One of Canada's most important art alliances made history by demanding recognition for its members as professional, contemporary artists at a time when they were routinely excluded from the mainstream art world.
Saskatchewan Book Awards 2015
The Saskatchewan Book Awards recognize, celebrate, and reward the excellence of Saskatchewan writers and publishers, building greater awareness of Saskatchewan books. These awards have a solid reputation for celebrating artistic excellence, and are recognized nationally. For more information, please visit the Saskatchewan Book Awards website.
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Author:MacKenzie Art GallerySummary: - Author:Dalgarno, KenSummary:
There can be few places in the world where the visual impact of the landscape is as hauntingly captivating as the Badlands of the Northern Great Plains. Encompassing Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Montana, these amazing regions...
- Author:Baker, BrendaSummary:
Shannon is thrilled when her mom becomes pregnant. After years of hoping and praying, Shannon will be a big sister. They will be a normal, happy family. Shannon likes being normal. But when her baby brother is born, things do not go...
- Author:Hanley, PaulSummary:
The sweeping changes that make a 'full world' work-involving dual processes of destruction and reconstruction-will transform global culture, agriculture, and ultimately the human race. Eleven is a call to consciousness. Only an 'ethical...
- Author:Massie, MerleSummary:
Saskatchewan is the epitome of the "prairie" provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily understood "regions" has reduced the Saskatchewan...
- Author:Massie, MerleSummary:
Saskatchewan is the anchor and epitome of the ‘prairie’ provinces, even though half of the province is covered by boreal forest. The Canadian penchant for dividing this vast country into easily-understood ‘regions’ has reduced the...
- Author:Gareau, LaurierSummary:
Eric Lechasseur est professeur de littérature française, Sa femme, Amanda, d'origine ukrainienne, l'a quitté après 25 ans de mariage, Leur fille, Mona, prépare une maîtrise en « English Littérature» pour contrarier son père, Cette ièce...
- Author:Louttit, ErnieSummary:
When he began his career with the Saskatoon Police in 1987, Ernie Louttit was only the city’s third native police officer. “Indian Ernie”, as he came to be known on the streets, details an era of challenge, prejudice, and also...
- Author:Noël-Maw, MartineSummary:
Une ancienne gare de chemin de fer transformée en musée, un meurtre non résolu, un collier serti de 13 diamants et une témérité à toute épreuve. Voilà ce qui pousse Pickle, une fillette de 9 ans à la curiosité dévorante, à faire vivre à...
- Author:Caron, Ken, Caron, AngelaSummary:
Manny's Memories, by author Ken Caron with his daughter Angela Caron, introduces us to the Métis community of Round Prairie, Saskatchewan through the eyes of a young boy growing up in the 1940s. Manny shares his boyhood memories of the...
- Author:Hamon, TracySummary:
In a series of poems that move between narrative and lyric, the personas of Austrian artist Egon Schiele and his mistress/model Valerie Neuzil are revealed in exquisite detail. Dividing the work into three sections, equal energy is...
- Author:Dumont, DawnSummary:
Rose Okanese, a single mother with two kids, has been pushed into a corner by Rez citizens to claim some self-respect, and decides that the fastest way to do that is to run the reserve's annual marathon. Though Rose hasn't run in twenty...
- Author:Rice, BruceSummary:
Bruce Rice was moved to words by the natural beauty he saw during repeated travels along Seven Bridges Road just west of Regina and in the landscape around Eastend and the Cypress Hills in southwestern Saskatchewan. As he sought to...
