008, updated 11 December 2008

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