Book: Return of the Grudstone Ghosts
Moose Jaw is the setting for yet another page-turning adventure. This time there are ghosts, gangsters, a school in peril and, of course, the tunnels of Moose Jaw…
Book: Reflections in a Farmhouse Window: A Prairie Memoir
One of the many joys of reading memoir is learning you share certain places, people or experiences with an author.
Book: Squandered: Canada's Potash Legacy
Squandered: Canada's Potash Legacy is another thoroughly researched and super interesting read by University of Regina Press.
Book: Family Potluck
Sixteen smiling, digitally-produced characters—including an infant in arms, a bespeckled elder, a girl in a wheelchair and a visually-impaired, non-Caucasian boy...
Book: Wrack Line
It’s a rare and wondrous thing when, while reading a poetry collection, I start conceiving poems in my own mind. Vancouver-born M.W. Jaeggle’s highly distilled first book of poetry...
Book: Where Could My Baby Be?
Of the several books I’ve read by Saskatoon writer, publisher and teacher, Ashley Vercammen, Where Could My Baby Be? is among the best.
Book: The Beech Forest
The Beech Forest by Marlis Wesseler is a novel that combines day-to-day life in rural Saskatchewan with a gradual reckoning with the Holocaust on the part of its protagonist, Lisa Braun.
Book: Lilacs by the Kitchen Door: Prairie life on the family farm
Lilacs by the Kitchen Door is the dramatic telling of the lives of Sheri Hathaway’s parents, Harold and Louise, and their supporting cast of extended family and friends.
Book: Trust the Bluer Skies: Meditations on Fatherhood
Trust the Bluer Skies is a sensory-rich journey through a brief and distinct moment in time. Our daily lives so often pass in a blur, and we can reach the end of the day wondering what we actually did.
Book: The Rasmussen Papers
Connie Gault’s The Rasmussen Papers is a precise work of psychological realism about one woman’s obsessive quest to gain access to the papers of a deceased poet...
Book: The Stones Will Sing
The premise of The Stones Will Sing seems to be the question of whether music can be a life-changing force. It is a quirky yet fascinating topic to delve into...
Book: Alphabet in the Park
I’ve reviewed a number of children’s alphabet books across the decades, so I’m always impressed when a writer puts an original twist on the traditional “A is for Apple” text.
Book: Storms and Scarabs
My first question when coming across Storms and Scarabs was: what the heck is a scarab? For those like me who were clueless, a scarab is an ancient Egyptian gem…
Book: The Treasure Box
The Treasure Box is the fourth Judith Silverthorne novel I’ve read during my decades as a book reviewer, and again, this Regina-based writer has mesmerized me.
Book: Towards a Prairie Atonement
Award-winning writer, prairie naturalist, and birder extraordinaire—Regina's Trevor Herriot requires little introduction.
Book: The Star Poems: A Cree Sky Narrative
It’s innovative, bilingual, and gives us another kind of Genesis. The Star Poems: A Cree Sky Narrative/acâhkos nikamowini-pîkiskwêwina: nêhiyawi-kîsik âcimowin is a Cree/English poetry collection…
Book: See You in Le Touquet: A Memoir of War and Destiny
See You in Le Touquet reads like a gripping historical fiction novel but it is a true story. Retired Canadian journalist Romie Christie tells the story of her inspiring parents…
Book: The Legend of Sarah
The Legend of Sarah was first published in 1988 under the title Lore Master. It has now been republished in this third edition by Shadowpaw Press Reprise based out of Regina.
Book: The Story of Me
Denise Leduc is a chameleon. The Aylesbury, SK writer easily changes genres, and she writes well in each of them. Perhaps you’re familiar with her children’s picture books…
Book: Jawbone
Original. Startling. Candid. Jawbone is a quick-read novella by Newfoundland writer, performer and director Meghan Greeley…