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means Great Books! - Great Plains Publications
Great
Plains
means Great Books!
A NOVEL
GOTHIC FICTION
EDITED BY
KEITH CADIEUX
Natasha Deen
Spring
2016
greatplains.mb.ca
enfieldandwizenty.ca
GREAT PLAINS
SELECT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
ALBERTA BOOK AWARDS
Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction
Winner: Godless But Loyal to Heaven
by Richard Van Camp
Howard O’Hagen Short Story Award
Finalist: 7 Ways to Sunday by Lee Kvern
ALBERTA READERS’
CHOICE AWARD
Finalist: Chance to Dance for You
by Gail Sidonie Sobat
AURORA AWARD
Finalist: Black Bottle Man
by Craig Russell
BC READERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Stellar Award
Finalist: Dreamfire by Nicole Luiken
Finalist: Gravity Journal
by Gail Sidonie Sobat
Finalist: Frost by Nicole Luiken
Red Cedar Award
Juliana and the Medicine Fish
by Jake MacDonald
CANADIAN CHILDREN’S
BOOK CENTRE
Our Choice Selection
Black Bottle Man by Craig Russell
Withershins by Susan Rocan
Gravity Journal by Gail Sidonie Sobat
Frost by Nicole Luiken
CLA Young Adult Book Award
Finalist: The Silent Summer of
Kyle McGinley by Jan Andrews
Silver Birch Award Selection
Juliana and the Medicine Fish
by Jake MacDonald
GOLDEN EAGLE CHILDREN’S
CHOICE AWARD
Winner: Frost by Nicole Luiken
Finalist: Dreamfire by Nicole Luiken
MANITOBA HISTORICAL
SOCIETY MARGARET
MCWILLIAMS AWARD
FOR POPULAR HISTORY
Winner: Silver Screens on the
Prairie by Russ Gourluck
Winner: The Mosaic Village
by Russ Gourluck
Winner: A Store Like No Other
by Russ Gourluck
MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
Winner: Stuck in the Middle by
Bartley Kives and Bryan Scott
McNally Robinson Book of the Year
Winner: The House on Sugarbush Road
by Méira Cook
McNally Robinson Book for Young
People Award
Winner: The Fall by Colleen Nelson
Winner: The Green-Eyed Queen of
Suicide City by Kevin Marc Fournier
Winner: Tori by Design by Colleen Nelson
Mary Scorer Award for Best
Manitoba Book
Winner: Butterfly Winter by W.P. Kinsella
FOREST OF READING
Red Maple Award Honour Book
Frost by Nicole Luiken
Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award
Winner: 300 Years of Beer by Bill Wright
and Dave Craig
White Pine Award Honour Book
Gravity Journal by Gail Sidonie Sobat
MYRCA AWARDS
Finalist: Morven and the Horse Clan
by Luanne Armstrong
Finalist: Withershins by Susan Rocan
White Pine Award Selection
The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley
by Jan Andrews
The Fall by Colleen Nelson
Chance to Dance for You by
Gail Sidonie Sobat
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MOONBEAM AWARD –
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Gold Medal Winner: The Silent Summer
of Kyle McGinley by Jan Andrews
Gold Medal Winner: The Green-Eyed
Queen of Suicide City
by Kevin Marc Fournier
Gold Medal Winner: How to Tend
a Grave by Jocelyn Shipley
Gold Medal Winner: Black Bottle Man
by Craig Russell
Gold Medal Winner: Dreamfire
by Nicole Luiken
Gold Medal Winner: Gravity Journal
by Gail Sidonie Sobat
Silver Medal Winner: Jamie’s Got a Gun
by Gail Sidonie Sobat
Silver Medal Winner: Morven and the
Horse Clan
Silver Medal Winner: Signs of Martha
by Sarah Raymond
Bronze Medal Winner: Guardian
by Natasha Deen
Bronze Medal Winner: Forever Julia
by Jodi Carmichael
Bronze Medal Winner: Chance to Dance
for You by Gail Sidonie Sobat
ON THE SAME PAGE
Winner: The Lucky Ones by Anne Mahon
Finalist: Stuck in the Middle by Bartley
Kives and Bryan Scott
Finalist: The House on Sugarbush Road
by Méira Cook
Finalist: Black Bottle Man by Craig Russell
Winner: Juliana and the Medicine Fish
by Jake MacDonald
SYRCA AWARDS
Finalist: Tori by Design by Colleen Nelson
VANCOUVER SUN
EDITOR’S CHOICE
We Watch the Waves by Susan Riley
TEEN FICTION
A NOVEL
Natasha Deen
TEEN FICTION
GREAT PLAINS TEEN FICTION PUBLISHES
CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL
FICTION FROM CANADIAN AUTHORS
FOR READERS AGE 12 TO NEW ADULT.
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greatplains.mb.ca
Gatekeeper
Natasha Deen
A NOVEL
ISBN: 978-1-927855-39-3 • $14.95
Trade paper, 5.5 x 8.5, 232 pages
May 1, 2016
Marketing Plan: National review mailing, online marketing and
promotion, national advertising campaign, author participation in
interviews, festivals, and conferences
Natasha Deen
A
month after solving her first murder (and almost getting killed
in the process), Maggie Johnson and her soul brother Serge
Popov are hoping for some peace and quiet to figure out…well,
everything. But the dead wait for no one. Especially a dead guy like Kent
Thomas. He was every parent's dream, the kind of good kid who excelled
at school, and never caused trouble. And he was the kind of guy all the
guys liked. Add in a hot factor that made him every girl’s fantasy, and he
was the least likely person to be murdered. So who tossed him off a cliff?
Maggie’s determined to find the killer but if she’s not careful, she’ll end up
just like the soul she’s trying to save.
One of the best parts of being a writer for Natasha
Deen is presenting at schools, conferences, and
workshops. She’s also appeared in a variety of media
outlets as a literacy advocate. When not working, she
hangs out with her furry boys. She lives in Edmonton.
Also by Natasha Deen:
Guardian
A NOVEL
Natasha Deen
978-1-927855-09-6
$14.95, 270 pages
SELECTION, BEST BOOKS FOR KIDS & TEENS, SPRING 2015
SELECTION, THE SUNBURST AWARD, SPRING 2015
SELECTION, THE MOONBEAM CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS,
SPRING 2015
“a great hybrid of horror and mystery (think Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Veronica Mars), with oodles of potential for humour and terror — and Deen
gets the most out of both.” — Quill & Quire
“Any novel which has what appears to be a dead body in the trunk of the protagonist’s
car on the very first page is bound to be a page-turner … this mix of mystery and
fantasy in Guardian is unusual, perhaps, but effective. Highly recommended.”
— CM Magazine
“Guardian is at its heart a murder mystery, albeit a paranormal one, and a superb
one at that” — CanLit For Little Canadians
“certainly a recommended read for those interesting in young adult/paranormal
fictions.” — Asian American Literature Fans
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Jodi Carmichael
978-1-927855-20-1 • $14.95 • 264 pages
Six months ago, Julia’s life was perfect. Then her dad died. After a dark bout of
depression, Julia is fragile and mourns both her father and her old life. But she has
one thing to be happy about: Jeremy, the most popular boy at school, has chosen her.
His love for her is passionate, even obsessive. As she grows closer to Jeremy, Julia
pushes her disapproving friends and family away. But Jeremy only becomes more
controlling and Julia has to decide what lines cannot be crossed.
BRONZE MEDAL WINNER: Moonbeam Award, mature issues
SELECTION: Best Books for Kids & Teens, Fall 2015
“Julia’s story is one that needs to be told … [a]uthor Jodi Carmichael writes about life as a
teenager with humour and insight, showing how easy it is for peer pressure and the need to
be loved to lead to risky behaviour.” – Quill & Quire
“Carmichael’s writing is vivid and her depiction of Julia’s feelings and actions feels
authentic and contemporary. This is a young writer to watch.” – Winnipeg Free Press
“a story filled with realistic characters who reveal truths about ourselves.” – CM Magazine
“Jodi Carmichael gets inside of this Julia and gives her a true voice” – CanLit For Little Canadians
MADDER
ar, color-blind Dannon
tains in search of “love,
expecting to find all
mine. ppalachia, young Dannon
as finer when remembered
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ed Virgil, embarks on an epic
wson, Virgil’s vengeful owner. rapher. Other
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orlds. He lives
his photography
Madder Carmine
Tyler Enfield
978-1-927855-30-0 • $14.95 • 280 pages
TYLER ENFIELD
$14.95 Crossover Fiction
MADDER CARMINE
hunted, his mind slips into a
uth are transformed into the
ide through the underworld.
s himself to a surreal journey
After three years in the Mexican War, colour-blind Dannon Lereaux sets out across
the mountains in search of “love, red, and a new class of salvation,” expecting to find all
three in a girl called Madder Carmine.
a novel by
tyler enfield
15-09-02 4:29 PM
“Channels Mark Twain and Dante Alighieri and pulls it off beautifully. A thousand
writers could try this trick and a thousand writers would very likely mess it up; Enfield
succeeds brilliantly. This is a mind-bending and delightful journey.”
– Thomas Trofimuk, author of Waiting for Columbus
"It’s intelligent, and poetic, but it’s also a page-turner.” – Maple Tree Literary Supplement
“Many archetypal themes and great works of world literature come together in this story
from 1849 Appalachia” – CM Magazine
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RECENT TEEN FICTION
Forever Julia
TEEN BACKLIST
Black Bottle Man
Gravity Journal
WINNER: Gold Medal,
Moonbeam Awards
FINALIST: Aurora Awards
A WHITE PINE HONOUR BOOK
GOLD MEDAL WINNER:
Moonbeam Awards
The Break
a novel
and the
Horse Clan
Luanne
Armstrong
Luanne Armstrong
978-1-926531-74-8
$14.95, 176 pages
Signs of Martha
Sarah Raymond
978-1-926531-09-0
$14.95, 208 pages
Kevin Marc Fournier
978-1-926531-267
$14.95, 200 pages
Nelsa Roberto
Morven and the Horse Clan
A 2014 MYRCA selection
Green-Eyed Queen of
Suicide City
Nelsa Roberto
978-1-926531-20-5
$14.95, 208 pages
The
Morven
Gail Sidonie Sobat
978-1-894283-76-6
$14.95, 162 pages
Craig Russell
978-1-894283-99-1
$14.95, 184 pages
WINNER: McNally Robinson
Book for Young People
GOLD MEDAL WINNER:
Moonbeam Awards
The Silent Summer
of Kyle McGinley
How to Tend a Grave
Cape Town
Jocelyn Shipley
978-1-926531-19-9
$14.95, 184 pages
Brenda Hammond
978-1-926531-18-2
$14.95, 328 pages
Jan Andrews
978-1-926531-68-7
$14.95, 200 pages
The
SilenT
Summer
of Kyle
mcGinley
Jan Andrews
GOLD MEDAL WINNER:
Moonbeam Award
Jocelyn Shipley
A NOVEL
Chance to Dance for You
Illegally Blonde
Gail Sidonie Sobat
978-1-894283-11-3
$14.95, 176 pages
GAIL
SIDONIE
SOBAT
AT &
NIE SOB ES
GAIL SIDOYARDLEY-JON
SPYDER
GOLD MEDAL WINNER:
Moonbeam Award
The Gem Lakes
Rob Keough
978-1-894283-58-8
$16.95, 176 pages
l a i n s
t
e e n
F
i c t i o n
Spirit Quest
Susan Rocan
978-1-894283-98-4
$14.95, 235 pages
Tori by Design
Jamie’s Got A Gun
Nicole Luiken
978-1-894283-88-5
$14.95, 192 pages
WINNER: McNally Robinson
Book for Young People
P
a novel
Susan Rocan
Dreamfire
Colleen Nelson
978-1-926531-65-6
$14.95, 192 pages
r e a t
Nelsa Roberto
978-1-894283-97-7
$14.95, 220 pages
BRONZE MEDAL WINNER:
Moonbeam Awards
SELECTION: Best Books for
Kids and Teens
The Fall
G
Colleen Nelson
978-1-926531-10-6
$14.95, 208 pages
Gail Sidonie Sobat and
Spyder Yardley-Jones
978-1-926531-88-5
$14.95, 280
WINNER: McNally Robinson Book
for Young People
SELECTION: CCBC Best Books
for Kids and Teens
WINNER: Moonbeam Award
for Young Adult Fiction,
Silver Medal
Juliana and the Medicine Fish
2010-11 CHOICE
onthesamepage.ca
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P
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T
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F
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Jake MacDonald
JULIANA 978-0-969780-44-1
MEDICINE $16.95, 152 pages
Susan Rocan
978-1-894283-75-5
$14.95, 225 pages
AND THE
FISH
JAKE MACDONALD
MAGGIE BOLITHO
WINNER: Manitoba On the
Same Page 2011
Lockdown
Maggie Bolitho
978-1-926531-89-2
LOCKDOWN $14.95, 232 pages
Susan Rocan
G
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P
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T
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a novel
A NOVEL
SELECTION: CCBC Best Books
for Kids and Teens
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Withershins
R K
F
I C T I O N
Wolf Summer
Rob Keough
978-1-894283-87-8
$14.95, 192 pages
LITERARY FICTION
GOTHIC FICTION
EDITED BY
KEITH CADIEUX
ENFIELD & WIZENTY
ENFIELD & WIZENTY IS A LITERARY
IMPRINT PUBLISHING ORIGINAL NOVELS
AND SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS.
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The Shadow over
Portage and Main
Edited by Keith Cadieux
GOTHIC FICTION
EDITED BY
KEITH CADIEUX
ISBN: 978-1-927855-36-2 • $19.95
Trade paper, 5.5 x 8.5, 208 pages
April 1, 2016
Marketing Plan: National review mailing, online marketing and
promotion, national advertising campaign, author participation
in interviews, festivals, and conferences
W
innipeg is a place of extremes. Winters are fierce
and relentless. Summers are unbearably hot. It has
been both the murder and auto theft capital of
Canada and the Slurpee capital of the world. It is a place that
exerts an influence, that marks and changes its inhabitants. This
anthology features writers who have all lived in Winnipeg for a
time and been inspired, horrified, changed by that experience.
The stories here capture a tone of history, dread, violence,
weirdness, and sometimes even whimsy; a tone that only
Winnipeg exudes. KEITH CADIEUX’s 2010 novella Gaze was listed
for a Manitoba Book Award and the ReLit award.
His short fiction has most recently appeared in
Prairie Fire, Grain, ELQ, and the Exile Book of New
Canadian Noir. He lives in Winnipeg.
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The Light That
Remains
Lyse Champagne
ISBN:978-1-927855-40-9 • $19.95
Trade paper, 5.5 x 8.5, 240 pages
April 1, 2016
Marketing Plan: National review mailing, online marketing and
promotion, national advertising campaign, author participation
in interviews, festivals, tours and conferences.
T
he despair of refugees has haunted us long before the
civil war in Syria. Lyse Champagne’s evocative new
story collection attempts to put these collective and
individual tragedies into an historical context.
Two Armenian sisters write to each other in the year leading
up to the deportations. A young Ukrainian mother embroiders
her life story as famine threatens. A boy travels to Hong Kong
by train while the Japanese march towards his hometown of
Nanjing. A Jewish girl collects words and falls in love as she
hides in a French mountain village in 1942. A Cambodian
refugee recalls his childhood in his home country and his
new life in Canada on a makeshift stage. A Rwandan family
prepares to emigrate days before President Habyarimana’s
plane is shot down.
These stories span the twentieth century and reach into the
twenty-first. We discover letters, maps, and the kindness of
strangers. Word lists, a falling piano, and young love. Hiding
places, history lessons, and conversations around the table.
Music, a makeshift stage, and life breathed into memories.
LYSE CHAMPAGNE writes in French
and in English. Her stories have appeared in
Descant, The New Quarterly, The Antigonish
Review, Room of One’s Own, Windsor Review
and Wascana Review. Her first book, Double
Vision, a memoir about growing up French in
Ontario was published by Key Porter and her
play, Chicane de famille, won the David Smith
Playwriting Prize. She lives in Ottawa with
her family.
GREAT PLAINS TEEN FICTION PUBLISHES
CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL
FICTION FROM CANADIAN AUTHORS
FOR READERS AGE 12 TO NEW ADULT.
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Butterfly Winter
I know who you
remInd me of
W.P. Kinsella
978-1-926531-16-8
$29.95, 302 pages
a novel
stories
2012 COLOPHON
PRIZE
Coming Home: Stories
A
fter three years in the Mexican War, color-blind Dannon
Lereaux sets out across the mountains in search of “love,
red, and a new class of salvation,” expecting to find all
three in a girl called Madder Carmine. COMing
HOME from the Northwest
Set in the year 1849, amidst a vividly reconceived Appalachia, young Dannon
has returned from the war only to discover home was finer when remembered
from afar. Disenchanted and confused, he puts all hope of deliverance in a girl
he once met and, along with an escaped slave named Virgil, embarks on an epic
journey to find her. But hard on their trail is Will Lawson, Virgil’s vengeful owner. As Dannon is pushed deeper into the world of the hunted, his mind slips into a
world of its own. Suddenly the mountains of his youth are transformed into the
Nine Circles of Hell, and Virgil becomes his soul-guide through the underworld.
With this notion firm in his mind, Dannon commends himself to a surreal journey
as he seeks redemption in the heart of the Inferno.
Stories from the Northwest Territories
TYLER ENFIELD is a writer and photographer. Other
books include the award-winning children’s novel series,
Wrush. He’s also the writer/director of the National
Film Board’s interactive film, Invisible Worlds. He lives
in Edmonton, and you can visit him and his photography
at www.TylerEnfield.com.
foreword by richard van camp
Various
978-1-926531-27-4
$19.95, 192 pages
TYLER ENFIELD
Territories
$14.95 Crossover Fiction
D E B O R A H - A N N E
RICHARD VAN CAMP is an
internationally renowned storyteller
and bestselling author. A Dogrib
(Tlicho) Dene from Fort Smith, NWT,
Van Camp now lives in Edmonton.
LITERARY FICTION
Will
Richard Van Camp
978-1- 927855-23-2
$19.95, 208 pages
Night Moves continues to explore the incredible lives
of Indigenous characters introduced in The Lesser
Blessed, Angel Wing Splash Pattern, The Moon of
Letting Go, and Godless but Loyal to Heaven. If this
is your first time to Fort Simmer and Fort Smith,
welcome. If it’s another visit—come on in: we’ve left
the lights on for you.
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The Moon of Letting Go
Night Moves
As a window into the magic and potential of the
Northwest Territories, Richard Van Camp’s fourth
short story collection is hilarious and heartbreaking.
A teenaged boy confesses to a vicious assault on
a cross-dressing classmate; Lance tells the sensual
story of becoming much closer to his wife’s dear
friend Juanita; while a reluctant giant catches up
with gangsters Torchy and Sfen in a story with
shades of supernatural and earthly menace.
WINNER: Georges Bugnet
Award for Fiction
Widows of
Hamilton House
Richard Van Camp
978-1-926531-00-7
$19.95, 224 pages
Shawn Syms
978-1-926531-80-9
$19.95, 296 pages
Richard Van Camp
978-1-926531-73-1
$19.95, 200 pages
Man and Other
Natural Disasters
$
Christina Penner
978-1-894283-84-7
$29.95, 240 pages
Nerys Parry
978-1-926531-12-0
$29.95, 224 pages
a novel
Friend Follow.Text.
#StoriesFromLivingOnline
Godless but
Loyal to Heaven
T U N N E Y
15-09-02 4:29 PM
Nerys Parry
Edited by Shawn Syms
Deborah-Anne Tunney
978-1-927855-02-7
$19.95, 240 pages
a novel by
Richard Cumyn
978-1-927855-17-1
$19.95, 280 pages
Follow. Text.
The View From the Lane
tyler enfield
Famous Last Meals
#storiesFromLivingOnline
Jeff Bursey
978-1-926531-03-8
$29.95, 304 pages
MADDER Madder Carmine
Tyler Enfield
978-1-927855-30-0
$14.95, 224 pages
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Friend.
Verbatim
I Know Who You
Remind Me Of
Naomi K. Lewis
978-1-926531-51-9
$29.95, 232 pages
winner
naomi
k. lewis
MADDER CARMINE
E&W BACKLIST
W.P. KINSELLA
19.95
2015-08-13 2:36 PM
short stories
shane neilson
Shane Neilson
978-1-926531-77-9
$29.95, 256 pages
The Young in
Their Country
Richard Cumyn
978-1-926531-02-1
$29.95, 208 pages
Gracelessland
Rats of Las Vegas
7 Ways to Sunday
Lisa Pasold
978-1-894283-92-2
$29.95, 360 pages
Lee Kvern
978-1-926531-85-4
$19.95, 208 pages
Hello, Sweetheart
This Book Will
Not Save Your Life
10 Things to Ask
Yourself in Warsaw
Adam Lindsay
Honsinger
978-1-927855-14-0
$19.95, 280 pages
Elaine McCluskey
978-1-926531-99-1
$19.95, 200 pages
The House on
Sugarbush Road
Méira Cook
978-1-926531-30-4
$29.95, 296 pages
WINNER: McNally Robinson
Book of the Yea
Michelle Berry
978-1-926531-04-5
$29.95, 272 pages
The Tristan Chord
Bettina Von Kampen
978-1-894283-85-4
$29.95, 240 pages
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Barbara Romanik
978-1-894283-83-0
$29.95, 192 pages
NON-FICTION
GREAT PLAINS
PUBLICATIONS
GREAT PLAINS PUBLICATIONS IS A
NON-FICTION PUBLISHER SPECIALIZING
IN PRAIRIE HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.
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Dean Gunnarson:
The Making of an
Escape Artist
Carolyn Gray
with introduction by Dean Gunnarson
ISBN: 978-1-927855-35-5 • $29.95
Softcover 6 x 8 • 208 pages
April 1, 2016
Marketing Plans: Local review mailing, online marketing and
promotion, author appearances.
D
ean Gunnarson, world-renowned escapologist, has made a
career of avoiding death. But his first escape was his greatest
— surviving juvenile leukemia. In the wake of his illness, a
magic-obsessed young Dean mirrors the training of his hero Houdini
in his hometown of Winnipeg. Another boy on the cancer ward,
named Phil, also wants to walk in Houdini’s footsteps. Together, Phil
and Dean go on a quest for real, true magic that will save Philip’s life.
They ultimately learn magic can even surprise the magician.
CAROLYN GRAY is a Winnipeg theatre artist,
puppeteer, playwright, creative writing instructor,
and winner of the John Hirsch Award for Most
Promising New Writer and the Manitoba Day
Award. Her work has been produced by Theatre
Projects Manitoba, zone41 Theatre, the Winnipeg
International Children’s Festival, and many
independent theatre companies. She is particularly
interested in magic and mystery, currently working on a new play
based on a true Canadian cold case, which of course has magic in it
too. This is her first book.
Fur Trade, First Nations,
and a Life in Northern Canada
Leonard Flett
978-1-927855-33-1 $29.95 • 328 pages
This is a story about the fur trade and First Nations, and the development of
northern Canada, seen and experienced not only through Leonard Flett’s eyes, but
also through the eyes of his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
The lives of indigenous people in remote areas of northern Ontario, Manitoba and
Saskatchewan in the 1960s and 1970s are examined in detail. Flett’s successful
career with both the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company
provides an insight into the dying days of the fur trade and the rise of a new retail
business tailored to First Nations.
W I S H YO U
WERE HERE!
S TA N M I L O S E V I C
HAN D -TI NTE D
POSTCARDS FROM
WINNIPEG’S
H A L C YO N D AY S
Wish You Were Here:
Hand-tinted Postcards from Winnipeg’s
Halcyon Days
Stan Milosevic
978-1-927855-34-8 • $24.95 • 120 pages
Before email, before Instagram and selfies, postcards were mailed across the world.
At the turn of the 20th century, travellers to Winnipeg were impressed by the city’s
stately architecture, its broad streets, and its tranquil parks. Hand-tinted postcards
expressed the vibrancy and optimism felt by visitors to Manitoba. Dreamlike and
evocative, these vintage postcards are truly works of art.
On the Air:
The Golden Age of Radio
Garry Moir
978-1-927855-26-3 • $29.95 • 192 pages
Before the internet, before TV, Manitoba was a hotbed for innovation in radio.
These innovations range from the first publically-owned radio station to the first
play-by-play broadcast of women’s hockey. During World War II, a Winnipeg
broadcaster was as well-known in England as Churchill. And Neil Young’s very
first recording was done at a local station. These are but a few of the stories of
early radio in Manitoba. In its first half century, the medium was a powerful,
revolutionary force that touched and linked virtually everyone in the province.
RECENT NON-FICTION
From the Barren Lands:
NON-FICTION BACKLIST
General Non-Fiction
300 Years of Beer:
An Illustrated
History of Brewing
in Manitoba
TEXT BY SHELLEY PENZIWOL
PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER BLAHUT
FROM
ASESSIPPI
TO
ZED LAKE
A GUIDE TO MANITOBA’S
PROVINCIAL PARKS
Bill Wright & Dave Craig
978-1-926531-71-7
$35.00, illustrated
softcover, 224 pages
A Daytripper’s
Guide to Manitoba:
Exploring Canada’s
Undiscovered
Province
Shelley Penziwol
978-1-926531-14-4
$29.95, illustrated
softcover, 208 pages
ghost stories from the
heart of the continent
Matthew Komus
Bartley Kives
978-1-927855-27-0
$24.95
Encyclopedia
of Manitoba
Edited by
Ingeborg Boyens
978-1-894283-71-7
$49.95, full colour
hardcover, 814 pages
Every Stone a
Story2: More of
Manitoba’s Buried
History
Dale Brawn
978-1-894283-96-0
$29.95, illustrated
softcover, 152 pages
Tips for folks who want to catch their
own food (and have fun doing it!)
John Toone
Fishin’ for
Dumbasses:
Tips for folks who
want to catch their
own food (and have
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