"It is the summer of 1971 and Liz takes care of her four sisters while waiting to meet the sixth Murphy child: a boy. And yet, something is not right. Adults tensely whisper in small groups, heads shaking. Her younger sister, Rose seems...
Saskatchewan Book Awards 2023
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:Jackson, JoanneSummary: - Author:Ratt, SolomonSummary:
"Building on mâci-nêhiyawêwin / Beginning Cree, Solomon Ratt's first influential Cree language resource, âhkami-nêhiyawêtân / Let's Keep Speaking Cree helps intermediate nêhiyawêwin learners begin to understand more advanced...
- Author:Carley, DianneSummary:
Forced intimacies, dead dogs, errant balloons, a troubled chef's encounter with ethereal Swedish lesbians, all form this remarkable short story collection, Bodies in Trouble, depicting characters coping with faltering relationships,...
- Author:Westman, Clinton N.Summary:
2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Cree and Christian develops and applies new ethnographic approaches for understanding the reception and indigenization of Christianity, particularly through an examination of Pentecostalism in...
- Author:Dee, Hobsbawn-SmithSummary:
Luka Dekker and her sister Connie are the inheritors of a secretive and disturbing family history going back three generations to the disappearance of their great-grandfather. Their troubled mother, Lark, also mysteriously disappeared;...
- Author:Baudemont, DavidSummary:
La vie est souvent ponctuée de départs. Que l'on vive en Europe, en Afrique ou en Amérique, nous devons tôt ou tard dire adieu ou voir des êtres chers partir sans crier gare. Départs s'attarde à huit destins, comme autant de voies qui...
- Author:Benning, SheriSummary:
Field Requiem bears witness to the violence inherent in the shift to industrialised farming in prairie Canada. Sheri Benning's poems chart the ways in which a way of life collapses, the world of the family farm, even as the speaker...
- Author:McFarlane, MelanieSummary:
Twelve-year-old Macy is an amateur treasure hunter who finds lost things along the southern Saskatchewan shores of Buffalo Pound Lake. When her mom announces she's leaving her park ranger job at the lake to be a police officer in the...
- Author:Eisler, DaleSummary:
An in-depth look at the political landscape of Saskatchewan from its leftist roots to its shift in recent years to the right of centre. One of the most underreported stories in Canadian politics has been the political and economic...
- Author:Legris, SylviaSummary:
"At the center of the garden the heart," she writes, "Red as any rose. Pulsing / balloon vine. Love in a puff." As if composed out of a botanical glossolalia of her own invention, Legris's poems map the garden as body and the body as...
- Author:Bidulka, AnthonySummary:
"International chef Jake Hardy has it all. Celebrity, thriving career, plenty of friends, a happy family and faithful dog. Until one day when a tragic accident tears it all apart. Struggling to recover, Hardy finds himself in a strange...
- Author:Carpenter, DavidSummary:
David Carpenter's collection of essays explores a city boy's love of the wild, a passion that has enriched his life from boyhood. At 80, this irrepressible Saskatchewan raconteur examines his intense fascination with predators large and...
- Author:Nawaz, ZarqaSummary:
Jameela Green only has one wish: to see her memoir on the New York Times bestseller list. When it doesn't come true, she seeks spiritual guidance at her local mosque, setting off a series of absurd and unfortunate events.
- Author:Rockthunder, Mary LouiseSummary:
Mary Louise (née Bangs) Rockthunder, / wêpanâkit, was an Elder of Cree, Saulteaux, and Nakoda descent. Born in 1913, raised and married at nehiyawipwatinahk / Piapot First Nation, Mary Louise, a much-loved storyteller, speaks of her...
- Author:Rees, AlasdairSummary:
Dans ce recueil, l'écologie que l'auteur partage avec nous est à la fois celle de l'intérieur de l'être et celle du monde extérieur. Dans cette rencontre de la physique et de la philosophie sont décortiqués avec soin le processus de la...
- Author:Slade, ArthurSummary:
Seventeen-year-old Michael goes to visit his eccentric mad-scientist uncle who, busy working on yet another time-travel experiment in his cluttered lab, barely notices him. He keeps muttering things like “quantum multiverse transporter...
- Author:Custer, Andrea, Daniels. BelindaSummary:
A hands-on guide for parents and caregivers to develop best practices in revitalizing and teaching Cree to young children. In nēhiyawētān kīkināhk / Speaking Cree in the Home, Belinda Daniels and Andrea Custer provide an...
- Author:Bear, Alberta-RoseSummary:
“We need to be careful that we don’t hurt the gifts that are given to us.” Told in paskwâwinîmowin (Plains Cree), anihšināpēmowin, (Saulteaux), and English, this simple tale of traditional teachings and values follows a grandparent...
- Author:Hansen, NaomiSummary:
This beautifully photographed collection of recipes and restaurant profiles is a loving tribute and valuable resource for exploring Saskatchewan's culinary landscape. In this celebration of Saskatchewan cuisine, Naomi Hansen pairs...
- Author:Carry the Kettle First NationSummary:
Born out of a well-researched current and traditional land-use study led by Čeǵ́á K'inna Nakóda Oyáde (Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation), Owóknage (A telling of stories) is the first book to tell the comprehensive story of the...
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