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“I am constantly blown away by the complexity of my home in all of its parts ... I hope our complicatedness in all of its beauty comes across in this book.” Read more about Wînipêk by Niigaan Sinclair (@McClellandBooks) at prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/….

Undi explains the appeal of formal poetry: “It’s giving me a constraint to buck against: a playground that I can play inside of, and push against the limits of.” Read more about Scientific Marvel by Chimwemwe Undi (@HouseOfAnansi) at prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/….

"Our book suggests that we are going to see more companies using the excuse of the low carbon transition as cover to force concessions from their work forces." Read more about Unjust Transition: The Future for Fossil Fuel Workers (@FernPub) at prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

“I made the story pre-contact so that the story was a completely First Nations story with no settler influence about it.” Read more about Bentboy by Herbie Barnes (@BooksJGS) at prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

Radchenka says Hero-Man is a “well-intentioned golden age superhero.” Schuster, on the other hand, says “Hero-Man is kind of an idiot, but his heart is in the right place.” Read more about Hero-Man by Lyndon Radchenka and Zach Schuster (@AtBayPress): prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

“The shape poems followed from a desire, I think, to represent the body visually on the page as well as in writing.” Read more about Anatomical Venus by Courtney Bates-Hardy (@Radiant_Press) in an online exclusive article: prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

“As Métis women, we’ve often been expected to mediate and negotiate, but we don’t necessarily get credit for what we bring and know and do," says Markides.⁠⁠ Read more about AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE, edited by Laura Forsythe and Jennifer Markides at prairiebooksnow.ca.

“When I was a kid, I used to daydream about being on a ranch and riding horses in the open prairies, so it was a lot of fun to picture it and bring those scenes to life.” Read more about Lost Treasure on the Circle Star Ranch by Jackie Cameron (@YNWP) at prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

“As Métis women, we’ve often been expected to mediate and negotiate, but we don’t necessarily get credit for what we bring and know and do.” Read more about Around the Kitchen Table, edited by Laura Forsythe and Jennifer Markides (@UManitobaPress) at prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

“We wanted to centre the play on the idea that music is not just something you hear; it’s also something you can see, something you can feel.” Read more about The Black Drum by Adam Pottle (@PlayCanPress) at prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

Our Spring/Summer issue is out now, and you can read all the articles online or look through the magazine as a pdf. We hope you find some summer reading inspiration in this issue! prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/issue…

“The favourite bits of history I’ve learned about Delilah have been from neighbours and through accidental discoveries.” Read more about Moving to Delilah by Catherine Owen (@fhbooks) at prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

“The idea of a woman bringing a disembodied head to work came to me and then sat in a drawer for several years,” Braun says. Read more about The Head by Robyn Braun (@GreatPlainsPub): prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

“I haven’t seen any graphic novels/comics in the horror genre that are written by or are about Indigenous people,” Christopher Twin shares of his new graphic novel, Bad Medicine (@ConundrumCanada). prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

According to Nigerian writer Ifeoma Chinwuba, two areas of interest led her to write her new novel Sons of the East (@GriotsLounge). “I wanted to chronicle a smidgen of the crosscurrents and issues churning inside us as a people,” she states. prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

Métis novelist, poet, and filmmaker Katherena Vermette’s work shines a light on her hometown of Winnipeg, particularly its North End neighbourhood. prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…

Hey, SK writers! 🌟 Did you know you can apply for a SK Arts Independent Artist Grant to support attendance at Sage Hill?! The next SK Arts IA deadline is coming up on March 15th! For more info visit: sk-arts.ca/grants/grants-… @saskarts

So here's the call for submissions for this year's Writes of Spring, which this year is #Winnipeg150 project. (Every year, we're grateful for the support of @WPGTHINAIR & @WinnipegNews.) Julian Day is this year's co-editor, so send us your best short theme-appropriate poems!

With her new novel, The Twistical Nature of Spoons (@turnstonepress), Winnipeg author Patti Grayson returns to adult fiction. She appears to have kept a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder, though, in this story of magic and curses. prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/view/…