Once again Turnstone Press titles have been named to a number of "Best of 2011" lists. We're delighted to see that readers have been enjoying our books as much as we do. So without further ado!
Wayne Tefs' docu-fiction about the flying bandit Ken Leishman, aptly titled Bandit proved to be the topselling fiction book by a Manitoban in 2011. Similarly, Robert Sweeney's sketches of Winnipeg in Portraits of Winnipeg: The River City in Pen and Ink was the fifth most popular seller at Winnipeg's leading independent bookseller.
Janice MacDonald's Hang Down Your Head was declared a bestseller for 2011 by Audreys Books of Edmonton, no easy feat for a title released in November of the same year!
Shelf Monkey (a.k.a. blogger/reviewer Corey Redekop) named An Ordinary Decent Criminal and Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal by Michael Van Rooy two of his top (eleven) favourite titles of 2011.
The Literary Press Group's The Independent Reader Monthly named Dadolescence by Bob Armstrong one of their top fiction picks of the year. Please read full article here.
David Arnason and Baldur's Song made their way into Ace Burpee's top of 2011 list with Baldur's Song being Ace Burpee's favourite book of the year and David Arnason among some of 2011s most fascinating people.