ArticlesMargaret Anne Fehr
Margaret Anne Fehr is a freelance writer and editor who moved from Winnipeg to Milton, Ontario, where she operates her writing practice, Effective Eloquence. Besides contributing to Prairie books NOW, Margaret Anne has written for Yellow Pages, NextHome publications, the Winnipeg Free Press, Toronto Home, and a variety of trade and membership magazines.
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Non-FictionHistory, function of Winnipeg Police Service held up for examination, critique
James Wilt has spent the last several years researching and writing about the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS), and his book Dogged and Destructive: Essays on the Winnipeg Police gathers both new and previously published essays written from late 2023 to early 2024. -
Non-FictionDoctor shares struggles of caring for his children, himself, and disrupts illness recovery tales
A medical doctor, poet, and critic living in Guelph, Ontario, Shane Neilson has written the riveting memoir Saving: A Doctor’s Struggle to Help His Children, which describes the balancing act of being both a physician and a father while procuring treatment for his son, who developed epilepsy at the age of two, and for his daughter, who showed signs of severe depression at age 10. -
Non-FictionDisillusioned with hunting, self-proclaimed ‘wildlife nut’ dives into predators
Saskatoon-based author David Carpenter’s new book, I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like: A Memoir, highlights chapter-by-chapter a cast of lesser loved predaceous critters – including mosquitos, dragonflies, weasels, feral pigs, snakes, grizzlies, and others – which would be less likely to pull on the heartstrings of concerned wildlife conservationists. -
FictionStory in form of letters allows ‘eavesdropping on people’s lives’ across an ocean
Kelly Kaur, in addition to teaching at Mount Royal University and Athabasca University, has many and varied literary publications to her credit, including poems, stories, and anthology contributions. -
Non-FictionPopulist impulse, pragmatic values analyzed through history of Saskatchewan politics
As a former journalist covering Saskatchewan and Alberta, Dale Eisler has long believed the political and economic transformation of Saskatchewan is one of the more interesting and under-reported stories in Canada, and he was motivated to contribute to a fuller view of the province’s history. -
FictionAnthology explores women’s concussions, grapples with meaning of recovery
The anthology Impact: Women Writing After Concussion is a collection of work that sheds light on the array of symptoms associated with concussion, showing how over 20 writers who have had concussions manage their personal and professional lives. Jane Cawthorne and E. D. Morin, co-editors of the book, count themselves among those writers. -
Young Adult/ChildrenHockey theme opens door to discussions about grief, anxiety
Taking the Ice by Lorna Schultz Nicholson is a novel for middle-years readers that takes a deep dive into the interior life of Aiden Mallory and the many factors that affect his life as he adjusts to the loss of his father in a car accident. -
FictionFiction draws from facts of slaves’ lives for sake of accuracy
Canadian Confederation was scarcely a concept in the late 18th century when the effects of the American Revolution triggered a migration of Loyalists to Nova Scotia. With them, they brought their families, their values, and their chattel – which included Black slaves. -
FictionCollection springs from reflections on offhand remark
The anthology includes the contributions of 29 women ranging in age from their forties to nineties. The short stories, essays, and poems run the gamut of experiences from the subtle to the blatant in framing perspectives around aging. -
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.
