Margaret McWilliams Award
2008 Short Lists

The following are the 2008 short lists for Margaret McWilliams Awards, named in honour of writer Margaret McWilliams.

Readings from short-listed books will be given on Wednesday, 8 April 2009, at 7:00 PM, at McNally-Robinson Booksellers (Polo Park). All are welcome to attend.

Winners will be announced on 19 April 2009 at a ceremony at the Dalnavert Visitors Centre.

Categories:
Scholarly History | Local History | Popular History

Scholarly History	The Importance of Being Monogamous: Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada in 1915 by Sarah Carter University of Alberta Press More information on this book here. Lord Selkirk: A Life by J. M. Bumsted University of Manitoba Press More information on this book here. Keepers of the Record: The History of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives by Deidre Simmons McGill-Queens University Press More information on this book here.
Local History	Pauline Boutal: Destin d’artiste, 1894-1992 by Louise Duguay Les Éditions de Blé More information on this book here. Laurent Desjardins: Un sportif en politique by Bernard Bocquel Les Éditions du Blé More information on this book here.
Popular History	Ces pionnières de l’Ouest by Nadine Mackenzie Éditions des Plaines More information on this book here. Picturing Manitoba: Legacies of the Winnipeg Tribune by Russ Gourluck Great Plains Publications More information on this book here. Withershins by Susan Rocan Great Plains Teen Fiction More information on this book here. A Son of the Fur Trade: The Memoirs of Johnny Grant by John Francis Grant, edited by Gerhard J. Ens University of Alberta 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: 24 March 2009

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