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…
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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.
Sheila North — ‘My Privilege, My Responsibility’
If there was ever a local example of how hard work pays off, CBC journalist Sheila North’s memoir is proof. My Privilege, My Responsibility documents the hard work North put into her own education growing up in Bunibonibee Cree Nation — known in English as Oxford House — that contributed to her rise from a journalist at CTV News Channel (CTV) and CBC to becoming the first female grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO).
Laurie Fischer — ‘Musings on a Life Well Lived’
Since the release of his first collection, Fischer’s continued writing practice is now another way he hopes to give back to others while processing his own experiences simultaneously. He hopes that Musings on a Life Well Lived will “inspire, encourage, uplift and motivate” his readers.