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Prairie Metropolis On the Night Table
Greg MacPherson, Winnipeg songwriter, musician, and performance artist named Prairie Metropolis: New Essays on Winnipeg Social History to his On the Night Table list in the June 4 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press’ Books Section.
“I’m seven years into an obsession with Russian literature, particularly the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky. In a world where libraries and second-hand book stores are filled with great translations of The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment, it seems outrageous to me that anyone could suffer from a lack of inspiration or fail to recognize our enormous potential as human beings. The stack of books on my night stand includes several Dostoevsky novels, Tolstoy’s War and Peace and the exceptional University of Manitoba Press compilation of essays on Winnipeg social history, Prairie Metropolis.”
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Home Fronts
Jim Blanchard’s Winnipeg’s Great War: A City Comes of Age reviewed in the June-July 2011 issue of Canada’s History Magazine.
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Under the Boardwalk
Author takes readers back to Winnipeg Beach’s heady heyday
by Carolin Vesely, Winnipeg Free Press -
Emma LaRocque wins 2011 Non-Fiction Award
Emma LaRocque takes home the 2011 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction for When the Other Is Me
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Winnipeg's Great War leads Manitoba Book Awards short list
A history of Winnipeg’s contribution to the First World War has garnered the most nominations in this year’s Manitoba Book Awards.
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Interview with Curtis Brown
Former Sun journalist edits book focusing on Manitoba politics
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Panel to study improving education for First Nations
As reported in today’s Winnipeg Free Press, Indian Affairs Minister John Duncan announced Thursday he will appoint a panel of education experts to meet over the next several months and report back to him with recommendations. The panel will deliver a report with various options by the middle of 2011, Duncan said, and the options can even include possible legislation.
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U of M Press launches new web site
Welcome to the new University of Manitoba Press web site! We hope you’ll stay a while and check out all the new features!
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Episkenew wins First Peoples' Writing Award
Jo-Ann Episkenew took home her second win on November 27th when she was awarded the First Peoples’ Writing Award at the Saskatchewan Book Awards for her book Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing.
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Manitoba Apologizes to Sayisi Dene
A recent press release from the Manitoba Government reveals more about the relocation of the Sayisi Dene. Read it here. And, check out the book page for Night Spirits: The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene.
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Restoring the Balance selected as Outstanding Academic Title
Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community, and Culture has been selected as a Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title of 2009. Congratulations to the editors: Gail, Madeleine, and Eric.