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Young Adult/ChildrenAn imagined program for young offenders to work with horses comes to life in teen novel
The teen years are often difficult even under the best of circumstances, but for Eugenia Grimm, whose father died by suicide, whose brothers are drifting away, and whose mother abandoned her, these years are particularly brutal. -
Young Adult/Children‘What could be more exciting than an assassin riding a dragon?’ Slade asks in new fantasy tale
As young readers will find in Saskatoon-based Arthur Slade’s new middle-grade fantasy, you can’t keep a good assassin down. Slade grew up reading Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern books, and counts them as an inspiration for one of the central parts of Dragon Assassin, the first in a trilogy. -
Young Adult/ChildrenTeen’s relationship to social media changes when a big chatty bird enters her life
Saskatoon-based author Alice Kuipers’s latest novel for middle-grade readers is World’s Worst Parrot, which follows Ava, a teen who strives for the impression of perfection, and Mervin, an African grey parrot she inherited, as both of their lives go through major changes. -
Quand le virtuel rencontre le réel
À Junk City, personne ne fait cavalier seul. Personne ne gagne ou ne perd. Si les producteurs font faillite, les consommateurs quittent et la ville meurt. -
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When virtual meets reality
In Junk City, there are no solitary knights. Nobody wins and nobody loses. If the producers go bankrupt, the consumers leave. And the city dies. -
En FrançaisJanus : Un chat à deux visages et de nouvelles perspectives
Un chat, une retraite, et un amour se profilent dans le nouveau livre de Lyne Gareau. Le Chat Janus nous raconte trois histoires. Le tout se passe en Colombie-Britannique, en français. -
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Short story collection’s titular tale invokes two-faced cat and new perspectives
A cat, retirement, and love can all be found in the new collection of stories by Lyne Gareau. Le chat Janus shares three stories. All of them take place in British Columbia, in French. -
Dispatches
Where do I come from? Where am I going? Why am I here? Who am I? The Honourable Justice Senator Murray Sinclair identifies these existential questions as key to a child’s education. This is especially true for Indigenous students who live in a colonial society that continues to deny and reject the legitimacy of Indigenous worldviews and to erase Indigenous identity and presence. -
FictionAn epic landscape creates space to examine substance use and the passage of time
Calgary-based writer and editor Susan Forest’s debut novel, Bursts of Fire, is the first of a seven-part epic fantasy series called Addicted to Heaven, set in the seven kingdoms that make up Shangril. -
FeaturesUniversity of Manitoba Press has expanded, especially with Indigenous authors and subjects
Something old, something new, and a good mix of both – that could describe the rich and varied output of Winnipeg’s University of Manitoba Press. Founded in 1967, UMP was the first university press to be established in Western Canada. They publish a diverse array of Canadiana, with titles exploring ethnic history and identity of Indigenous cultures such as Inuit, Anishinaabe, Cree, and Métis, as well as immigrant cultures such as Italian, Japanese, Ukrainian, and Icelandic.
