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Young Adult/ChildrenUn conte jeunesse qui se déroule en Saskatchewan,avec un petit chien cosmonaute et une géologue de la NASA
Les Badlands d’Avonlea en Saskatchewan. Une petite chienne en costume de cosmonaute. Une géologue de la NASA. Voilà quelques éléments de Laïka, où es-tu?, le septième titre de Martine Noël-Maw dans la collection littérature jeunesse eSKapade des Éditions de la nouvelle plume. -
Young Adult/Children
Young adult tale takes place in Saskatchewan, with a little cosmonaut dog and a NASA geologist
The Avonlea Badlands in Saskatchewan. A little dog in a cosmonaut costume. A NASA geologist. Those are some elements of Laïka, où es-tu?, Martine Noël-Maw’s seventh title in the Éditions de la nouvelle plume eSKapade young adult collection. -
FeaturesPair of books celebrate Calgary Stampede traditions of chuckwagon racing, pancake breakfasts
For over 100 years people have converged on the city of Calgary for the Calgary Stampede for 10 days in July. Books celebrating the centennials of two Stampede traditions – chuckwagon racing and pancake breakfasts – are being published this year. -
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Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie (PIV/LVP) wants everyone in Canada to speak poetry. To realize this, PIV/LVP has compiled an abundance of resources for educators and various ways to engage young people in the world of poetry. PIV/LVP’s always-expanding collection of poems invites students to read, write, and recite, giving them opportunities to engage with the work of poets ranging from those of yesteryear to many of the brightest names writing today. -
Non-FictionMemoir honours mother’s complexity, journey from Jamaica to England to Saskatchewan
“I hope for readers to connect and relate to my mom, myself, and our lived experiences as described in the book,” Jennifer Wallace says of Miss G and Me: A daughter’s memoir of her mother in a collection of anecdotes, journals, poetry, and personal essays – her book about her mother, Ruth Williamson MacLeod. -
Young Adult/ChildrenInspired by children and child-like wonder, nature gets reimagined as creative force
In the colourful and poetic picture book Nature Is an Artist, by author Jennifer Lavallee and illustrator Natalia Colombo, readers can follow along as Nature shows a group of children how beautiful and artistic the natural world is. -
Fiction50 years of canoe-loving life mined for stories of romance, mystery, and dining with a duck
Ric Driediger found his life’s work and his life’s passion on a canoe trip in 1972. He had just graduated from high school and now he knew one thing for sure – he wanted canoeing to play a large part in his life. -
FictionWriter chronicles his life’s downward spiral in tale examining commitment, friendship
“The opening pages came to me in a waking dream one morning. I arose and wrote about five pages, trying to get stuff down without thinking about it very much,” says Vancouver-based author Paul Headrick about Losing Shepherd, his riveting new novel about relationships, the writing life, and betrayal. -
FictionHistorical conditions clash with the present in Mennonite-driven graphic short stories
The Mennonite influence in Manitoba runs deep, and that’s reflected in Shelterbelts by illustrator and cartoonist Jonathan Dyck. -
FictionLeslie Greentree returns with well-crafted takes on politics, abortion, loneliness, and disaster
“I love short stories. I love reading them, I love writing them. I love that short fiction can focus on a moment, a single situation, or a brief period of time in a character’s life,” says Leslie Greentree about her return to the short form with her new story collection, Not the Apocalypse I Was Hoping For. Her writing career has spanned poetry, theatre, and non-fiction, as well as fiction – she even has a novel in the works – but the short story fulfills a special purpose.
