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Spring 2006
Storytellers: Aboriginal books abound on the prairies

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Storytellers: Aboriginal books abound on the prairies
Through fiction, non-fiction, biography, poetry and song, Aboriginal books flourish in the prairies. This spring, Prairie books NOW takes a look at several First Nations and Métis books.

Mighty proud he’s Métis: Legend Ray St. Germain turns a page
“I decided to do this because every time a subject comes up in a conversation, I usually
have a story.”
I Wanted To Be Elvis, So What Was I Doing In Moose Jaw?
Ray St. Germain
Pemmican Publications Inc.
$22.95 pb, 109 pages
ISBN 1-894717-32-5

Justice denied: Authors give voice to Neil Stonechild
“These are issues we need to understand, to confront as a society.”
Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely
Night of Neil Stonechild
Susanne Reber and Rob Renaud
Random House
$35.00 hc, 431 pages
ISBN 0-679-31307-9

Full of promise: 76-year-old first time author accepts the challenge
“The reason I decided to write the book was because I was a band councillor and I started talking about the Indian Claims Commission, and the younger people didn’t know what I was talking about. Not a clue.”
Treaty Promises, Indian Reality: Life On A Reserve
Harold LeRat, with Linda Ungar
Purich Publishing
$20.00 pb, 160 pages
with historic b/w photos, map, index
ISBN 1-895830-26-5

Course outlines: Conquering the frontiers of Aboriginal education
“Aboriginal elders are back, and people are starting to listen to them.”
First Nations in the Twenty-First Century:
Contemporary Educational Frontiers
John W. Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen
Detselig Enterprises Ltd.
$26.95 pb, 224 pages
ISBN 1-55059-293-9

A better life: Chief Smallboy finds freedom
“Without leaders like Chief Bobtail Smallboy, the First Nations of today would
not have been able to preserve their traditions.”
Chief Smallboy: In Pursuit of Freedom
Gary Botting
Fifth House
$24.95 pb, 236 pages
40 photographs, map, index, appendix
ISBN 1-894856-78-3

Leaving a legacy: Adams biography a labour of love
“Otapawy! is much more personal – it speaks to the psychology of colonization.”
Howard Adams: Otapawy!:
The Life of a Métis Leader in His Own Words
and in Those of His Contemporaries
edited by Hartmut Lutz, Murray Hamilton,
and Donna Heimbecker
The Gabriel Dumont Institute
$29.95 hc, 310 pages
with CD-ROM
ISBN 0-920915-74-4

In his own words: Doug Cuthand tackles the issues
“I mention racism because people on all sides have to know what it is and what harm it can do.”
Tapwe: Selected Columns of Doug Cuthand
Doug Cuthand
Theytus Books Ltd.
$20.95 pb, 242 pages
ISBN 1-894778-21-9

Past the salt: Jennifer Still evolves as a poet
“I love the way poetry circles things, walks around and around, its curiosity and intensity.”
Saltations
Jennifer Still
Thistledown Press
$15.95 pb, 95 pages
ISBN 1-894345-96-7

hockey mini-feature

The hockey news: Cam Cole compiles hockey’s greatest stories
“I’d also love to have been able to sample more of the sports stories that I know
must be there but couldn’t find.”
Ice Level
edited by Cam Cole
CanWest Books
$19.95 pb, 141 pages
ISBN 0-9736719-5-5
Fact check: Weird stories part of the game
“Hockey is not a great game despite these stories; it’s a great game because of them.”
Weird Facts About Canadian Hockey:
Strange, Wacky & Hilarious Stories
Peter Boer
Over Time Books
$9.95 pb, 159 pages
ISBN 0-9737681-2-6

Game misconduct: Hockey the backdrop in thriller
“The world of pro hockey…is a world where extreme behaviour is rewarded and great
character stories happen all the time.”
Bodycheck: A Mystery
Steven Owad
Rendezvous Press
$13.95 pb, 258 pages
ISBN 1-894917-22-7fiction

Reaching for the moon: A novel story of love, loss and redemption from Linda Holeman
“I believe it’s an inherent curiosity about the people who lived before us, trying to imagine what life in another time and place would have been like.”
The Moonlit Cage
Linda Holeman
Headline Review (U.K.)
Distributed by McArthur & Co.
$24.95 pb, 468 pages
ISBN 0-553-461-7
$24.95 hc, 416 pages
ISBN 0-7553-2293-2

Putting it in perspective: Trofimuk explores truth and doubt in latest novel
“I am of the Italo Calvino school when it comes to writing – that there is no difference between poetry and prose.”
Doubting Yourself to the Bone
Thomas Trofimuk
Cormorant Books
$22.95 pb, 380 pages
ISBN 1-896951-86-4poetry

The Flicker effect: Budde’s latest redefines micro-fiction
“I didn’t want the reader to adopt a prose-reading pose. As I moved on, I found I could lead a reader in other ways.”
Flicker
Rob Budde
Signature Editions
$14.95 pb, 94 pages
ISBN 1-897109-05-9

Poetic license: Berkhout’s poetry speaks volumes
“When I tried telling my story through poetry, everything clicked. For me, it’s
easier to express what I’m feeling in a condensed manner, using few words.”
This Way the Road
Nina Berkhout
NeWest Press
$16.95 pb, 85 pages
ISBN 1-896300-92-8
Pas de Deux
Nina Berkhout
Turnstone Press
$15.95 pb, 120 pages
ISBN 0-88801-316-7

drama

Alberta’s drama queen: Playwright Sharon Pollock celebrated in print
“My dogs, cats, and I would starve or freeze to death if I had to depend on the income from my plays.”
Sharon Pollock:
Collected Works, Volume One
edited by Cynthia Zimmerman
Playwrights Canada Press
$39.00 pb, 395 pages
ISBN 0-88754-818-0