ArticlesLaura McKay
Laura McKay is a speculative fiction writer whose work leaves you wondering and your mind wandering. Inspired by the Dresden Files, her current work-in-progress brings fast-paced, thought-provoking mystery and magic to the streets of Winnipeg. Laura is also managing editor at Portage & Main Press, and she freelances on a variety of writing and editing projects.
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Young Adult/Children
Picture 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. -
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Relationship between boy and his grandfather frames celebration of Métis history
Anyone who has experienced social injustice would be drawn to those who stand up for what they believe. Louis Riel epitomizes this to the Métis people. It takes great courage to speak for people who can’t speak for themselves,” says Deborah L. Delaronde. -
Young Adult/Children
Offbeat, vibrant, and darkly comedic film Runaway adapted as graphic novel
“I think a point can be made far better with humour than with dire earnestness,” Winnipeg-based Cordell Barker, creator of the animated short, Runaway (2009), says. The darkly comedic film seeks to convey “the sense of society willfully, or obliviously, racing along a one-way track to its doom.” -
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Sharing the joy of outdoor play and the Michif language
Maintaining the Michif language is important to Winnipeg-based Métis author and musician Edgar Danny Desjarlais. “I was never given the opportunity to retain the language. I spent my formative years in the city, speaking English as my first language. When you don’t use it, you lose it,” he says.