Thompson author tells story of Kerrie Ann Brown
A group of teenagers were at a house party in Thompson, Manitoba on Oct. 16, 1986….
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Getting to know U of M’s fall writer-in-residence
The U of M Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture has recently welcomed Melanie Dennis Unrau as its writer-in-residence for fall 2025. A poet,…
Island Falls is real and we all live there
Hoping to do some light reading at Folk Fest, I brought Island Falls along with me. Though I finished it over the course of an…
University Women’s Club hosts chocolate talk
Doreen Pendgracs, founder of Chocolatour, gave a presentation at the University Women’s Club (UWC) last Friday to “educate, entertain and entice chocolate lovers to explore…
Finding forgotten lifeworlds through Yiddish Cinema
Obsession with communication and connection to diasporic cinema are concepts U of M scholars Jonah Corne and Monika Vrečar explore in their newly published monograph,…
Gabrielle Roy, Manitoban writer in retrospect
Gabrielle Roy wrote about her departure from her childhood home in Manitoba with a sheepishness characteristic of anyone caught in this province’s nostalgic grip. No…
Fall writer-in-residence explores disability and humour
As winter creeps up and the cold sets in, finding the energy to make things can be a tall order. Creative writers in Manitoba may…
Love in the time of climate crisis
The past three years have turned the phrase “unprecedented times” into a platitude. To say the global climate is in crisis has become such a…
The art of science, the science of art
Science and art are not only separated in popular imagination, but they are often positioned against one another as opposites and competitors. A professor from…
Philipp Schott — ‘Fifty-Four Pigs: A Dr. Peter Bannerman Vet Mystery’
There have been many variations on the classic detective story over the years, with just as wide a range of subjects in the role of crime-solving protagonist. As such, it’s not uncommon to read books about unlikely detectives — but have you ever read about a veterinarian who solves crimes? This is exactly what local author Philipp Schott imagines in his upcoming book Fifty-Four Pigs: A Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery. The novel focuses on Dr. Peter Bannerman, a veterinarian in the town of New Selfoss, a fictional Icelandic-Canadian community akin to Gimli, Man.