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Great Plains means Great Books!

Spring2020

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GREAT PLAINS SELECT AWARDS AND ACCOLADESALBERTA BOOK AWARDS Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction Winner: Godless But Loyal to Heaven by Richard Van CampHoward O’Hagen Short Story Award Finalist: 7 Ways to Sunday by Lee KvernRobert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize Winner: Night Moves by Richard Van Camp

ALBERTA READERS’ CHOICE AWARDFinalist: Art Lessons

by Katherine KollerFinalist: Gatekeeper by Natasha Deen

BC READERS’ CHOICE AWARD Red Cedar AwardJuliana and the Medicine Fish

by Jake MacDonald

CANADIAN CHILDREN’S BOOK CENTRE Our Choice SelectionBlack Bottle Man by Craig RussellWithershins by Susan RocanCLA Young Adult Book AwardFinalist: The Silent Summer of

Kyle McGinley by Jan Andrews

DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARDFinalist: The Light That Remains

by Lyse Champagne

FOREST OF READING White Pine Award Honour BookGravity Journal by Gail Sidonie SobatWhite Pine Award SelectionThe Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley

by Jan AndrewsThe Fall by Colleen NelsonSilver Birch Award SelectionJuliana and the Medicine Fish

by Jake MacDonald

HIGH PLAINS BOOK AWARDSWinner: Madder Carmine

by Tyler Enfield

IODE VIOLET DOWNEY BOOK AWARDFinalist: Forgetting How to Breathe

by Anita Daher

MANITOBA BOOK AWARDS Carol Shields Winnipeg Book AwardWinner: Stuck in the Middle

by Bartley Kives and Bryan ScottMcNally Robinson Book of the YearWinner: The House on Sugarbush Road

by Méira Cook Winner: More Abandoned

Manitoba: Rivers, Rails, and Ruins by Gordon Goldsborough

McNally Robinson Book for Young People AwardWinner: The Fall by Colleen NelsonWinner: The Green-Eyed Queen of

Suicide City by Kevin Marc FournierMary Scorer Award for Best Manitoba BookWinner: Butterfly Winter

by W.P. KinsellaManuela Dias Book Design of the Year AwardFinalist: Family of Spies: Paris

by Jodi Carmichael

MANITOBA YOUNG READERS’ CHOICE AWARDFinalist: Pulse Point

by Colleen Nelson and Nancy Chappell-Pollack

Finalist: Coop the Great by Larry Verstraete

Finalist: Morven and the Horse Clan by Luanne Armstrong

Finalist: Withershins by Susan Rocan

ON THE SAME PAGEWinner: The Lucky Ones

by Anne MahonFinalist: Stuck in the Middle

by Bartley Kives and Bryan ScottFinalist: The House on Sugarbush Road

by Méira CookFinalist: Black Bottle Man

by Craig RussellWinner: Juliana and the Medicine Fish

by Jake MacDonald

RELIT AWARDShortlist: Hello, Sweetheart

by Elaine McCluskeyShortlist: Night Moves

by Richard Van Camp

SYRCA AWARDSWinner: The Fall by Colleen NelsonFinalist: Pulse Point by Colleen NelsonFinalist: Hannah and the Magic Eye

by Tyler Enfield

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GREAT PLAINS PUBLICATIONS

GREAT PLAINS PUBLICATIONS IS A NON-FICTION PUBLISHER SPECIALIZING IN PRAIRIE HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

NON-FICTION

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Peculiar LessonsHow nature and the material world shaped a prairie childhoodLois Braun978-1-77337-037-8, $24.95 Trade Paper, 6 x 9, 224 pages

Marketing Plan: Local review mailing, online and print marketing, author participation in interviews, festivals, and readings

Part memoir, part social history, this collection of ten essays explores the various physical and natural elements that form the backdrop to Braun’s memories

of growing up on a farm in southern Manitoba in the mid-20th

century. From blackboard chalk to curling rocks in the chapter on stone, from mirages to straight-line winds in the essay on light and air, she reflects on her interactions with the elements as a child and how her responses influenced her evolution into adulthood.

Braun includes intriguing tidbits about the science and history behind each element as it pertains to life in her unique location on our planet. The book highlights the value and beauty of the simple components of our surroundings that we take for granted growing up, exposes their true complexity, and reveals how the fascination with a “simple” thing can become a lifelong pursuit that sustains our artistic and spiritual needs.

LOIS BRAUN grew up in a Mennonite community in southern Manitoba and taught elementary school in Altona until her retirement. She has written four critically acclaimed collections of short fiction, including A Stone Watermelon, which was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award, and The

Penance Drummer, which received the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction. She is currently a freelance editor and volunteers for local arts- and history-related committees and events. Having lived most of her life on farms, she now resides in Altona with her husband Joe and a cat called Graydi.

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More Abandoned ManitobaRivers, Rails, and RuinsGordon Goldsborough978-1-77337-002-6, $35.00, 264 pages

Foreword by The Honourable Gary A. Filmon, Premier of Manitoba (1988–1999)

Winner of the 2019 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award!

Haunted ManitobaGhost Stories from the PrairiesMatthew Komus978-1-77337-028-6, $21.95, 232 pages

Manitoba may seem like a quiet province, but its prairies teem with paranormal activity. A ghostly groundskeeper still does his rounds at the Delta Marsh Field Station; strange noises and apparitions of children in 19th-century clothing have been reported at Lower Fort Garry; and Mrs. Kennedy still welcomes guests to Captain Kennedy’s House—just as she did when her home was built in 1866. Haunted Manitoba shares eerie stories from all corners of the province and places them in the context of Manitoba’s rich history.

Stuck in the Middle 2Defining Views of ManitobaBartley Kives and Bryan Scott978-1-927855-80-5, $35.00, 226 pages

“a compelling look at virtually every corner of our vast province.” —Winnipeg Free Press

photographs by Bryan Scott | text by Bartley Kives

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Assiniboine ParkDesigning and Developing a People’s PlaygroundDavid Spector978-1-77337-012-5, $29.95, 248 pages

“ David Spector has fashioned a compelling, exclusive, highly readable account of Assiniboine Park’s rich, century-plus history. Vintage and contemporary illustrations complement his narrative. Combing through archives, he has uncovered intriguing, amusing, little-known details and scandalous sidebars. From drawing board concept to today’s ongoing makeover, Assiniboine Park hasn’t stopped changing. Herein the untold story.”—Rod Gaskell, retired City of Ottawa administrator, radio broadcaster & Juno Awards Judge

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Encyclopedia of ManitobaEdited by Ingeborg Boyens978-1-894283-71-7 $99.95, full colour hardcover, 814 pages

Golden Boys:The Top 50 Manitoba Hockey Players of All TimeTy Dilello978-1-927855-82-9, $24.95, 336 pages

Every Stone a Story2:More of Manitoba’s Buried HistoryDale Brawn978-1-894283-96-0 $29.95, illustrated softcover, 152 pages

The Hot Line: How The Legendary Trio of Hull, Hedberg and Nilsson Transformed Hockey and Led the Winnipeg Jets to GreatnessGeoff Kirbyson978-1-927855-65-2$29.95, 240 pages

Stuck in the Middle: Dissenting Views of WinnipegBryan Scott and Bartley Kives978-1-926531-84-7$29.95, 200 pagesWinner: Carol Shields/ City of Winnipeg Book Award

A Daytripper’s Guide to Manitoba:Exploring Canada’s Undiscovered ProvinceBartley Kives978-1-927855-27-0, $24.95, illustrated softcover, 272 pages

Haunted Winnipeg:Ghost Stories from the Heart of the ContinentMatthew Komus978-1-927855-058 $19.95, illustrated softcover, 160 pages

Abandoned Manitoba:From Residential Schools to Bank Vaults to Grain ElevatorsGordon Goldsborough978-1-927855-48-5$29.95, full colour softcover, 264 pages

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Were Here: Hand-tinted Postcards from Winnipeg’s Halcyon DaysStan Milosevic$24.95, illustrated softcover, 120 pages

On the Air: The Golden Age of Manitoba RadioGarry Moir978-1-927855-26-3$29.95, illustrated softcover, 192 pages

TEXT BY SHELLEY PENZIWOLPHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER BLAHUT

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A GUIDE TO MANITOBA’S PROVINCIAL PARKS

From Asessippi to Zed Lake: A Guide to Manitoba’s Provincial ParksShelley Penziwol978-1-926531-14-4 $29.95, illustrated softcover, 208 pages

A Voyage to the Front Line of Climate Change

Cameron DueCk

The New Northwest Passage: A Voyage to the Front Line of Climate ChangeCameron Dueck978-1-926531-36-6$24.95, 256 pages

Stories of Hope, Resilience and Life after Gangs

Anne Mahon

Redemption:Stories of Hope, Resilience and Life After GangsAnne Mahon978-1-927855-81-2 $24.95, 232 pages

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Mike McIntyre

How “Project Angel” Cracked The Candace Derksen Case

From the Barren Lands: The Fur Trade, First Nations, and a Life in Northern Canada Leonard Flett978-1-927855-33-1 $29.95, 328 pages

True Crime

The Library Tree:How a Canadian woman brought the joy of reading to a generation of African childrenDeborah Cowley978-1-926531-83-0$24.95, 232 pages

In Search of Canada:The Early Years of John Wesley DafoeChristopher Dafoe978-1-926531-94-6$24.95, 224 pages

Tom Goodman

$29.95Biography/Military History

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The battle for Vimy Ridge one hundred years ago has been characterized as a defi ning moment in Canadian

history. � e idea of thousands of Canadian young men dying together in the mud and tangled wire of northern France was, and still is, considered by many as nation-building.

Tom Goodman generally accepted this view until he discovered a rich trove of letters between his grandmother and Archie Polson, the uncle he had never met. Reading through the exchanges, Goodman came to realize that war is sometimes about winning, but it is always about loss. He has now collected many of these letters, along with his own contextual narrative, so that we can see the true cost of war to a family and a country.

Her Darling Boy: The letters of a mother, her beloved son and the heartbreaking cost of Vimy RidgeTom Goodman978-1-926531-49-2$29.95, 240 pages

Dean Gunnarson:The Making of an Escape ArtistCarolyn Gray978-1-927855-35-5$29.95, 264 pages

Stories Best Left Untold: Tales from a Manitoba LegislatorGord Mackintosh978-1-927855-74-4$29.95, 352 pages

The Lucky Ones: African Refugees’ Stories of Extraordinary CourageAnne Mahon978-1-926531-72-4$24.95, 224 pagesWinner: On the Same Page Manitoba

Vikings on a Prairie Ocean: The Saga of a Lake, a People, a Family, and a ManGlenn Sigurdson978-1-926531-93-9$29.95, 320 pages

Journey for Justice:How Project Angel Cracked the Candace Derksen CaseMike McIntyre978-1-926531-13-7$11.95, mass market, 336 pages

Mike on Crime: True Tales of Law and DisorderMike McIntyre978-1-927855-06-5$11.95, 320 pages

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YELLOW DOG

YELLOW DOG PUBLISHES CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL FICTION FROM CANADIAN AUTHORS FOR MIDDLE YEARS, TEEN AND NEW ADULT READERS.

YELLOW DOG

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The Automatic AgeGMB Chomichuk978-1-77337-040-8, $14.95 Trade Paper, 5 x 7, 112 pages

Marketing Plan: International review mailing, online marketing and promotion, national advertising placements, author participation in interviews, festivals and readings. #TheAutomaticAge

THE AUTOMATIC AGE is the story of a father and son navigating an automated apocalypse. Set in a mid-

century computerized utopia of automats, self-driving cars, food pills and happy robo-servants, robot search teams find and remove the troublesome people that clutter it. A perfect future in which humans are forbidden to live.

GMB CHOMICHUK is an award-winning writer and illustrator whose work has appeared in film, television, books, comics and heartwarming graphic novels. His work ranges from the heart warming to the bloodcurdling with graphic novels like Cassie and Tonk, Midnight City, Will I See? and the forthcoming

Arena City and Good Boys. He is the host of Super Pulp Science, a podcast about how genre gets made. His newest full-length graphic novel, Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetal, was featured on The Hollywood Reporter, The Nerdist and Billboard magazine.

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You Don’t Have to Die in the EndAnita Daher978-1-77337-043-9, $14.95 Trade Paper, 5.5 x 8.5, 192 pages

Marketing Plan: International review mailing, online marketing and promotion, national advertising placements, author participation in interviews, festivals and readings

Eugenia Grimm is a tough girl living in a tough town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. She drinks and fights and pushes against expectations. She is

also hurting. After her father died by suicide on her eighth birthday, her older brothers drifted away and her mother up and left when she turned 14, Eugenia has not made the best choices. After a last-straw violent incident and faced with the possibility of incarceration, she is sentenced to time at an Intensive Support and Supervision Program located at a remote mountain ranch. There, she begins to make connections, explore difficult truths, and might even turn things around—until a series of events pull her into a dark spiral she may not have the strength to resist.

ANITA DAHER has been entrenched in the book publishing industry since 1995 writing middle grade and teen novels, including Wonder Horse, Two Foot Punch and Racing for Diamonds. In 2007 she received the John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Author. Her most recent novel, Forgetting

How to Breathe, was shortlisted for the 2019 IODE Violet Downey Award. Aside from short stints as grave-plot seller, tour guide, and children’s party clown, she’s worked in aviation, publishing, and broadcasting. When not word wrangling she enjoys inhabiting characters on stage and screen. Anita lives and writes in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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FeralNicole Luiken978-1-77337-031-6, $14.95, Best for young adults

17-year-old Chloe fears she’s a Dud, a child born to two werewolves who can’t change into a wolf. If she’s still a Dud by the time she reaches adulthood, she’ll be exiled. In the meantime, she’s at the bottom of the pack hierarchy and the other teens in her small town make her life miserable.

Then she encounters a feral werewolf with the opposite problem: he’s trapped in wolf form. Chloe suspects the feral is her old classmate, Marcus, who everyone believes died along with the rest of his family in a mysterious plane crash. Chloe vows to help Marcus regain his human self because giving up on him would mean admitting possible failure for herself, too. But she must act quickly. Pack law mandates killing ferals.

“A howling good time.”—Kirkus Reviews

Nicole Luiken

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The Changeling of Fenlen ForestKatherine Magyarody978-1-77337-019-4, $14.95, Best for young adults

“ Elegantly conceived and richly crafted, Magyarody has given us an enchanting tale of old world magic with relevant themes. A fun, mysterious ride for anyone who has dreamed of wandering into a dark forest, and perhaps never returning…”—Tyler Enfield, author of Hannah and the Magic Eye and the Wrush fantasy series.

Cedar DanceMonica Nawrocki978-1-77337-016-3, $11.95, Best for ages 8–12

“Told in the first person by Cedar, this engrossing and believable story captures perfectly the angst of a pre-teen trying to find his place in the world. Cedar’s story is told with wry, self-deprecating humor while subtly revealing that, despite his doubts about himself and his dubious athletic abilities, he is very much his own person, stronger and wiser than he is aware. The main characters in this book are pleasingly portrayed as real people doing their best... a fast-paced and intriguing read.” —Highly recommended, CM Magazine.

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The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinleyJan Andrews978-1-926531-68-7$14.95, 200 pagesFinALiST: Forest of Reading, White Pine Award, 2014

Morven and the Horse ClanLuanne Armstrong978-1-926531-74-8$14.95, 176 pagesA 2014 MYRCA selection

LockdownMaggie Bolitho978-1-926531-89-2$14.95, 232 pagesSeLecTion: CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens

Family of SpiesJodi Carmichael978-1-927855-94-2, $14.95, 296 pagesFinALiST: Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award

Forever JuliaJodi Carmichael978-1-927855-20-1, $14.95, 240 pagesWinner: McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award, 2015SeLecTion: Best Books For Kids & Teens, Fall 2015

Forgetting How to BreatheAnita Daher978-1-927855-91-1, $11.95, 112 pagesFinALiST: IODE Violet Downey Book Award

Hannah and the Magic EyeTyler Enfield978-1-927855-68-3$11.95, 168 pages

Madder CarmineTyler Enfield978-1-927855-30-0$14.95, 224 pagesWinner: High Plains Book Award

Green-Eyed Queen of Suicide CityKevin Marc Fournier978-1-926531-267$14.95, 200 pagesWinner: McNally Robinson Book for Young People

Art LessonsKatherine Koller978-1-927855-49-2, $19.95, 192 pages

Juliana and the Medicine FishJake MacDonald978-0-9697804-4-1$16.95, 152 pagesWinner: Manitoba On the Same Page 2011

The FallColleen Nelson978-1-926531-65-6, $14.95, 197 pages

Pulse PointColleen Nelson and Nancy Chappell-Pollack978-1-927855-97-3, $14.95, 208 pagesFinALiST: SYRCA AwardsFinALiST: MYRCA Awards

The BreakNelsa Roberto978-1-926531-20-5, $14.95, 208 pages

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After three years in the Mexican War, color-blind Dannon Lereaux sets out across the mountains in search of “love, red, and a new class of salvation,” expecting to find all three in a girl called Madder Carmine. 

Set in the year 1849, amidst a vividly reconceived Appalachia, young Dannon has returned from the war only to discover home was finer when remembered from afar. Disenchanted and confused, he puts all hope of deliverance in a girl he once met and, along with an escaped slave named Virgil, embarks on an epic journey to find her. But hard on their trail is Will Lawson, Virgil’s vengeful owner. 

As Dannon is pushed deeper into the world of the hunted, his mind slips into a world of its own. Suddenly the mountains of his youth are transformed into the Nine Circles of Hell, and Virgil becomes his soul-guide through the underworld. With this notion firm in his mind, Dannon commends himself to a surreal journey as he seeks redemption in the heart of the Inferno.

TYLER ENFIELD is a writer and photographer. Other books include the award-winning children’s novel series, Wrush. He’s also the writer/director of the National Film Board’s interactive film, Invisible Worlds. He lives in Edmonton, and you can visit him and his photography at www.TylerEnfield.com.

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The Guardian Trilogy is complete!

“if you’re a new reader to the Guardian series, you’ve got three books of robust plotting, clever characters and bright banter ahead of you. Enjoy!”—CanLit for Little Canadians

“a great hybrid of horror and mystery (think Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Veronica Mars), with oodles of potential for humour and terror—and Deen gets the most out of both.”—Quill & Quire

GuardianNatasha Deen978-1-927855-09-6 $14.95, 270 pages

GatekeeperNatasha Deen978-1-927855-09-6 $14.95, 270 pages

Game’s EndNatasha Deen978-1-927855-85-0$14.95, 240 pages

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Black Bottle ManCraig Russell978-1-894283-99-1$14.95, 184 pagesFinALiST: Aurora Awards

How to Tend a GraveJocelyn Shipley978-1-926531-19-9$14.95, 184 pages

Jamie’s Got A GunGail Sidonie Sobat and Spyder Yardley-Jones978-1-926531-88-5 $14.95, 280 pagesSeLecTion: CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens

Coop

A Novel

Larry Verstraete

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Coop Coop The GreatLarry Verstraete978-1-77337-009-5, $11.95, Best for ages 8–12

Coop is an aging, cynical, down-and-out dachshund who faces the ultimate test when his new owner, Mike, and Mike’s grandchildren, Zach and Emma, run into trouble. Mike rescued him, but does Coop have what it takes to do the same?

Drawing strength from the stories about great dogs that Mike shares with him, Coop charts a dangerous journey to save his new family.

“ A quick and enjoyable read filled with endearing characters, moments of humour and heartfelt storytelling, Coop the Great is a wonderful middle-school novel for all readers. Perfect for both young readers who love animals, as well as a classroom or bedtime read-aloud focusing on important themes of empathy, heroism, and the power of a positive mindset, this is a novel worthy of purchase and priority placement on bookshelves.” —Highly Recommended, CM Magazine

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ENFIELD & WIZENTY IS A LITERARY IMPRINT PUBLISHING ORIGINAL NOVELS AND SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS.

LITERARY FICTION

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LITERARY FICTION Where the Waters MeetStéphanie Boulay Translated from French by Ghislaine LeFranc978-1-77337-034-7, $21.95 Trade Paper, 5 x 8, 112 pages

Marketing Plans: National review mailing, marketing in target print magazines, paid social ads, festival circuit pitch, author participation in interviews and readings

She lives outside the village, in the woods, near the river, with her sister. Or her mother. She doesn’t really know. Her life is simple, but nothing ever stays the same.

Her body is changing; life around her is changing, too. And there aren’t many people around who can explain to her what’s happening.

A story with a sombre offbeat mood, guided along by a narrator using unique and colourful language.

Originally published by Québec-Amérique as À l’abri des hommes et des choses

“Stéphanie Boulay has found a style that suits her, striking the right tone, candid, coloured, clear and very close to the emotions.” —Le Journal de Québec

“ Her unique voice, deconstructed phrasing and metaphors as gentle as caresses have taken Stéphanie Boulay’s imagination by storm.”—Le Huffington Post Québec

STÉPHANIE BOULAY is often called “the blonde half of ’the Boulay sisters’, but she is an accomplished human being in her own right. She has been writing stories since the age of 8, studied creative writing at the Université du Québec à Montréal and knows her grammar rules better than her guitar chords. Some

might call her a singer who writes, but in fact, she is mainly a writer who sings; it’s just the chronology of events that has confused things.

GHISLAINE LEFRANC is a translator and editor from Virginia. She holds an MA in Translation Studies from Concordia University. Currently based in Montréal, she spends her free time on her yoga mat, in the kitchen or curled up reading with her cat, Tolstoï.

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Winter WillowDeborah-Anne Tunney978-1-77337-025-5, $21.95, 160 pages

During a winter in the mid-1970s, unexpected and dramatic events shape the lives of three people living in Winter Willow.

Melanie, a young graduate student, is grieving the loss of her mother and main support system when she discovers that her PhD funding has been cancelled. Then she meets Stone, owner of Winter Willow, an old mansion in her neighbourhood, and is offered a position as his personal assistant. Moving in with him during that snowy and isolating season not only creates a strange sleepiness that makes it difficult for Melanie to concentrate on her studies, but also serves to disrupt the life and routine of Stone and his housekeeper, Celeste.

When Melanie begins a relationship with a fellow grad student, she is confronted with the choice between a future with him and her life at Winter Willow. This novel explores the moment when a life can change, the pivot upon which the future depends.

PrivilegeJason Patrick Rothery978-1-77337-022-4, $21.95, 376 pages

A cutting satire concerning the death spiral of the white, male identity.

With his divorce nearly finalized, the surprise success of his freshman book on the wane, and his ill-advised affair with grad student Lara Kitts put to bed, Dr. Barker Samuel Stone is on the precipice of a cozy tenure-track existence. All in all, none too shabby for a straight, aware, upper-middle-class white dude, amirite?

Then an enigmatic e-mail sends Barker’s life spiralling along an unanticipated trajectory. Summoned to a late-night confab at the campaign office of controversial mayoral candidate Baz Randell–folk hero to some, populist blowhard to everyone else–Barker is looped in on an epic, career-ending scandal.

In the midst of mounting chaos, Barker is informed that an anonymous complainant has levied a claim of sexual misconduct against him. Given the university’s embarrassing record of botching cases of misconduct, Barker is advised that the administration is looking to bring the hammer down on someone–anyone–hard.

In his whole life, Barker has never before felt so much like a nail.

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Katherine Koller978-1-77337-013-2, $21.95, 144 pages

In the stories in Winning Chance, Katherine Koller explores second chances, how we find them, and how we find the courage to take them.

Whether they are a contractor running into an ex while on the job, a busy mother pursuing community theatre, or a family building an illegal ice rink after an environmental collapse, Koller’s characters are empathetic portraits of people searching to connect.

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The House on Sugarbush RoadMéira Cook978-1-926531-30-4$29.95, 296 pagesWinner: McNally Robinson Book of the Year

Famous Last MealsRichard Cumyn978-1-927855-17-1$19.95, 280 pages

The Sign For Migrant SoulRichard Cumyn978-1-927855-88-1$19.95, 238 pages

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I Know Who You Remind Me OfNaomi K. Lewis978-1-926531-51-9$29.95, 232 pages

Hello, SweetheartElaine McCluskey978-1-926531-99-1$19.95, 200 pages

7 Ways to SundayLee Kvern978-1-926531-85-4$19.95, 208 pages

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W.P. KINSELLA Butterfly WinterW.P. Kinsella978-1-926531-16-8$29.95, 302 pages

This Book Will Not Save Your LifeMichelle Berry978-1-926531-04-5 $29.95, 272 pages

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The Shadow Over Portage and MainEdited by Keith Cadieux and Dustin Geeraert978-1-927855-36-2$19.95, 224 pages

The Young in their CountryRichard Cumyn9781926531021$29.95, 208 pages

Madder CarmineTyler Enfield978-1-927855-30-0$14.95, 224 pagesWinner: High Plains Book Award

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After three years in the Mexican War, color-blind Dannon Lereaux sets out across the mountains in search of “love, red, and a new class of salvation,” expecting to find all three in a girl called Madder Carmine. 

Set in the year 1849, amidst a vividly reconceived Appalachia, young Dannon has returned from the war only to discover home was finer when remembered from afar. Disenchanted and confused, he puts all hope of deliverance in a girl he once met and, along with an escaped slave named Virgil, embarks on an epic journey to find her. But hard on their trail is Will Lawson, Virgil’s vengeful owner. 

As Dannon is pushed deeper into the world of the hunted, his mind slips into a world of its own. Suddenly the mountains of his youth are transformed into the Nine Circles of Hell, and Virgil becomes his soul-guide through the underworld. With this notion firm in his mind, Dannon commends himself to a surreal journey as he seeks redemption in the heart of the Inferno.

TYLER ENFIELD is a writer and photographer. Other books include the award-winning children’s novel series, Wrush. He’s also the writer/director of the National Film Board’s interactive film, Invisible Worlds. He lives in Edmonton, and you can visit him and his photography at www.TylerEnfield.com.

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GracelesslandAdam Lindsay Honsinger978-1-927855-14-0, $19.95, 280 pages

Art LessonsKatherine Koller978-1-927855-49-2, $19.95, 192 pagesSeLecTion: Alberta Readers’ Choice Awards shortlistFinALiST: Robert Kroetsch Edmonton Book Prize

Somewhere North of NormalAdam Lindsay Honsinger978-1-77337-006-4, $21.95, 238 pages“Honsinger’s stories crackle with depth of mood and theme.”

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