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Manitoba Book Awards Winners

Manitoba Book Awards Winners

By Press Staff | Date: June 12, 2023

Congratulations to all the Manitoba Book Award winners and nominees. The complete list of awards and winners can be found here.

Congratulations to the winning authors, artists, and designers of HighWater Press titles.

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Winner of the Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards, Graphic Novel is

Version Control
Vol. 2, The Reckoner Rises
by David A. Robertson
illustration by Scott B. Henderson
colour by Donovan Yaciuk
lettering by Andrew Thomas
cover & interior design by Jennifer Lum

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Co-winner of the Manitowapow Award

William Dumas
From the author
Písim Finds Her MiskanowAmo's SapotawanThe Gift of the Little People

David A. Robertson
From the author
When We Were AloneSugar Falls: A Residential School StoryWill I See?Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story, The Reckoner Trilogy (Strangers, MonstersGhosts), The Reckoner Rises (Breakdown, Version Control), The Evolution of Alice7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga, Tales From Big Spirit series (The Scout, The Rebel, The Ballad of Nancy April, The Poet, The Peacemaker, The Rebel, The Land of Os)

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Congratulations to Manitoba Book Awards nominated authors, artist, designers of Portage & Main Press|HighWater Press titles.

Shortlisted for Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards, Book Design

Resurgence: Engaging With Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions In and Beyond the Classroom
edited by Christine M’Lot & Katya Adamov Ferguson
cover illustration by Reanna Merasty
cover & interior design by Jennifer Lum

Teacher, Take Care: A Guide to Well-Being and Workplace Wellness for Educators
edited by Jennifer E. Lawson
cover design by Jennifer Lum
interior design by Relish New Brand Experience

Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education
by Jo Chrona
cover illustration by Jo Chrona & JasonFields
cover & interior design by Jennifer Lum

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Shortlisted for Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards, Graphic Novel

Giju’s Gift
by Brandon Mitchell
illustration by Veronika Barinova
lettering by Britt Wilson
cover & interior design by Jennifer Lum

Road Allowance Era
Vol. 4, A Girl Called Echo
by katherena vermette
illustration by Scott B. Henderson
colouring by Donovan Yaciuk
cover & interior design by Relish New Brand Experience

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Shortlisted for Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher

Dancing With Our Ancestors
Book 4, Sk'ad'a Stories
by Sara Florence Davidson & Robert Davidson
cover & illustration by Janine Gibbons
cover & interior design by Jennifer Lum

Resurgence: Engaging With Indigenous Narratives and Cultural Expressions In and Beyond the Classroom
edited by Christine M’Lot & Katya Adamov Ferguson
cover illustration by Reanna Merasty
cover & interior design by Jennifer Lum

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Shortlisted for McNally Robinson Book for Young People, Older Category

The Gift of the Little People
by William Dumas
illustration by Rhian Brynjolson