The 2012 Manitoba Book Awards Shortlists is announced by the Manitoba Writers’ Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers for books published in 2011. On April 28, 2012, the 2012 Awards will be presented at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain to be hosted by Drek Daa. Cocktails are at 7:00 p.m., with the ceremony beginning at 8:00 p.m. The free is open to the public.

Bandit: A Portrait of Ken Leishman by Wayne Tefs received nominations for Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year.

The shortlists and recipients are selected by a variety of juries, comprised of writers, publishers and other book industry personnel from across Canada.

via mbwriter.mb.ca