Sask Book Awards feature U of R writers and publisher
The University of Regina's Canadian Plains Research Centre and several writers from the University have been named
finalists in nearly every category of the Saskatchewan Book Awards, which were announced this week.
The Book of the Year nominees include: With Skilful Hand: The Story of King David, written by U
of R president David Barnard and published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Starting from biblical stories and the
formal history about King David, Barnard builds a fictional account of the king's life as a series of letters from
biblical characters.
The First Book nominees include: Fishing Saskatchewan: An Angler's Guide to Provincial
Waters, written by Michael Snook and published by the Canadian Plains Research Centre.
The Poetry nominees include: Getting to Know You, written by Gerald Hill, Luther College
professor, and published by Spotted Cow Press.
The Regina Book Award nominees include: The Last Good Day, written by Gail Bowen, First Nations
University of Canada professor, and published by McLelland & Stewart, and The Gift of the Hawk, written by
Randy Lundy, First Nations University professor, and published by Coteau Books.
The Scholarly Writing nominees include: Gender, Kabbalah and the Reformation, written by Yvonne
Petry, Luther College professor, and published by Brill; and Hypocrisy: Ethical Investigations, written by
Béla Szaabados and Eldon Soifer, philosophy professors, and published by Broadview Press.
The Prix du Livre Français nominees include: Dans le pli des collines, written by Martine
Noël-Maw, an instructor for the Institut Français, and published by Editions de la nouvelle plume.
The Award for Publishing nominees include: Canadian Plains Research Centre, Alberta Premiers of the
Twentieth Century, Bradford J. Rennie, Ed. and Canadian Plains Research Centre, Water and Wetland Plants of the
Prairie Provinces, written by Heinjo Lahring.
The First Peoples Publishing nominees include: Coteau Books, The Gift of the Heart, by Randy
Lundy, First Nations University professor.
The Publishing in Education nominees include: Canadian Plains Research Centre, I Could Not Speak My
Heart: Education and Social Justice for Gay and Lesbian Youth, edited by James McNinch, director of the
University's Teaching Development Centre.
The winners will be announced at the Saskatchewan Book Awards gala on November 27, 2004. For more information about the
shortlist, call Joyce Wells, executive director of the Saskatchewan Book Awards, at (306) 569-1228.