Notable books

Shop Class Hall Pass: Facing the Buried Trauma of Sexual Assault

Shop Class Hall Pass: Facing the Buried Trauma of Sexual Assault

  • Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher, Finalist
  • Saskatchewan Book Award for Non-Fiction, Finalist
This Side of Light: Selected Poems (1995-2020)

This Side of Light: Selected Poems (1995-2020)

  • Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher, Finalist
Exit Strategies

Exit Strategies

  • Finalist for the 2021 Danuta Gleed Literary Award
  • Finalist for the 2022 ReLit Award for Short Fiction
Searching for Signal

Searching for Signal

  • Finalist for the 2022 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
Permanent Tourists

Permanent Tourists

  • Shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award for Short Fiction
The Haweaters

The Haweaters

  • Shortlisted for the 2021 Fred Kerner Book Award
And We Shall Have Snow

And We Shall Have Snow

  • Shortlisted for the 2021 CWC Best Crime First Novel Award
  • Finalist for the 2021 WILLA Literary Award for Original Softcover Fiction
The Lost Cafeteria

The Lost Cafeteria

  • Winner of the 2022 Lansdowne Prize for Poetry
  • Longlisted for the 2021 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
Tablet Fragments

Tablet Fragments

  • Shortlisted for the 2021 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
  • Shortlisted for the 2023 Betty Averbach Foundation Prize for Poetry
  • Shortlisted for the 2021 Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book
  • Longlisted for the 2021 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
  • Longlisted for the 2021 Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry
  • Finalist for the 2022 Lansdowne Prize for Poetry
Reverberations: A Daughter’s Meditations on Alzheimer’s

Reverberations: A Daughter’s Meditations on Alzheimer’s

  • Shortlisted for the 2020 Louise de Kiriline Lawrence Award for Nonfiction
Home Game

Home Game

  • Finalist for the Expozine Alternative Press Award for Literary English
  • Finalist for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Operation Stealth Seed

Operation Stealth Seed

  • Winner of the 2020 Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction
Finding Callidora

Finding Callidora

  • Canadian Book Club Award for Fiction, Finalist
Salt and Ashes

Salt and Ashes

  • Winner of the 2020 Fred Kerner Book Award
  • Longlisted for the Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence in Poetry
Virga

Virga

  • Winner of the 2020 Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize
St. Boniface Elegies

St. Boniface Elegies

  • Winner of the 2020 Lansdowne Prize for Poetry
  • Finalist for the Governor General Literary Award for Poetry
  • Shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year
  • Finalist for the 2020 High Plains Poetry Book Award
Another Spy for Paris

Another Spy for Paris

  • Shortlisted for the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction
Paul Is Dead

Paul Is Dead

  • Shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year
  • Shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
Sea Over Bow: A North Atlantic Crossing

Sea Over Bow: A North Atlantic Crossing

  • Shortlisted for the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher
Body Work

Body Work

  • Finalist for the Fred Cogswell Award 2019
  • Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award
  • Shortlisted for the League of Canadian Poets Pat Lowther Memorial Award
Adagio For The Horizon

Adagio For The Horizon

  • Shortlisted for the Lansdowne Prize for Poetry
The Last Chance Ladies’ Book Club

The Last Chance Ladies’ Book Club

  • Winner of the High Plains Award for Best Book by a Woman Writer
  • Shortlisted for the Regina Public Library Book of the Year Award
  • Shortlisted for the City of Regina Book Award
  • Shortlisted for the Muslims for Peace and Justice Fiction Award
Spirit of a Hundred Thousand Dead Animals

Spirit of a Hundred Thousand Dead Animals

  • Finalist for The Manuela Dias Award for Best Book Design
#IndianLovePoems

#IndianLovePoems

  • Winner of the Rasmussen, Rasmussen and Charowsky Indigenous Peoples' Writing Award
  • Winner of the O'Reilly Insurance and The Co-operators First Book Award
  • Shortlisted for the Indigenous Voices Award for Most Significant Work of Poetry in English by an Emerging Indigenous Writer.
  • Shortlisted for Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher
  • Finalist for the 2018 WILLA Literary Award for Poetry
The Spanish Boy

The Spanish Boy

  • 2017 Manitoba Book Awards Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher—Winner
Off the Ropes: My Story

Off the Ropes: My Story

  • Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year Award Runner-up
  • John C. Maxwell Leadership Award
  • TJ's Gift Foundation Champion Award
Finding Home in the Promised Land: A Personal History of Homelessness and Social Exile

Finding Home in the Promised Land: A Personal History of Homelessness and Social Exile

  • Winner of the 2016 James H. Gray Award for Short Non-Fiction
Martial Music

Martial Music

  • Winner of the 2018 F.G. Bressani Literary Prize
The Back Channels

The Back Channels

  • New Brunswick's Alfred G. Bailey Prize for best poetry manuscript
  • Shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
  • Winner of the J.M. Abraham Poetry Award
After Light

After Light

  • Shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
  • Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
  • Shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year
  • Shortlisted for the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher
  • Shortlisted for the High Plains Award for Best Book by a Woman Writer
The Brink of Freedom

The Brink of Freedom

  • Page Turner Award, Longlisted
Electric Affinities

Electric Affinities

  • Shortlisted for the New Brunswick Book Award for Poetry
Blue Vengeance

Blue Vengeance

  • Shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award for fiction
  • Shortlisted for the Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction
Walls of a Mind

Walls of a Mind

  • Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel
Hat Girl

Hat Girl

  • Winner of the H.R. Percy Prize in the 33rd Atlantic Writing Competition
Tracks: Journeys in Time and Place

Tracks: Journeys in Time and Place

  • Nominated for the Creative Nonfiction Collective Readers' Choice Award
Nicolai’s Daughters

Nicolai’s Daughters

  • Page Turner Award, Finalist
Le soleil du lac qui se couche/The Setting Lake Sun (ebook)

Le soleil du lac qui se couche/The Setting Lake Sun (ebook)

  • Winner — On The Same Page
  • Winner — Prix Champlain
  • Winner — Prix Littéraire Rue-Deschambault
  • Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
  • Very Honourable Mention — John Glassco Translation Award
The Girl in the Wall

The Girl in the Wall

  • Winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
Body Trade

Body Trade

  • Winner of the NorthWords Prize
Sunny Dreams

Sunny Dreams

  • Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Finalist
Cherry Bites

Cherry Bites

  • Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
  • Shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
True Copies

True Copies

  • Winner of the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal
A Live Bird In Its Jaws

A Live Bird In Its Jaws

  • Winner of the Governor General's Award for Drama
Swimming Into The Light

Swimming Into The Light

  • Shortlisted for the QWF A.M. Klein Poetry Award
October

October

  • Shortlisted for the QWF A.M. Klein Poetry Award
Snow Formations

Snow Formations

  • Shortlisted for the QWF A.M. Klein Poetry Award
Satie’s Sad Piano

Satie’s Sad Piano

  • Shortlisted for the QWF A.M. Klein Poetry Award
  • Shortlisted for the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher
  • Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award
Selkirk Avenue

Selkirk Avenue

  • Shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Drama
Released

Released

  • Shortlisted for the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher
Perilous Departures

Perilous Departures

  • Shortlisted for the Mary Scorer for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Award
The Brevity of Red

The Brevity of Red

  • Shortlisted for the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer
  • Shortlisted for the Atlantic Poetry Award
  • Shortlisted for the Acorn-Plantos Award
From Fire to Flood: A History of Theatre in Manitoba

From Fire to Flood: A History of Theatre in Manitoba

  • Winner of the Manitoba Historical Society Margaret McWilliams Local History Award
  • Shortlisted for the Manitoba Historical Society Margaret McWilliams Popular History Award
  • Shortlisted for the Anne Saddlemyer Award
  • Shortlisted for the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book by a Manitoba Author
Latent Heat

Latent Heat

  • Winner of the Manitoba Book of the Year Award
In the First Early Days of My Death

In the First Early Days of My Death

  • Shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Fiction Award
  • Shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
The Dreams of Zoo Animals

The Dreams of Zoo Animals

  • Shortlisted for the QSPELL Fiction Award
Trains of Winnipeg

Trains of Winnipeg

  • Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
  • Shortlisted for the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer
Volta

Volta

  • Winner of the QWF A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Swimming Among the Ruins

Swimming Among the Ruins

  • Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award
  • Shortlisted for the ReLit Poetry Award
Blue: The Derek Jarman Poems

Blue: The Derek Jarman Poems

  • Winner of the MARTY Best Established Literary Arts Award
Tango on the Main

Tango on the Main

  • National Newspaper Award Winner
  • QSPELL Award finalist
Transcona Fragments

Transcona Fragments

  • Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
Arrowdreams

Arrowdreams

  • Aurora Award Winner
Black Teeth & Other North End Souvenirs

Black Teeth & Other North End Souvenirs

  • Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
Vetiver

Vetiver

  • Winner of the Governor General's Award for Translation
  • Winner of the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal
  • Winner of the Grand Prix du Festival International de La Poesie de Trois Rivieres
Blood Mother

Blood Mother

  • CAA Poetry Award finalist
  • Stephan G. Stephansson Poetry Prize finalist
Summer of My Amazing Luck: The Play

Summer of My Amazing Luck: The Play

  • Winner of the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Outstanding New Play Award
Radio & Other Miracles

Radio & Other Miracles

  • Winner of the Niagara Book Prize
The Yellowknife Journal

The Yellowknife Journal

  • Finalist for the Manitoba Book Design of the Year Award
The Setting Lake Sun

The Setting Lake Sun

  • Winner — On The Same Page
  • Winner — Prix Champlain
  • Winner — Prix Littéraire Rue-Deschambault
  • Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
  • Very Honourable Mention — John Glassco Translation Award
Z: A Meditation on Oppression, Desire and Freedom

Z: A Meditation on Oppression, Desire and Freedom

  • Winner of the Saskatchewan Book of the Year Award
  • Finalist for the Manitoba Book Design of the Year Award
Any Mail? and Other Stories

Any Mail? and Other Stories

  • Shortlisted for the John Glassco Translation Award
The Last Journey of Captain Harte

The Last Journey of Captain Harte

  • Shortlisted for the City of Regina Book Award
Still Lives

Still Lives

  • Shortlisted for the John Glassco Award From Four-Time GG Award Winner
Moving Day

Moving Day

  • Shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Award
  • Shortlisted for the City of Victoria Butler Book Award
Night Watch

Night Watch

  • Shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award
  • Upper Canada Writers' Craft Award Finalist
Dungenessque

Dungenessque

  • Winner of the Jewish Book Award for Poetry — Henry Fuerstenberg-Betty and Morris Aaron Award
Last Days of Montreal

Last Days of Montreal

  • Winner of the Journey Prize
All Pure Souls

All Pure Souls

  • Shortlisted for the QWF Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Spring Planting

Spring Planting

  • Winner of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild Literary Award
The Grand Hotel of Foreigners

The Grand Hotel of Foreigners

  • Prix Alain-Grandbois Winner
  • Grand Prix du Festivale de la Poesie Winner
Death in Cold Type

Death in Cold Type

  • Shortlisted for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
  • Shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Fiction Award
Theatre Without Borders

Theatre Without Borders

  • Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award finalist
The Hats of Mr. Zenobe

The Hats of Mr. Zenobe

  • Finalist — 4 Dora Awards
Any Day Now

Any Day Now

  • Shortlisted for the QWF Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
A Quiet Night and a Perfect End

A Quiet Night and a Perfect End

  • Named one of Quill & Quire's 10 Best Books of the Year
  • Heard on CBC Radio's "Between the Covers"
Blood is Blood

Blood is Blood

  • Winner of the ZEBRA International Poetry Film Festival, “Best Film for Tolerance”
Out of Grief, Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss

Out of Grief, Singing: A Memoir of Motherhood and Loss

  • Globe and Mail "My Book of The Year" Pick 2010
  • McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award Finalist
  • Alexander Isbister Award for Non-Fiction Finalist
Our Extraordinary Monsters

Our Extraordinary Monsters

  • Nominated for the National Magazine Award (Poetry) for the poem "Currency of Moments"
Solitaria

Solitaria

  • Nominated for the Giller Prize
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