The next Free Press Book Club virtual meeting will be both shaken and stirred, as and drop by to make a cocktail and discuss , their chronicle of the province’s culinary specialties. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * The next Free Press Book Club virtual meeting will be both shaken and stirred, as and drop by to make a cocktail and discuss , their chronicle of the province’s culinary specialties. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? The next Free Press Book Club virtual meeting will be both shaken and stirred, as and drop by to make a cocktail and discuss , their chronicle of the province’s culinary specialties.
The Free Press Book Club next convenes on Tuesday at 7 p.m., and will be hosted by arts/food writer along with of McNally Robinson Booksellers.
The authors will be preparing the Ichi Ban cocktail from the recipe on page 30 of , and invite viewers to put on their mixologist cap and do the same. In 2018 Moore and Thiessen set out across the province in a refurbished mobile food truck, turning it into an oral history lab interviewed a range of subjects about the dishes that define Manitoba, which resulted in their latest book. Copies of , published in April by University of Manitoba Press, are available at both Winnipeg McNally Robinson locations.
For more on the Free Press Book Club, visit wfp.to/bookclub. ● ● ● Japanese-Canadian author has been announced as the University of Winnipeg’s 2024 Jake MacDonald writer in residence.
Goto burst onto the Canadian literary scene with her debut 1994 novel , which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in the Caribbean and Canada. She has since published volumes of short stories, poetry, books for younger readers and, most recently, the 2021 graphic novel , illustrated by . Goto’s virtual tenure as writer in residence kicks off with a reading and Q&A session on Monday, Sept.
23 at 12:30 p.m., where she’ll be joined in conversation by Winnipeg writer .
To register to attend the Zoom discussion visit wfp.to/COe. ● ● ● Non-fiction titles nabbed four of the five finalist spots for the 2024 City of Vancouver Book Award.
’s young adult novel is the lone fiction title on the short list, which was revealed in mid-August. The other finalists are ’s , ’s , and ’s and the collection , edited by and . The winner will be announced at a ceremony on Oct.
25. ● ● ● , the husband of U.S.
Secretary of Transportation , will release his first picture book next year, according to a report by magazine. will be illustrated by , and will be published in Canada in May 2025 by Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The book follows two children eagerly awaiting the return of Papa, one of their fathers, from a trip; they make signs, pick flowers and, with Daddy, bake a cake.
But when they pick up Papa at the airport, they realize there isn’t room for him in the car. Chasten Buttigieg’s first book, the 2020 memoir , was subsequently released in a young adult version in 2023. ● ● ● A recent study by researchers at Nashville’s Lipscomb University has found some Victorian-era books contain levels of toxic metal concentrations that exceed safe levels, according to a report by .
The researchers tested brightly coloured books that dated back over 100 years from the university’s main library and found the covers of some of the volumes, particularly those which were yellow, contained crocoite and lead sulfate, two compounds that make up the pigment called chrome yellow. While readers weren’t thought to have been in any danger from the pigment, the library has sealed off books which might contain harmful compounds in plastic bags, while removing those known to contain other toxins from regular circulation. books@freepress.
mb.ca Ben Sigurdson is the ‘s literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly drinks column.
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Ben Sigurdson is the ‘s literary editor and drinks writer. He graduated with a master of arts degree in English from the University of Manitoba in 2005, the same year he began writing Uncorked, the weekly drinks column. He joined the full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014.
. In addition to providing opinions and analysis on wine and drinks, Ben oversees a team of freelance book reviewers and produces content for the arts and life section, all of which is reviewed by the ’s editing team before being posted online or published in print. It’s part of the ‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism.
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