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Turnstone Press
Turnstone Press is a Canadian literary publisher founded in 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the oldest in Manitoba and among the most respected independent publishers in Canada. Turnstone was founded in 1976 by academics David Arnason, John Beaver, Dennis Cooley, Robert Enright, Daniel Lenoski, and Wayne Tefs. Initially the company rented space at the University of Manitoba and published chapbooks by Manitoba poets. Turnstone was incorporated in 1983 and since that time, under editors Wayne Tefs, Joan Thomas and others, has grown to become one of the most highly regarded and award-winning independent publishers in Western Canada. Turnstone moved to a space in the Exchange District of Winnipeg and added fiction, literary criticism and literary non-fiction titles. In 1998 Turnstone added the Ravenstone imprint which specializes in literary and experimental mystery and noir fiction. Turnstone is known for publishing Canadian authors, particularly from Manitoba and the Canadian prairies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arnason
David Arnason (born 23 May 1940) is a Canadian author and poet of Icelandic heritage from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Life Born in Gimli, Manitoba, Arnason is of Icelandic descent and often writes about the Icelandic community in Canada. He is the son of Baldwin and Gudrun Arnason and the eldest of seven children. He attended the University of Manitoba where he received a B.A. (1961), a Certificate in Education (1963) and M.A. (1969), and has a PhD from the University of New Brunswick (1983-1984). Arnason co-founded the ''Journal of Canadian Fiction'' with John Moss at the University of New Brunswick in 1972. He was one of the co-founders of Queenston House Press in Winnipeg and has been an editor of Turnstone Press in Winnipeg since 1975. He was chairman of the Literary Press Group and a member of the executive of the Association of Canadian Publishers. He served on the Manitoba Arts Council 1985–1987. He was a general editor of the Macmillan Themes in Canadian Literature series. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gould (Canadian Writer)
John Gould is a Canadian short story writer from Victoria, British Columbia.Adrian Chamberlain, "John Gould, short and sweet". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', November 2, 2003. He is most noted for his 2003 book ''Kilter: 55 fictions'', which was shortlisted for the Giller Prize The Giller Prize (sponsored as the Scotiabank Giller Prize), is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competition be .... Gould's first book, ''The Kingdom of Heaven: 88 Palm-of-the-Hand Stories'', was published in 1996. CBC Books listed Gould's 2020 collection of short stories, ''The End of Me'', on its list of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020. The book was shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award for short fiction. Gould currently teaches creative writing at the University of Victoria."UVic Writing student wins top honours". ''Saanich News'', May 15, 2011. He is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bergen
David Bergen (born January 14, 1957) is a Canadian novelist. He has published nine novels and two collections of short stories since 1993 and is currently based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His 2005 novel ''The Time in Between'' won the Scotiabank Giller Prize and he was a finalist again in 2010 (for ''The Matter With Morris)'' and 2020 (for ''Here the Dark)'', making the long list in 2008 (for ''The Retreat).'' Life and career Bergen was born on January 14, 1957, in Port Edward, a small fishing village in British Columbia, Canada, and later grew up in the small town of Niverville, Manitoba. He went to Bible college in British Columbia and Red River College in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he studied creative communication. He taught English and Creative Writing at Winnipeg's Kelvin High School until 2002. Raised Mennonite, Bergen has noted that the tendency of the church to stifle questions and criticism affected his decision to write fiction. "Writing is a way of figuring things ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mennonite Literature
Mennonite literature emerged in the mid-to-late 20th century as both a literary movement and a distinct genre. Mennonite literature refers to literary works created by or about Mennonites. Definition Mennonite literature, in the modern sense, usually refers to literary works by Mennonites about Mennonites, whether the author is Mennonite by ethnicity or religion. Although fiction was written about Mennonites by non-Mennonites since at least the 1800s, the term Mennonite literature, as a genre, usually refers to literary works written by people who self-identify as Mennonites. There is debate as to whether Mennonite literature constitutes a movement, genre, or an "accent". There is some debate as to whether literature written by Mennonites that is not expressly about Mennonites, such as the work of A.E. Van Vogt and Paul Hiebert, should be classified as Mennonite literature. Mennonite literature often deals with topics of identity and has been described as "transgressive" as it is o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry Thomas Morse
Garry Thomas Morse is a Canadian poet and novelist. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry, at the 2011 Governor General's Awards for ''Discovery Passages'' and at the 2016 Governor General's Awards for ''Prairie Harbour'',"Governor-General’s Literary Award short list a serious case of déjà vu" '''', October 4, 2016. and a two-time nominee for his ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Arthurson
Wayne Arthurson is a Canadian writer from Alberta. He is the author of several novels and several books related to First Nations peoples. His parents are of Cree and French Canadian descent. He grew up on an army base. Arthurson's first novel, ''Final Season'', published in 2002, is set in a First Nations community that faces profound environmental change, due to a new hydroelectric project. Arthurson has two mystery series with the recurring hero Leo Desroches, a metis journalist, who has had his own run-ins with the law. ''Fall from Grace'' was published in 2011, ''A Killing Winter'' was published in 2012, and ''Blood Red Summer'' was published in 2015. His second series starts with ''Dishonour in Camp 133'' is set in a POW A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war ... ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Francis
Marvin Francis (1955–2005) was a Cree"Entry for Marvin Francis" in ''Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writers from the Land of Water'', High Water Press, 2011, page 271. poet from Winnipeg, Manitoba best known for his book-length poem ''City Treaty'' published by Turnstone Press.'How Come These Guns are so Tall': Anti-corporate Resistance in Marvin Francis’s City Treaty by Warren Cariou, Studies in Canadian Literature, 31(1), 2006. Life Francis was born on the in northern Alberta. and lived in |
Indigenous Peoples Of Canada
In Canada, Indigenous groups comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Although ''Indian'' is a term still commonly used in legal documents, the descriptors ''Indian'' and ''Eskimo'' have fallen into disuse in Canada, and most consider them to be pejorative. ''Aboriginal peoples'' as a collective noun is a specific term of art used in some legal documents, including the ''Constitution Act, 1982'', though in most Indigenous circles ''Aboriginal'' has also fallen into disfavour. Old Crow Flats and Bluefish Caves are some of the earliest known sites of human habitation in Canada. The Paleo-Indian Clovis, Plano and Pre-Dorset cultures pre-date the current Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Projectile point tools, spears, pottery, bangles, chisels and scrapers mark archaeological sites, thus distinguishing cultural periods, traditions, and lithic reduction styles. The characteristics of Indigenous culture in Canada includes a long history of permanent settlements, agricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristjanna Gunnars
Kristjana Gunnars (born March 19, 1948 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic-Canadian poet and novelist. She immigrated to Canada in 1969. Her works explore, among other themes, the 19th century Icelandic settler experience in Canada's prairie provinces. Bibliography Novels *''The Prowler'' (1989), winner of the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award *''The Substance of Forgetting'' (1992) * ''Night Train to Nykobing'' (1998) Short stories *''The Guest House and Other Stories (''1992) *''Any Day But This'' (2004) Poetry *''One-eyed Moon Maps'' (1980) *''Settlement Poems 1'' (1980) *''Settlement Poems 2'' (1980) *''Wake-pick Poems'' (1981) *''The Axe's Edge'' (1983) *''The Night Workers of Ragnorak'' (1985) *''Exiles Among You'' (1996) *''Carnival of Longing (''1989) *''Silence of the Country'' (2002) *''Night Train to Nykøbing'' (2002) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Icelandic Canadians
Icelandic Canadians are Canadian citizens of Icelandic ancestry or Iceland-born people who reside in Canada. Canada has the largest ethnic Icelandic population outside Iceland, with about 101,795 people of full or partial Icelandic descent as of the Canada 2016 Census. Many Icelandic Canadians are descendants of people who fled an eruption of the Icelandic volcano Askja in 1875. History The history between Icelanders and North America dates back approximately one thousand years. The first Europeans to reach North America were Icelandic Norsemen, who made at least one major effort at settlement in what is today Newfoundland (L'Anse aux Meadows) around 1009 AD. Snorri Þorfinnsson, the son of Þorfinnr Karlsefni and his wife Guðríður, is the first European known to have been born in the New World. In 1875, over 200 Icelanders immigrated to Manitoba establishing the New Iceland colony along the west shore of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, this is the first part of a large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Ito
Sally Ito (born 1964) is a Canadian writer, translator, and artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Ito was born in 1964 in Taber, Alberta. She grew up in Edmonton and began writing poetry as a teenager. She currently teaches creative writing at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg. Ito is the author of four books of poetry, ''Frogs in the Rain Barrel'' (1996), ''Season of Mercy'' (1999), ''Alert to Glory'' (2011), and ''Heart's Hydrography'' (2022). She has also published a collection of short stories called ''Floating Shore'' in 1998. She is perhaps best known for her 2018 memoir ''The Emperor's Orphans'' about the 4,000 Japanese Canadians who were repatriated to Japan during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... References 1964 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Sweatman
Margaret Sweatman (born 1953) is a Canadian writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sweatman was educated at the University of Winnipeg, Concordia University and Simon Fraser University. Her 2001 novel ''When Alice Lay Down With Peter'' was a winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Sunburst Award. She teaches literature and creative writing, and performs with the Broken Songs Band. With her husband, Glenn Buhr, she won the Genie Award for Best Original Song at the 26th Genie Awards in 2006 for "When Wintertime", a song they wrote for the film ''Seven Times Lucky''."C.R.A.Z.Y. night at Genie Awards: Family epic captures 10 awards". ''Kingston Whig-Standard ''The Kingston Whig-Standard'' is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published five days a week, from Tuesday to Saturday. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is currently owned by Postmedia. It has ...'', March 14, 2006. Bibliography * ''Fox'' (1991), with a newly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
