Canada Post pays tribute to graphic novelists
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Five Canadian graphic novelists have been immortalized in a new set of postage stamps released by Canada Post in mid-May.
Chester Brown (Louis Riel), Michel Rabagliati (Paul à Quebec), Seth (Clyde Fans) and cousins Jillian and Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer) have all had their work replicated on the new set of stamps. “Collectively,” says a release by Canada Post, “they have helped establish Canada’s reputation in the comic arts world.
To see the stamps and get a set of your own, see wfp.to/yeh.
A pair of young Winnipeg writers have placed as runners-up in a national writing contest presented by Habitat for Humanity.
The contest saw children across Canada submit poems under the theme “meaning of home.” Grade 5 student Emily J. received the runner-up nod for her entry Home, while Grade 6 student Winter W. received the same accolade for her entry What home means to me. Each student has won a $10,000 grant for Habitat for Humanity Manitoba.
The contest saw over 2,800 entries from Manitoba and 15,000 nationally by students in grades 4, 5 and 6, with the top three receiving a $30,000 each for their local Habitat for Humanity and nine runners-up (including the pair of Winnipeggers) earning the $10,000 grant.
To read the winning entries, see wfp.to/yeD.
Hood & Dagger Productions Inc. are presenting a live radio play based on the writing of Jules Verne.
The troupe will perform an adaptation of Verne’s 1864 science fiction novel Journey to the Center of the Earth from May 30 to June 2 in Westminster United Church’s concert hall (745 Westminster Ave.). the adaptation being performed is bnased on a script by former Boston Herald writer Nat Segaloff and adapted by American actor John de Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation).
The Scandinavian Cultural Centre band will perform Nordic folk music before each of the five performances, and Whodunit? Mystery Bookstore will be on site selling books before the show.
Tickets are $20 plus fees and are available at wfp.to/yeG.
McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location will see a number of local authors launch books at the store this week.
Winnipeg’s Jenna Boholij launches her debut novel Lucid on Tuesday, where she’ll be joined in conversation with filmmaker Norma Bailey. The novel sees a woman develop a dangerous coping mechanism for grappling with grief, which she thinks she has under control until a chance meeting on a flight to Seattle sees her lucid dreams begin to worsen.
On Wednesday, prolific Winnipeg veterinarian-turned-author Philipp Schott returns with the latest installment of his mystery novels starring Dr. Bannerman, a vet in rural Manitoba.
In Eleven Huskies, Dr. Bannerman and his family head north to a fishing lodge for a vacation. But when the lodge’s sled team of huskies are poisoned and a float plane crashes into a lake, the doc’s sleuthing (and veterinary) services are required. Schott will be joined in conversation by Joanne Kelly.
Thursday sees Free Press columnist Niigaan Sinclair launch his new book Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre. Based in part on his writing for the Free Press, the book explores Indigenous life in Winnipeg and the ways in which it illuminates and speaks to the Indigenous experience in all corners of the country.
Sinclair will discuss the book with former CBC Radio host Shelagh Rogers.
Then on Friday, Winnipeg-born Nahlah Ayed comes to town to launch her latest book of non-fiction The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII.
The book chronicles the lives of French-Canadian soldier Guy d’Artois and Sonia Butt, a British woman, the dangers they faced as agents in the Soecial Operations Executive in the Second World War and how the pair eventually fell in love and married.
Ayed will be joined by veteran broadcaster Reg Sherren for the launch.
All four launches take place at 7 p.m., and will be streamed on McNally Robinson’s YouTube channel.
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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.
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