This was the first time that the University of Regina hosted the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The university, city, and province did a wonderful job of putting on the conference, right down to offering free city bus service to delegates. Highlights, beyond the bookfair of course, included: The theme: Gathering Diversities. An […]
Month: June 2018
We have some great news to share! Norma Dunning has won the prestigious Danuta Gleed Literary Award, given to the writer of the best first short story collection in Canada. The stories in Annie Muktuk and Other Stories portray the unvarnished realities of northern life via strong and gritty characters. Jury members praised Dunning for crafting “spellbinding narratives” […]
If you have a hard time figuring out what to get for your father or father figure in your life, you might consider a new book by award-winning author Heather O’Neill. Wisdom in Nonsense is full of wry and witty stories of unconventional mentors that provided the foundation of O’Neill’s writing life. “[Heather O’Neill’s] father shared […]