Nov 19, 11:30 am.- 1:00 pm., City Place Coles. Meet and Greet: David Annandale, author of The Valedictorians. TUR. Nov 20, 1:00 pm. -3:00 p.m., Chapters Polo Festival. Jim Blanchard will sign his new book, Winnipeg‘s Great War: A City Comes of Age. UMP. Nov 20, 1:00 pm. – 4:00 pm., Kildonan Place Coles. Meet [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Nouveautés novembre
Poésie Cow-Boy Poétré de Ken Brown, avec la collaboration de Laurier Gareau et Daniel Cournoyer. Drame au contexte et à la saveur du Far-West. Un triangle amoureux entre une belle chanteuse country et deux bull-riders – un Albertain et un Québécois – connaît un dénouement passionnel. La poésie de Cow-Boy Poétré est dure. C’est plus [...]
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November Education
Teaching With Graphic Novels: In All Grades 4–12 Classrooms by Shelley S. Peterson. Capitalize on students’ excitement about graphic novels while teaching literacy/language arts curriculum objectives! Teaching With Graphic Novels is for teachers who are fans of the genre as well as for those who are curious about graphic novels and are interested in trying [...]
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November Graphic Novel
Ends/Begins (Book 3), From the 7 Generations Series by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Scott B. Henderson. In 1964, two brothers are taken from the warm and loving care of their grandparents, and spirited away to a residential school, miles from home. James, assigned to manual work on the grounds, sees less and less of [...]
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November Non-Fiction
Aboriginal, Northern, and Community Economic Development by John Loxley. John Loxley has worked in community economic development as a practitioner, advisor, teacher and scholar for over 30 years. The wealth of that experience is reflected in this book, which grapples with the conceptual and political complexities of addressing northern and Aboriginal poverty. Loxley examines a [...]
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November Poetry
Walking to Mojácar by Di Brandt. Di Brandt forges new paths with her multi-faceted poetry, experimenting with traditional poetic forms in this new collection. Throughout, Brandt captures the human heart in love, in crisis, or in awe of the world. Science and poetry fuse with sly wit and sleight of word Welding and other joining [...]
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November Young Adult
Retro Girl, by T.D. Thompson. With a psychic mother who pours salt under the doors and windows of their home for purification and protection and a father whose main income is derived from selling his elaborate origami works, Ari dreams of having a normal family. In her quest to become average, Ari embarks on a [...]
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Nouveautés octobre
Albums Ma Kokum a téléphoné aujourd’hui par Iris Loewan, illustré par Gloria Miller, Traduit de l’anglais par Mona Buors. Une jeune fille autruchon à hâte de visiter la réserve après un appel de sa grand-mère. De façon douce et joyeuse nous voyons comment les femmes, particulièrement les grands-mères, sont souvent spirituellement le lien quand des [...]
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October Children
How the Cougar Came to be Called the Ghost Cat by Michael James Isaac, illustrated by Dozay (Arlene) Christmas. The human need to belong is very powerful, so much so that we often sacrifice parts of who we are in order to be accepted. This is the tale of a young cougar, Ajig, who makes [...]
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October Drama
GAS/DUST by Jason Maghonoy. Sometimes surviving in dark times involves becoming part of the darkness…Gas and Dust, two plays about war, introduce a powerful new voice in Canadian theatre. A highly theatrical, violent, and ultimately moving examination of the young men and women currently fighting in Iraq, Gas follows two American soldiers who kill two [...]
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