Write Out Loud features Matthew Anderson

Matthew Anderson, born in Shaunavon, raised in Swift Current and Regina, now living in Nova Scotia, returns to Swift Current to present his recently published The Good Walk: Creating New Paths on Traditional Prairie Trails (University of Regina Press, 2024). The Good Walk is grounded in walks undertaken in southwest Saskatchewan, but is infused with reflections on family/settler history and Indigenous perspectives of land.

Matthew is an ordained Lutheran minister, has a PhD from McGill, taught for over 20 years at Concordia University, and currently teaches at St Francis Xavier University. The titles of Matthew’s books say a lot about his interests: Prophets of Love: The Unlikely Kinship of Leonard Cohen and the Apostle Paul (McGill-Queens University Press, 2023); Our Home and Treaty Land (with Dr. Ray Aldred, WoodLake Friesen Press, 2024); Pairings: The Bible and Booze (Novalis, 2021).

He writes journal and textbook articles and has a podcast called “Pilgrimage Stories from Up and Down the Staircase.” He’s written, shot, and produced two full-length documentaries about pilgrimage. These can be found on his websites, SomethingGrand.ca  and UnsettledWords.com.

Because of ongoing renovations at the Lyric Theatre, Write Out Loud is scheduled to be held at the Swift Current Museum on May 15, 2024. Doors open at 6:30 with a Good Walk pictorial presentation by Hugh Henry at 7:00. Mr. Anderson’s reading and talk will follow. Admission is $8.00.

Write Out Loud appreciates sponsorship by the Canada Council through The Writers’ Union of Canada, Stark & Marsh, and Anderson & Co.