Bergen and Berry nominated for Manitoba Book Awards

By Westwood Creative ArtistsMarch 17, 2011News

Please join Westwood Creative Artists in congratulating WCA authors David Bergen and Michelle Berry, both shortlisted this week for the Manitoba Book Awards. Bergen’s The Matter with Morris, published by HarperCollins (Phyllis Bruce Books), was nominated for The Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award, while Berry’s I Still Don’t Even Know You, published by Turnstone Press, was nominated for the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher. The awards ceremony will be held on April 17^th.

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Bergen and Berry nominated for Manitoba Book Awards

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