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Non-FictionAuthor sees hometown through fresh eyes while collecting images of long-gone places
When Winnipeg-based author Christine Hanlon was contemplating what subject matter she would tackle for her third book, she turned to an idea she initially had as an elementary school teacher – a social studies project in which students would research the names of Winnipeg streets. -
FictionOut-running – or out-driving – responsibilities and the past for a sense of freedom
Audrey Cole loves to drive. Where she’s going and what she’s driving never really seem to matter to her, why she’s driving even less so. That exploration of freedom is at the core of Alberta author Andrew Wedderburn’s novel The Crash Palace. -
Non-FictionMemoir is both a call to follow your dreams and a call for better representation in media
Harnarayan Singh grew up in Brooks, Alberta, where he loved hockey and watched Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday nights – much like many of the other kids. However, Singh didn’t look like the other kids, or any of the broadcasters or analysts on the show either. -
FictionLike a jigsaw puzzle, novel’s series of stories follows theme of broken parental relationships
Katie Bickell’s debut novel, Always Brave, Sometimes Kind, is a series of stories reminiscent of a jigsaw puzzle, with pieces that interlock and build into an extraordinary, complex picture of Alberta through two decades. -
FictionLa Betty bows before the altar of materialism in satirical tale
Jeanne Randolph’s latest book, My Claustrophobic Happiness, is a satire that, in keeping with her ongoing artistic and intellectual projects, skewers capitalism and “mock[s] consumerism whenever possible.” -
FictionBringing the ‘lost rich culture of Lahore’ to life through short stories
Rife with loss, yearning, and betrayal, Zubair Ahmad’s thought-provoking stories delineate the lingering effects of the 1947 Partition. Not only did it leave Punjab divided between India and Pakistan, but it also forced many of its inhabitants to migrate, his parents among them. -
FictionShape-shifters and Sky Spirits come together in novel incorporating Dene language
The layered and poignant novel Land – Water – Sky / Ndè – Ti – Yat’a weaves through time and space, introducing characters – some human, some spirit – from periods as far back as time immemorial into the future. Author Katłįà, from the Yellowknives Dene First Nation in the Northwest Territories, beautifully blends English with the languages of her Dene roots. -
FictionCrisis leads to a crash course in parenting, a decade into a child’s life
Allison Winter, radio/podcast celebrity with the Public Broadcasting Corporation and curator of cutting-edge talent and punk trends, arrives in Winnipeg from Toronto in response to a grisly family tragedy involving her estranged 11-year-old daughter, Hanna. Claudia and Ethan, Hanna’s adoptive parents, were murdered by Claudia’s son who then took his own life – all while Hanna was in the basement listening to music on her headphones. -
PoetryCollection comes together through staying with poems, letting themes reveal themselves
For Manitoba poet Sarah Klassen, writing poems is an exercise in waiting. The process she went through for her newest collection of poetry, The Tree of Life, was no different. -
PoetrySelf-declared trickster poet now leading quieter life, with more energy for his own work
Over the 40 years of his career, Winnipeg’s Dennis Cooley has been a professor of English at the University of Manitoba and a publisher/editor at Turnstone Press, among many other titles. But the role he most identifies with is trickster poet.
