PreviewsVern Thiessen

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  Bluebirds

  Vern Thiessen

  During the final stretch of the First World War, nurses Christy, Bab, and Maggie care for wounded Canadian soldiers, and gradually reveal more of their personal hopes and concerns to each other. Throughout all the trauma, the women find friendship, independence, power, and influence in a world that men are trying to destroy.

  (Playwrights Canada Press, $18.95 Paperback, 104 pages, ISBN: 978-03-69103-85-7)  

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  ICEMEN

  Vern Thiessen

  In the midst of the Great Depression, brothers and icemen Joe and Rennie are fighting back against the loss of their ice harvesting livelihood due to the advent of refrigeration. They are holding their boss captive, forcing him to face what he is doing to his workers, in this thriller that exposes the human cost of capitalism.

  (Playwrights Canada Press, $18.95 Paperback, 112 pages, ISBN: 978-03-69105-42-4)  

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  Pugwash

  Vern Thiessen

  In 1957, leading scientists and academics (or “thinkers”) are invited to a conference in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, by philanthropist Cyrus Eaton, in an effort to facilitate a global discussion about peace. Two local children, Conni and Jamie, take an interest in the visitors, but then Jamie puts the conference at risk when he is conned by a spy disguised as a reporter.

  (Playwrights Canada Press, $17.95 Paperback, 120 pages, ISBN: 978-03-69100-60-3)