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English and MFA in Writing Grads up for 2018 Saskatchewan Book Awards

Posted on 2018-02-16 in News, MFA in Writing News



Congratulations to the English and MFA in Writing graduates who were recently shortlisted for 2018 Sask Book Awards:

Stay by Katherine Lawrence (MFA in Writing '17) , published by Coteau Books, is nominated for the Saskatchewan Arts Board Poetry Award and the Children's Literature Award.

nipê wânîn by Mika Lafond (MFA in Writing '14), published by Thistledown Press, is nominated for the City of Saskatoon and Public Library Saskatoon Book Award.

#IndianLovePoems by Tenille K. Campbell (BA '07, current English PhD student), published by Signature Editions, is nominated for the Rasmussen, Rasmussen & Charowsky Indigenous Peoples' Writing Award and the O'Reilly Insurance and the Co-operators First Book Award.

The Bus by Adam Pottle (PhD '16), published by Quattro Books, is nominated for the Regina Public Library Book of the Year Award and the Muslims for Peace and Justice Fiction Award.

Also, English Professor Emeritus and MFA in Writing mentor David Carpenter is also nominated for the Regina Public Library Book of the Year Award for his novel The Gold, published by Coteau Books.

To see the full list of nominees, visit the Sask Book Awards website.

The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremont on Saturday, April 28 at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina. Tickets are now on sale for the event.


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