Bouncing between life and death, facts and fictions
The cover of Jennica Harper’s Bounce House, published in late 2019, evokes the image of Carl Fredricksen’s house from the movie Up — carried from…
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Margaret Atwood wraps up Winnipeg’s 2019 Thin Air festival
Canadian literary legend Margaret Atwood brought weighty topics with wit to the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Sept. 30. An Evening with Margaret Atwood wrapped up…
Winnipegger Katrina Rosen gives frank look at marital struggles and cross-continental cycling
“Mike, do you want to bike around the world?” That is one of the first lines in Winnipeg-born author Katrina Rosen’s new book, and was…
Sarasvati Productions’ One Night Stand series offers a space for feedback on theatre performances
On Thursday, Feb. 2, Winnipeg experimental and transformative theatre company Sarasvati Productions will be relaunching their One Night Stand series at the Prairie Theatre Exchange’s…
Jennifer Still explores creative ways of writing
This semester, the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture will be housing Winnipeg-based poet Jennifer Still. Still will be assuming the…
The sound of writing
This fall, the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture welcomes Canadian poet, writer, and sound and performance artist Steven Ross Smith…
The Piano Maker: a post-war pilgrimage
In his new book The Piano Maker, Kurt Palka draws inspiration from a time of economic and social crisis in post-First World War Canada to…
Writer-in-residence: Jeanne Randolph
Over the next three months, students with a flair for writing will have the opportunity to be advised by the seasoned Canadian writer, Jeanne Randolph….
The Relevance of Islamic Identity in Canada sparks timely conversations
This book is neither a manual, nor a dissertation, on the relevance of Islam in Canadian society. It’s a conversation intended to make the reader…
Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival
Distinguished authors from around the world will be gracing our city during Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival beginning this Friday, Sept. 19. The nine-day…