ArticlesShirley Byers
Shirley Byers has been happily writing for Prairie books NOW since 2000. She is a freelance writer and editor from Saskatchewan.
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Non-FictionMemoir honours mother’s complexity, journey from Jamaica to England to Saskatchewan
“I hope for readers to connect and relate to my mom, myself, and our lived experiences as described in the book,” Jennifer Wallace says of Miss G and Me: A daughter’s memoir of her mother in a collection of anecdotes, journals, poetry, and personal essays – her book about her mother, Ruth Williamson MacLeod. -
Fiction50 years of canoe-loving life mined for stories of romance, mystery, and dining with a duck
Ric Driediger found his life’s work and his life’s passion on a canoe trip in 1972. He had just graduated from high school and now he knew one thing for sure – he wanted canoeing to play a large part in his life. -
FeaturesTime-travel adventure dives into ancestral history to explore migration, hardship
Prolific Saskatchewan author Judith Silverthorne’s latest book for middle years readers is The Treasure Box, a time-travel adventure set in Regina. Augustus (please call him Gus) is in Grade 5 and has very recently moved there from Calgary with his mom and his sister, Hannah. They will live, at least for now, with his widowed grandfather. -
Young Adult/ChildrenMétis leader’s real-life surprise buffalo ride reimagined for picture book
Prolific Saskatchewan author Wilfred Burton’s picture book Ride, Gabe, Ride! was inspired by a story about Gabriel Dumont that he came across while reading historical documents. -
FictionMaples Mystery series returns with a cozy, cat-filled house and a dead body
A Clutter of Cats is the latest title in Louise Carson’s cozy Maples Mystery series, featuring Gerry Coneybear, writer, artist, and interested neighbour who shares her big old house with no fewer than 20 cats. (She inherited the house and most of the cats from her aunt.) -
Non-FictionKohlman’s second cookbook incorporates veggie notes from farmer boyfriend
Renée Kohlman describes her second cookbook as “a love story about food and a food story about love.” It is appropriate, therefore, that “Asparagus and Eggs” is the first recipe in its pages, honouring the asparagus her partner Dixon Simpkins, a farmer, presented to her on their first date. -
FeaturesMétis road trip tale shows snapshot of everyday life in late 1800s
“Métis history, culture, and perspectives are largely overlooked in schools, focusing on the Resistances and Métis people as rebels,” says Cort Dogniez, author of Road to La Prairie Ronde. -
Young Adult/ChildrenAward-winning series comes together in one adventuresome volume
Marion Mutala’s Baba’s Babushka: Magical Ukrainian Adventures is an all-in-one gathering of the three books in her award-winning Baba’s Babushka series: A Magical Ukrainian Christmas, A Magical Ukrainian Easter, and A Magical Ukrainian Wedding – along with the brand new A Magical Ukrainian Journey. -
FeaturesStrong sense of Manitoba’s Interlake’s chilly landscapes in new crime novel
Raye Anderson’s crime novel And We Shall Have Snow – the first in her Roxanne Calloway Mystery series – is set in the Manitoba Interlake area, one of the winteriest of locations in a wintery land. “I’ve always liked winter,” says Manitoba-based Anderson. -
Non-FictionPart exploration, part memoir, David Elias’s latest book answers the riddle of why barns are often red
Manitoba author David Elias has had plenty of barn time in his life. In his new book, The Truth About The Barn: A Voyage of Discovery and Contemplation, he tells how as a teen, he toiled one long summer with his grandfather, an older brother, and a hired man dismantling a turkey barn – a colossal structure, almost 300 feet long and wide as a football field – board by board, nail by nail.
