ArticlesDavid Jón Fuller
David Jón Fuller is a Winnipeg writer and editor.
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Non-FictionEssays reflect on ‘uncanny’ ghost photographs from early 1900s
Do you believe in ghosts? In Winnipeg a century ago, that was no idle question, but rather the subject of dedicated scientific study. -
FictionCli-fi mystery questions our digital dependence, and survival amid decay
As humanity faces climate change, we’ll certainly need the resources of the information age to survive it. But what if those resources weren’t available? What if electronic records were as fragmented and incomprehensible to future generations as hieroglyphics? -
FeaturesWriting across multiple genres no small task – but managing schedules and headspace helps
Winnipeg-based David A. Robertson is a busy guy these days. For starters, he has three new books coming out this fall. There’s The Barren Grounds, Book 1 of The Misewa Saga series, a middle grade fantasy novel; Breakdown, the first graphic novel in his The Reckoner Rises series; and his memoir Black Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory. -
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. -
FeaturesThree-year-old Regina press aims to increase their genres, publish more books in a year
There’s something about the wide-open prairies that fosters creativity. For Debra Bell, publisher and managing editor of Radiant Press, it makes Regina an apt place to publish great books. -
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. -
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. -
FictionAnthology is grounded in artifacts that illuminate characters and alter history
If you’re looking for transformative literature, an anthology that mixes history and alchemy may just fit the bill. In the latest volume of the long-running Tesseracts series of speculative fiction anthologies, editors Lorina Stephens and Susan MacGregor have curated 23 stories set around the world and in many eras. The tales in Alchemy and Artifacts explore the use of artifacts that are some strange fusion of secret knowledge and artifice. -
FeaturesRetelling the history of Canada’s 150 through an Indigenous lens
If you’re used to looking at Canadian history one way, a new graphic novel anthology will help you see it from new perspectives – Indigenous ones. -
FictionDeath and rebirth on the shores of Lake Winnipeg
An ex-cop with a troubled past. A close-knit lakeside community with close-guarded secrets. The suspicious death of a young woman. These are all the makings of a good noir story, but in W. D. Valgardson’s hands, they combine to become a mythic blend of Icelandic history in Canada and a story of death and rebirth.
