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An Open-Ended Run

A collection of memories chronicling love, grief, and a life lived on and off stage

Raised on a farm and educated in a prairie Bible school, Layne Coleman escapes the confines of his stiflingly religious ...

Métis Matriarchs

Explores the integral roles that Métis women assumed to ensure the survival of their communities during the fur trade era and onward

Métis Matriarchs examines the roles of prominent Métis women from ...

Trust the Bluer Skies

Award-winning author paulo da costa meditates on fatherhood, place, and memory during a trip to his childhood home in Vale de Cambra, Portugal.
 
During an extended stay in his childhood home in Portugal, ...

Protecting the Prairies

Grasslands are among the richest, most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, and they are   crucial in the fight against climate change. Unfortunately, since 1970 Canada has lost more than 40 percent ...

The Life and Times of Augustine Tataneuck

One of the few biographies of an Inuk man from the 19th Century—separated from his family, community, and language—finding his place in history.
 
Augustine Tataneuck was an Inuk man born near the ...

Who Gets In

An eye-opening account of the Jewish immigration experience in the 1930s, and one man’s battle against anti-Semitic immigration policies.
 
In 1930, a young Jewish man, Yehuda Yosef Eisenstein, arrived ...

kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember

A residential school survivor finds his way back to his language and culture through his family’s traditional stories.

When reflecting on forces that have shaped his life, Solomon Ratt says his education ...

Opimotewina wina kapagamawat Witigowa / Journeys of The One to Strike the Wetigo

By Ken Carriere
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A first-hand account of a Swampy Cree boy’s experiences growing up in the Saskatchewan River Delta, one of the world’s largest inland deltas and one of North America’s most important ecosystems. ...

The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney

Through poetry, letters, essays, and interviews, The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney relates the harrowing experiences of a man who spent nearly thirty-five years in the Canadian prison system.

Rik McWhinney ...

Owóknage

Shortlisted, Indigenous Peoples' Publishing Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards, 2023
Shortlisted, Nonfiction Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards
Shortlisted, Publishing Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards
Shortlisted, ...