Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book Winners

The Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book is presented annually to a Manitoba writer whose first professionally-published English- language book is deemed the best written.

Updated April 30, 2024
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Shelterbelts
Dyck, Jonathan
Progress isn't always a straight line.When a non-denominational megachurch opens on the edges of a rural Mennonite community, a quiet--but longstanding battle--begins to reveal itself. For years, the traditionalists in the community have held fast to the values and beliefs they grew up with,...
Surviving the city
Spillett, Tasha
Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban landscape--they're so close, they even completed their Berry Fast together. However, when Dez's grandmother becomes too sick, Dez is told she can't stay...
The secret of the jade bangle
Trinh, Linda
"Engaging and empowering." --STARRED review, Nonstop Reader A charming early chapter book series that explores Vietnamese culture and identity through the eyes of the Nguyen siblings, with elements of the supernatural, spirituality, and social justice woven in.  Organized and...
An ordinary decent criminal
Van Rooy, Michael
Not since Jack Reacher has there been such a quickthinking, hard-edged antihero who readers will root for against all odds All recovering drug addict and reformed thief Montgomery Haaviko wants to do is settle down with his wife and baby in their new home and work on building a straight life, one...

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