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Read My Book featuring More Indian Ernie: Insights from the Streets by Ernie...
It has been two years since I punched in code 99 (out of service) into the in-car computer to end my career as a police officer in Saskatoon. Writing books about policing has been the mental equivalent...
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Read My Book featuring Connecting With Ukraine: Saskatchewan-Ukraine...
On one of my trips to Ukraine, I visited the village where one of my grandfathers was born. I was introduced to an elderly lady who was related to our family. After the introductions, her first words...
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Read My Book featuring Li'l Shadd: A Story of Ujima by Miriam Korner
When the Saskatchewan African Heritage Museum (SACHM) asked me to collaborate on a picture book project about early African Canadian pioneer Dr. Alfred Schmitz Shadd, my co-author Alix Lwanga had...
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Read My Book featuring The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School...
This is a very short book. It came to me in snippets through the mail over a period of years, a shocking and frequently touching series of accounts from an old Cree trapper about his confinement in a...
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Regina author writing romantic suspense novels for Harlequin
Looking for romance? Want it intertwined with suspense? How about a dash of mystery to spice things up a bit? Regina author Ryshia Kennie has combined all three in her latest suspense romance, Suspect...
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Read My Book featuring They Became Canadian by Michael Mervin Pomedli
In my book, They Became Canadian, I rely on history to write fictional stories of my grandparents and their emigration from Hungary to Western Canada. As a child, I knew my grandparents personally, but...
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Read My Book featuring Queen Of The Godforsaken: A Modern Prairie Novel by...
Queen of the Godforsaken is a modern Prairie novel that celebrates the Prairie at its most brutal (winter blizzards) and bucolic (endless skies and warm winds scented with wild sage). The novel weaves...
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Regina celebrates the freedom to read
When Iranian novel Women Without Men was published in 1989, author Sharhnush Parsipur was arrested and the book banned. The novella book is one of four works from which passages will be read this week...
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Read My Book features Sweet Life by Linda Biasotto
My world fell apart when I lost my son, and then three years later, my mother. Both losses were sudden and horrific. I became seriously depressed and no one was able to help. No one realized at the...
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Read My Book featuring Three Doctors by Roxanne Pawluk-Frost
There are so many good parents out there. I’ve also seen many parents who really want the best for their children, but they’re not quite certain how to give their children what they need. I’m sure we...
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The Girl from Grodno: How a Regina author turned loathing to love
“The one thing I don’t want is an image of a teen on the cover,” I told Thistledown Press, the publisher of my first young adult book, when they asked for my suggestions on its design. Publishers don’t...
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Sue Goyette and U of R Press collaborating on new book to elevate the...
Sue Goyette usually retreats into herself when she gets upset. But after Jian Ghomeshi was acquitted of sexual assault charges, she spoke out instead. “I felt dismayed for all the people who might have...
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Del Suelo is living the dream after quitting his career in pursuit of passion
In high school, Erik Mehlsen was obsessed with playing guitar. Then in Grade 12, he got burnt out teaching guitar lessons. He learned that “when you put an obligation to make money on a passion you...
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At 93, Kay Parley looks back on a psychedelic life of mental illness, writing...
On a too-humid summer day, Kay Parley roamed the streets of Toronto. She couldn’t stop walking. The voices inside her head wouldn’t let her. She purchased a pair of flats to ease the pain of her...
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Cassidy McFadzean plays with language in her Sask. Book Awards-nominated...
Cassidy McFadzean will have a memorable 27th birthday on Saturday: She’s a nominee for the 2016 Saskatchewan Book Awards. McFadzean’s first book — a collection of poetry entitled Hacker Packer — is up...
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Sharon Acoose believes ceremony is a tool for recovery for First Nations people
Sharon Acoose felt an eagle fanning her and began to panic. Sitting in the front row of the sweat lodge, she opened her eyes to the darkness and saw a shape obscure the embers in front of her. Someone...
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Educator explores his spirituality in new book
It’s been 40 years since Blair Stonechild began his education career at a small indigenous college in Regina, which ultimately became the First Nations University of Canada. He shares what he has...
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Children choose the winners in the Willow literature awards
Rona Arato’s name was called to roaring applause. Hundreds of students packed into the MacNeill School gym on Friday were the ones making the noise. They were celebrating their win as much as hers....
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Running the Riders: My Decade as CEO of Canada's Team by Jim Hopson with...
During my career as president and CEO of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, I spoke to countless groups, large and small, across the province. After my talks, I was often encouraged to “write down” some of...
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QC Read My Book features Johann Friesen of Poland and His Descendants and...
Family history and family stories fascinate me―they always have. To gather these stories and learn the history of my Mennonite ancestors I have read books, interviewed, and travelled to the Ukraine,...
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