Book reviews

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  Kate Beaton remembers the oil sands

  Patrick Harney (Arts and culture reporter) – November 3, 2022

  Over the past 30 years, independent comics have been steadily picking up momentum in Canada.

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  Speculating Manitoba, and beyond

  Haley Pauls (Comments editor) – November 4, 2021

  Literary fiction has been forever in conflict with its sibling and nemesis: genre fiction. In general, the literary world sees literary fiction as “highbrow” works that cannot be defined by their relationship to any specific genre.

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  A spirited conversation

  Cierra Bettens (Arts and culture editor) – October 28, 2021

  It’s a Winnipeg tradition that on the first Friday of the month, art enthusiasts of all stripes gather in the historic Exchange District to pop into warehouse studios, drink merlot from plastic chalices and converse about local artworks. Though the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted First Fridays in the Exchange, local art-markers continue to find ways to (virtually) bring the joy of art to the public.

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  To be or not to be? That is (still) the question

  Isabella Soares – October 28, 2021

  William Shakespeare might have written plays during the 16th century, but the pillars of his stories prevail in the modern world. Two virtual classes, presented by theatre company Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR) and McNally Robinson Booksellers, aim to shed light on his enduring influence.

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  Culinary novel shakes off cultural stereotypes

  Isabella Soares – October 7, 2021

  Playwright and social-media influencer Primrose Madayag Knazan had the opportunity to fulfill a childhood dream when Great Plains Publications asked her to write her first book.

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  Critipeg: Cemetery Boys

  Charlie Morin – November 12, 2020

  Aiden Thomas, 320 pages, Macmillan Publishers, September 2020

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  CRITIPEG: Gothic Canadian tale is pleasurably bleak

  Hannah Foulger (Volunteer) – March 26, 2020

  “I sat on the edge of the bed, the letter loose in my hand and stared at the space before me. ‘What is this space where I have decided to live,’ I wondered. ‘What stories hidden here?’”

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  CRITIPEG: Delivering chills

  Hannah Foulger (Volunteer) – January 30, 2020

  If you’re looking for an accessible ghostly read, Haunted Manitoba by Matthew Komus delivers. 

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  CRITIPEG: Goodhand ventures into deep waters

  Naaman Sturrup – November 14, 2019

  With a stroke of a pen, a talented author can turn blank pages and scribbles of ink into works of art, creating new worlds, life situations and more.