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Winnipeg Author Michael Kaan’s THE WATER BEETLES Wins Two Manitoba Book Awards, Including McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award
On Friday, June 15, 2018, at the 30th annual Manitoba Book Awards gala in Winnipeg, Michael Kaan was announced the winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year for his debut novel, The Water Beetles.
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Michael Kaan’s THE WATER BEETLES Shortlisted for Three Manitoba Book Awards
Winnipeg author Michael Kaan has been shortlisted for three Manitoba Book Awards: the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book, and the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award.
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Powered by Love and SakKijâjuk Shortlisted for Best Atlantic Published Book Award
Today, the Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association announced the shortlist for the 2018 Best Atlantic Published Book Award, which recognizes excellence in Atlantic Canadian publishing. Of the five finalists, two titles published by Goose Lane Editions are being recognized for their excellence:
- Powered by Love: A Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa by Joanna Henry, with Ilana Landsberg-Lewis and Alexis MacDonald
- SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut by Heather Igloliorte.
SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut wins the CMA Award of Outstanding Achievement in Education
The Canadian Museums Association honoured the achievements of museum professionals at its 2018 national conference in Vancouver, BC. Among the Outstanding Achievement award recipients was Heather Igloliorte’s SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut, jointly published by Goose Lane Editions and the Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador, winning the award in the Education category.
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Canadian Author Michael Kaan Selected for Walter Scott Prize Academy’s 2018 ‘Recommended’ List
Winnipeg author Michael Kaan has been selected for the Walter Scott Prize Academy’s list of twenty recommended historical novels published in the last year across the UK, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries. His debut novel, The Water Beetles, is one of four Canadian novels that made the list.
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