Books
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Books | October 7th 2010
Dave Bidini illuminates the unseen side of ‘The Beautiful Game’
The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa transmitted images of “The Beautiful Game” across the globe and seemed to give it a new meaning, as it was held on a continent where, for some, it’s all or nothing. more »
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Books | October 7th 2010
Finding the rhythm of life
Michelle Elrick’s poetry is both quietly provocative and philosophically tantalizing. The same rhythm that pulses through her poems seems to guide and pervade her life. more »
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Books | October 7th 2010
Mr. Shakespeare’s Bastard
Shakespeare’s illegitimate daughter, housekeeper Aerlene Ward, asks in her old age, “Am I then to write, ‘That day they went to the playhouse,’ and leave it so? Is the reader not entitled to a little more, even it if is not exactly what happened?” more »
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Books | September 30th 2010
Weapons of Mass Instruction
I am the perfect product of my compulsory educational system. more »
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Books | September 16th 2010
Waiting for Joe by Sandra Birdsell
Sandra Birdsell could have very well been describing her own writing in her latest book when she writes: “Being with her was like being in a warm current of water while swimming in a cold northern lake.” more »
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Arts & Culture | September 16th 2010
Not stiff, or stuffy, but very vibrant
Winnipeg’s international writers festival, Thin Air, is returning and will be sprawling out across Winnipeg bookstores, libraries and campuses once again. more »
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Books | September 16th 2010
The Matter with Morris by David Bergen
The Matter with Morris by local author David Bergen takes on a journey of life, love, loss and questions why certain things happen the way they do. more »
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Arts & Culture | September 16th 2010
Storyteller and acclaimed writer uses stories from the past to reflect on modern day
From Zimbabwe to Manitoba, and multiple stops in between, comes Ignatius Mabasa, the newest storyteller-in-residence at the University of Manitoba. more »
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Books | June 29th 2010
Giving birth to babies and books
Love, nature, the city and being knocked up are all central themes in the poetry comprising Hump, a collection by Winnipeg writer Ariel Gordon. Mindfully crafted with language that is simple and engaging, it is the first full book of poetry the 37-year-old has published. It is preceded only by two chapbooks: 2008’s The Navel Gaze and 2009’s Guidelines: Malaysia & Indonesia, 1999. more »
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Books | May 27th 2010
God Loves Hair
Vivek Shraya’s God Loves Hair is a 90-page collection of 20 short stories about a confused Indian boy living in Canada. more »
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