Rice top seller at Canadian indie bookstores
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This article was published 14/12/2024 (272 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Waubgeshig Rice’s 2018 novel Moon of the Crusted Snow was the top-selling Canadian title of 2024 among independent Canadian booksellers, according to a report in Quill & Quire.
The story quotes data from bookseller software company Bookmanager, and sees Rice’s sequel, 2023’s Moon of the Turning Leaves, sitting in ninth spot.
Moon of the Crusted Snow
Beyond Rice’s Snow, the top five selling Canadian books by Canadian independent booksellers were Louise Penny’s detective novel The Grey Wolf in second spot (impressive, considering it was published in late October of 2024) followed by Jessica Johns’ 2023 novel Bad Cree, Carley Fortune novel This Summer Will Be Different (published in May 2024) and Daniel Innes and Christina Wong’s 2023 novel Denison Avenue, a finalist on this year’s Canada Reads.
For a complete list of the top 25 titles as well as a list of the top 25 solely from Canadian publishers, see wfp.to/AM1.
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The third annual Dave Williamson Short Story Competition, presented by the Manitoba Writers’ Guild, is now accepting submissions.
Named after the Winnipeg writer (and Free Press book reviewer), the prize (colloquially known as “The Dave”) offers $1,000 for first place, $600 for second place and $400 for third place, as well as complimentary memberships to the guild and publication in the annual Beyond Borders anthology.
The contest is open to writers age 18 or older living anywhere in Canada; this year’s judges are local authors Zilla Jones, Michael Hutchinson and Mitchell Toews.
Last year’s winner was Calgary’s Lisa Pollock, who won with her submission The Promise.
There is a $20 submission fee to enter — for more details and to submit your work, see wfp.to/AMQ.
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Wuthering Heights
McNally Robinson Booksellers is launching a new book club in 2025 featuring older titles written by women.
Beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, and for the four subsequent first Tuesdays of each month, McNally Robinson social media coordinator and bookseller Matthew Montgomery will lead the McNally Classics Book Club, beginning with Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.
Subsequent books to be discussed, in order, will be Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret, Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier and Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse.
Each session runs from 6:30-8 p.m. and will feature historical context, biographical details and a guided discussion. Enrolment is $100, not including books — for more information and to register, see wfp.to/AMS.
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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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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.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
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