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Black Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory by David A. Robertson
After several novels, adult and young adult, and a children’s book for which he won the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2017, David Robertson has written a memoir. This current work recently received accolades, the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award and the...
Iron Goddess of Mercy by Larissa Lai
A place is never simple, it is always shot through with the histories, symbols, and identities that collide and contest it, by the accrual of meanings over time and the conversations between those meanings. Given the role place often plays in how we understand and...
Yams do not Exist by Garry Thomas Morse
While Garry Thomas Morse is already an accomplished poet and fiction writer, he manages to deliver something completely new and fresh in his new novel, Yams do not Exist. From the first page, it’s clear that this book is something different. The very first sentence...
Upcoming Free Online Workshop: The Art of Storytelling with Duncan Mercredi!
Join Duncan Mercredi on August 4, 2021 6-9PM CDT via ZOOM for this great workshop on the Art of Storytelling! FREE to attend! Workshop is for emerging writers. Limited spaces so attendees must register in advance by emailing workshops@prairiefire.ca. Duncan Mercredi...
The Swan Suit by Katherine Fawcett
Every short story collection should have one perfect story that the reader returns to over and over. Even if some of the other stories are ho-hum, that one perfect story remains in the mind. Through...
The Lightning of Possible Storms by Jonathan Ball
Jonathan Ball has built an impressive writing career that includes both poetry and fiction. That wild electricity of poetry explodes in his first full-length fiction collection, The Lightning of Possible Storms. The Lightning of Possible Storms is categorized as a...