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FeaturesMagpie a metaphor for NeWest’s publishing ethos of collecting genres
Sometimes, a publisher needs a bird’s-eye view. For Edmonton’s NeWest Press, there’s a specific one that fits. -
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. -
En FrançaisUn guide jeunesse sur les papillons nous présente les merveilles des chenilles poilues
Tout a commencé avec des chenilles dans le wagon d’une gamine de sept ans en visite chez une tante religieuse à Dunrea au Manitoba. -
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Butterfly guide for children introduces them to the wonder of those hairy caterpillars
It all started with a wagon of caterpillars pulled by a seven-year-old child while visiting an aunt in a convent in Dunrea, Manitoba. -
FeaturesDispatches
Once upon a time, way back in the mid-1990s, specialty fiction bookshops, particularly mystery ones, were all the rage across the globe. After its founding in Winnipeg in 1994, Whodunit? regularly shipped internationally to customers found through magazine ads and conventions. -
FictionTyler Enfield aims for the feel of a western in a ‘puzzle-box’ story
Tyler Enfield’s Like Rum-Drunk Angels is a magical, fun novel about Francis Blackstone setting out to seek his fortune and win the hand of his lady in Nowhere, Arizona, 1883. -
Non-FictionFrom a trove of over 5000 stories, his favourites are the ones that moved people
It wasn’t until Reg Sherren, former host of the CBC TV program Country Canada and feature reporter for CBC’s The National, was asked to contribute to the book of a former colleague that the idea of his own memoir struck him as a worthwhile endeavour.
