Sarah Klassen — ‘The Tree of Life’
After months of watching the world slip away from us — from our capacity to leave our homes without fear for health and safety, to…
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Local author longlisted for prestigious literary prize
Winnipeg author David Bergen’s short story collection, Here the Dark, has been nominated for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize. The prize recognizes excellence in both…
David Bergen — ‘Here the Dark’
David Bergen’s short story collection, Here the Dark, tackles moral ambiguity and what it means to find oneself through grace, asking readers to sit with…
Andrew Unger — ‘Once Removed’
Historically, the Mennonite presence in Manitoba has been of some significance but, aside from deserving credit for this province’s excellent agricultural record, what does it…
Cover to cover with Carlyn
Joe is a 30-something New Yorker searching for meaning in his life beyond the falsity of his copywriting career. So much so that when he…
Review: Black Rock, by John McFetridge
Whiney teenage girls. Strippers. Hippy college students who are political around men and flirty when alone. Dead women. Black Rock by John McFetridge is packed…
Miriam Toews and her Puny Sorrows
Award-winning author Miriam Toews is making her way back to Winnipeg to take part in Thin Air, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. Toews will be…
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…
Performing unpublished pages
There is always time for more hard work. In the midst of her third year as a PhD student in the department of English, film,…
Uneasy Winnipeg
Have horror in mind? Here are some locally shot films and television shows, and novels by local authors to pick up in time for Halloween….