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Fall books season kicks off in a big way this coming week, with a trio of new releases by local authors being launched at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Fall books season kicks off in a big way this coming week, with a trio of new releases by local authors being launched at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Fall books season kicks off in a big way this coming week, with a trio of new releases by local authors being launched at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location.
On Thursday at 7 p.m., launches , the fifth book in his wildly popular middle-grade Misewa Saga series.
In the latest instalment Eli, Emily and Morgan set out on an epic journey to rescue the kidnapped animal beings of Ministik. Robertson will be joined in conversation by Métis educator . The Sleeping Giant Interlake author stops by McNally Robinson’s Grant Park location on Friday at 7 p.
m. to launch , the first book in a new mystery series featuring Elspeth Laird. Anderson has previously written four mysteries featuring Roxanne Calloway, including and .
For the launch of , she’ll be joined by poet and novelist . And on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.
m., launches , a new middle-grade novel which follows a first-generation Canadian girl growing up shortly after the Second World War. Goldstone will be joined in conversation by fellow young-readers author .
All three launches will also be streamed on McNally Robinson’s YouTube channel. ● ● ● Speaking of fall books, Thin Air/livres en fête has begun teasing out the list of authors who will be appearing at the annual literary festival, taking place this year at various venues from Sept. 20-Oct.
1. Confirmed authors so far include locals such as , , and as well as , , and others. More information is set to come soon via Plume Winnipeg’s website, which is going through a rebuild after the organization changed its name from Winnipeg International Writers Festival.
● ● ● Speaking Crow, the long-running open-mic poetry event, returns with another in-person gathering on Tuesday — this time at a new location and starting at a new time. This month’s featured reader is poet and short-story writer , also known as ; check him out (as well as other aspiring poets) at 6:30 p.m.
at the St. Boniface library (100-131 Provencher Blvd.), where folks can sign up to read their work.
● ● ● Raven’s End Books (1859 Portage Ave.) closes out its slate of August events with local maker Shelf Expression as the featured vendor today (Aug. 31).
Shelf Expression makes all manner of book-related art and miniatures — pop by the bookseller to see for yourself, or visit the vendor’s Instagram page (@shelfexpression2018). ● ● ● Monday mornings The latest local business news and a lookahead to the coming week. Former champ has been tapped to host a new books-related radio show and podcast debuting on CBC on Sunday, Sept.
8. will take the Sunday spot held by , the show hosted by , who announced her retirement last year. New episodes of wound down on the radio side, but have continued as a podcast.
As a 23-year-old, Roach won 23 consecutive games (and over US$550,000) on They also successfully championed Kate Beaton’s graphic novel to the top spot of the annual competition in 2023. Wachtel will interview Roach on the final episode of the podcast; will debut on CBC Radio on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 1 p.
m. and will take over the podcast feed. books@freepress.
mb.ca Ben Sigurdson is the ‘s literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly drinks column.
He joined the full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014. . In addition to providing opinions and analysis on wine and drinks, Ben oversees a team of freelance book reviewers and produces content for the arts and life section, all of which is reviewed by the ’s editing team before being posted online or published in print.
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Ben Sigurdson is the ‘s literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly drinks column. He joined the full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014.
. In addition to providing opinions and analysis on wine and drinks, Ben oversees a team of freelance book reviewers and produces content for the arts and life section, all of which is reviewed by the ’s editing team before being posted online or published in print. It’s part of the ‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism.
Read more about , and . Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider .
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