George Amabile
George Amabile has published ten books and has had his work published in over a hundred national and international venues. He has won awards in the CAA National Prize, the CBC Literary Competition, the Petra Kenney International Competition and the MAC national poetry contest, and the National Magazine Awards. His most recent publications are a long poem, Dancing, with Mirrors and Small Change, both of which won Bressani Awards. Amabile lives in Winnipeg.
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Signature Editions Highlighted at McNally Robinson
Posted on: Wednesday, July 5, 2023
McNally Robinson Booksellers currently has a display highlighting several Signature Editions titles. This display is part of McNally Robinson’s ongoing celebration of work from Manitoba publishers, co-presented with the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers.
Operation Stealth Seed wins the 2020 Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction
Posted on: Friday, May 15, 2020
The winners of the 2020 Manitoba Book Awards have been announced! Congratulations to George Amabile for winning the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction! Due to COVID-19 restrictions an awards gala is impossible this year, so instead the Manitoba Book Awards is celebrating the winners via social media.
Robert J. Young and George Amabile shortlisted for 2020 Michael Van Rooy Award
Posted on: Friday, April 17, 2020
Robert J. Young's Another Spy for Paris and George Amabile's Operation Stealth Seed have been shortlisted for the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction.
George Amabile’s Martial Music wins Bressani
Posted on: Saturday, October 20, 2018
George Amabile has won the 2018 F.G. Bressani Literary Prize for his poetry collection Martial Music.
Martial Music shortlisted for the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry
Posted on: Friday, March 24, 2017
We are excited to share that the 2017 Manitoba Book Awards has nominated Martial Music by George Amabile for the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry!
Martial Music by George Amabile on the McNally Robinson Bestseller List!
Posted on: Thursday, April 28, 2016
George Amabile's latest poetry collection, Martial Music, was listed on the McNally Robinson Bestseller List for the week of April 27th!