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Here All Classes of Winnipeggers Could Relax and Rejuvenate in Idyllic and Arcadian Surroundings Greatmeans Great Plains Books! Spring 2019 greatplains.mb.ca 1 1 Great Plains Publications Non-Fiction ......... page 3 Yellow Dog ....................................................... page 9 Enfield & Wizenty ............................................ page 15 GREAT PLAINS SELECT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES ALBERTA BOOK AWARDS White Pine Award Selection MYRCA AWARDS Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley Finalist: Morven and the Horse Clan Winner: Godless But Loyal to Heaven by Jan Andrews by Luanne Armstrong by Richard Van Camp The Fall by Colleen Nelson Finalist: Withershins by Susan Rocan Howard O’Hagen Chance to Dance for You MOONBEAM AWARD – Short Story Award by Gail Sidonie Sobat YOUNG ADULT FICTION Finalist: 7 Ways to Sunday Silver Birch Award Selection Gold Medal Winner: The Silent by Lee Kvern Juliana and the Medicine Fish Summer of Kyle McGinley Robert Kroetsch City by Jake MacDonald by Jan Andrews of Edmonton Book Prize HIGH PLAINS BOOK Gold Medal Winner: The Green-Eyed Winner: Night Moves AWARDS Queen of Suicide City by Richard Van Camp Winner: Madder Carmine by Kevin Marc Fournier ALBERTA READERS’ by Tyler Enfield Gold Medal Winner: How to Tend a Grave by Jocelyn Shipley CHOICE AWARD MANITOBA HISTORICAL Gold Medal Winner: Black Bottle Man Finalist: Art Lessons by Katherine SOCIETY MARGARET by Craig Russell Koller MCWILLIAMS AWARD Gold Medal Winner: Gravity Journal Finalist: Gatekeeper by Natasha Deen FOR POPULAR HISTORY by Gail Sidonie Sobat Finalist: Chance to Dance for You Winner: Silver Screens on the Silver Medal Winner: Jamie’s Got a by Gail Sidonie Sobat Prairie by Russ Gourluck Gun by Gail Sidonie Sobat Winner: The Mosaic Village BC READERS’ Silver Medal Winner: Morven and the by Russ Gourluck CHOICE AWARD Horse Clan by Luanne Armstrong Stellar Award MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS Silver Medal Winner: Signs of Martha Finalist: Gravity Journal Carol Shields Winnipeg by Sarah Raymond by Gail Sidonie Sobat Book Award Silver Medal Winner: Madder Red Cedar Award Winner: Stuck in the Middle by Carmine by Tyler Enfield Juliana and the Medicine Fish Bartley Kives and Bryan Scott Silver Medal Winner: Gatekeeper by Jake MacDonald McNally Robinson Book of the Year by Natasha Deen CANADIAN CHILDREN’S Winner: The House on Sugarbush Road ON THE SAME PAGE BOOK CENTRE by Méira Cook Winner: The Lucky Ones Our Choice Selection McNally Robinson Book by Anne Mahon Black Bottle Man by Craig Russell for Young People Award Finalist: Stuck in the Middle Withershins by Susan Rocan Winner: The Fall by Colleen Nelson by Bartley Kives and Bryan Scott Gravity Journal by Gail Sidonie Sobat Winner: The Green-Eyed Queen of Finalist: The House on Sugarbush Road CLA Young Adult Book Award Suicide City by Kevin Marc Fournier by Méira Cook Winner: Tori by Design Finalist: The Silent Summer of Finalist: Black Bottle Man by Colleen Nelson Kyle McGinley by Jan Andrews by Craig Russell Mary Scorer Award for Winner: Juliana and the Medicine Fish DANUTA GLEED Best Manitoba Book by Jake MacDonald LITERARY AWARD Winner: Butterfly Winter RELIT AWARD Finalist: The Light That Remains by W.P. Kinsella by Lyse Champagne Shortlist: Hello, Sweetheart Best Illustrated Book by Elaine McCluskey FOREST OF READING of the Year Award Shortlist: Night Moves White Pine Award Honour Book Winner: 300 Years of Beer by Bill by Richard Van Camp Gravity Journal by Gail Sidonie Sobat Wright and Dave Craig SYRCA AWARDS Winner: The Fall by Colleen Nelson Finalist: Hannah and the Magic Eye by Tyler Enfield 2 greatplains.mb.ca3 NON-FICTION GREAT PLAINS PUBLICATIONS GREAT PLAINS PUBLICATIONS IS A NON-FICTION PUBLISHER SPECIALIZING IN PRAIRIE HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 2 greatplains.mb.ca3 Assiniboine Park Designing and Developing a People’s Playground David Spector 978-1-77337-012-5, $29.95 Trade paper, 8.5x10, 240 pages Marketing Plan: Local review mailing, online marketing and promotion, author participation in interviews, readings, holiday advertising buys. n 1904, Assiniboine Park was conceived as a people’s playground, a place devoid of commercial amusements Iwhere all classes of Winnipeggers could relax and rejuvenate in idyllic and Arcadian surroundings. The book traces the development of the park and its infrastructure – the layout of fields, forests and gardens, the two pavilions, the conservatories and the zoo – and how this corresponded with an ever-evolving Winnipeg. It explains the actions, conflicts and arguments of a colourful cast of politicians and bureaucrats who made the park what it is today. The story of Assiniboine Park is told within the wider context of the evolution of urban parks in Canada and the United States. “David Spector has fashioned a compelling, exclusive, highly readable account of Assiniboine Park’s rich, century- plus history. Vintage and contemporary illustrations complement his narrative. Combing through archives, he has uncovered intriguing, amusing, little-known details and scandalous sidebars. From drawing board concept to today’s ongoing makeover, Assiniboine Park hasn’t stopped changing. Herein the untold story.”—Rod Gaskell, retired City of Ottawa administrator, radio broadcaster & June judge DAVID SPECTOR is a retired Winnipeg-based historian and former Parks Canada research manager. He has published numerous articles and reports throughout his career, primarily focusing in the history of Western Canada. Having a life-long interest in the subject, he researched and wrote Assiniboine Park as a retirement pastime. He also leads hikes and historical walks for Nature Manitoba. ISBN 978-1-77337-012-5 9 7 8 1 7 7 3 3 7 0 1 2 5 4 5 More Abandoned Manitoba Rivers, Rails, and Ruins Gordon Goldsborough 978-1-77337-002-6, $35.00, 264 pages Armed with a drone and a deep curiosity about local history, Gordon Goldsborough follows up the runaway success of 2016’s Abandoned Manitoba with even more compelling abandoned sites from across the province. 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