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Features50-year-old case of two men disappearing revisited, investigated from Indigenous perspective
Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett by Michael Nest with co-authors Deanna Reder and Eric Bell peels back over five decades of history by revisiting the cold case that has hung like an impenetrable cloud over La Ronge, Saskatchewan, since 1967. -
FeaturesPlay showcasing Viola Desmond’s historical stand grew to span period of four decades
Viola Desmond made history in 1946 when she refused to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre, a movie house in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. She was then convicted of a minor tax violation for the one-cent tax difference between the seat she paid for and the more expensive seat she used. -
FeaturesStrong sense of Manitoba’s Interlake’s chilly landscapes in new crime novel
Raye Anderson’s crime novel And We Shall Have Snow – the first in her Roxanne Calloway Mystery series – is set in the Manitoba Interlake area, one of the winteriest of locations in a wintery land. “I’ve always liked winter,” says Manitoba-based Anderson. -
Non-FictionInterdisciplinary, holistic approach to Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 6th Call to Action
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released 94 Calls to Action in June of 2015, urging reform of policies and programs in order to repair harms caused by residential schools. Call to Action 6 addresses repealing Section 43 of Canada’s Criminal Code, which allows the corporal punishment of children. Editors Valerie E. Michaelson and Joan E. Durrant responded to this call by bringing together diverse voices in Decolonizing Discipline: Children, Corporal Punishment, Christian Theologies, and Reconciliation. -
Non-FictionPart exploration, part memoir, David Elias’s latest book answers the riddle of why barns are often red
Manitoba author David Elias has had plenty of barn time in his life. In his new book, The Truth About The Barn: A Voyage of Discovery and Contemplation, he tells how as a teen, he toiled one long summer with his grandfather, an older brother, and a hired man dismantling a turkey barn – a colossal structure, almost 300 feet long and wide as a football field – board by board, nail by nail. -
Non-FictionOral history of Madeeha Hafez Albatta ‘communicates the collective Palestinian story’
Through first-hand accounts of Palestinian women, the Women’s Voices from Gaza series presents the lives of ordinary people from the late 1920s until the early 2000s, forging an understanding of the history, culture, and traditions of Palestine. -
Young Adult/ChildrenPicture book shares a sense of maternal legacy along with interactive imagery
I Know a Woman: A Song for Mothers is a loving tribute to the women who shape us. Adapted from the 2014 song by the same name, Sharon Gudereit’s words are based in her personal experience. -
Young Adult/ChildrenFast-paced spooky story inspired by abandoned sanatorium and role-playing games
In Haunted Hospital, a novel for middle grade readers, a group of young teens get more than they bargained for when they take their role-playing game to the next level by exploring an abandoned hospital, said to be haunted with the ghosts of tuberculosis patients who were the victims of experiments gone wrong. -
En FrançaisDans cette pièce de théâtre, les jeunes peuvent voir leurs propres expériences exprimées en style bilingue
Le premier livre de Eric Plamondon, Inédit, est une pièce qui, à cause de la pandémie de COVID-19, n’a pas encore été présentée. En période de COVID-19, Plamondon et ses lecteurs ont la chance de rêver à comment son histoire au sujet de jeunes francophones au Manitoba pourrait se jouer à Winnipeg, et ailleurs. -
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Play written in bilingual style creates space for youth to see their own experiences reflected
The first book by Eric Plamondon, Inédit, is a play that has yet to be staged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, Plamondon and his readers have the chance to imagine how this story about young francophones in Manitoba might be performed in Winnipeg and beyond.
