Giller protest prompts letter from authors
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A growing number of Canadian authors and publishers have added their names to a letter which shows support for protestors who disrupted the Nov. 13 Scotiabank Giller Prize awards ceremony and calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
At the Giller Prize ceremony in Toronto, a protestor posing as a photographer interrupted the ceremony, calling out Scotiabank for their involvement with Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms manufacturer, while two other protestors got on stage with signs that read “Scotiabank funds genocide.” The three protestors were forcibly removed, detained by police and now face charges.
Among those who have added their names to the letter are former Giller winners Sean Michaels and Omar El Akkad, 2022 Giller jurors (and ex-Manitobans) Casey Plett and Waubgeshig Rice, former Giller nominees including Gary Barwin, Michael Crummey and Shani Mootoo as well as local authors like Seyward Goodhand, Jenny Heijun Wills and Jonathan Dyck.
The $100,000 prize was won by Sarah Bernstein for her novel Study for Obedience. To read the letter, see wfp.to/67z.
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Ex-Winnipegger Markus Harwood-Jones, now based out of Toronto, launches his debut young adult novel The Haunting of Adrian Yates tonight at 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location, where he’ll be joined in convseration with local fantasy author S. M. Beiko.
Harwood-Jones’ novel follows the titular Adrian Yates, whose best friend Zoomer and boyfriend Sorel, the latter of whom is a ghost, don’t get along. When Zoomer suspects all is not as it seems with Sorel, Adrian and the ghost begin meeting in secret — until Adrian finds himself in great peril.
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Winnipeg author Hannah Godfrey launches Oubliette, a poetic memoir, on Monday at 7 p.m. at McNally Grant Park, where she’ll be joined by Courtney R. Thompson.
Oubliette collects fragments of conversation with Godfrey’s mother during the final years of her life, intermingled with poignant passages from film, music and more.
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On Wednesday at 7 p.m. at McNally Grant Park, former teacher, principal and lecturer Art Miki offers a sneak peek at his new memoir Gaman – Perseverance: Japanese Canadians’ Journey to Justice before it publishes on Dec. 15.
Miki served as president of the Natinonal Association of Japanese Canadians from 1984-92. His memoir chronicles the journey towards reconciliation from the internment camps set up in Canada during the Second World War — negotiations which culminated in the Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement of September 1988.
Miki will be joined in conversation with longtime CBC personality Terry MacLeod.
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The Millennium Library (251 Donald St.) will host Stephen Kakfwi, former premier of the Northwest Territories, on Thursday at 6:30 p.m., where he’ll lauch his memoir Stoneface: a Defiant Dene in an event co-presented with Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore.
In his book Kakfwi shares stories and songs from his home province, outlining how his Dene background shaped his politics and the way he governed. To register for the event visit wfp.to/6HV.
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Veteran Canadian actor R.H. Thomson explores his extended family’s wartime history in his new book of non-fiction, By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families, which he’ll launch on Thursday at 7 p.m. at McNally Grant Park.
Jumping off from wartime correspondence from great uncles and other extended family, Thomson ruminates on art, science, family, and the tragic, deadly nature of war and its after-effects.
Thomson will be joined in conversation with actor and Shakespeare in the Ruins artistic director Rodrigo Beilfuss.
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The latest in historian Gordon Goldsborough’s popular Abandoned Manitoba series of books launches Friday at 7 p.m. at McNally Grant Park.
On The Road To Abandoned Manitoba: Taking the scenic route through historic places is the third in Goldsborough’s exploration of Manitoba and little-known stories, the second of which won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year at the 2019 Manitoba Book Awards. Like those books, this latest title is filled with evocative, full-colour photographs.
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Ben Sigurdson
Literary editor, drinks writer
Ben Sigurdson is the Free Press‘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 Free Press drinks column. He joined the Free Press full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014. Read more about Ben.
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Ben Sigurdson
Literary editor, drinks writer
Ben Sigurdson is the Free Press‘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 Free Press drinks column. He joined the Free Press full time in 2013 as a copy editor before being appointed literary editor in 2014. Read more about Ben.
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 Free Press’s editing team before being posted online or published in print. It’s part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
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