Poetic memoir launching at McNally Friday
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This article was published 14/02/2026 (228 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Poet Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer, of Alberta’s Saddle Lake First Nations and now based in Saskatoon, will visit Winnipeg on Friday to launch her forthcoming memoir Wîhtamawik / Tell Them, published by University of Regina Press.
The memoir collects essays and poems, detailing how she drew inspiration and insight from her culture on her journey past and through the trauma of separation and colonization.
Halfe, who served as the 2021-22 parliamentary poet laureate and whose books include Bear Bones and Feathers, Blue Marrow and Burning in this Midnight Dream, launches Wîhtamawik / Tell Them at McNally Robinson Booksellers’ Grant Park location on Friday at 7 p.m., where she’ll be joined in conversation by Shelagh Rogers, former host of CBC’s The Next Chapter.
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One of the world’s most popular history podcasts has launched a spinoff project that focuses on all things literary.
Podcast producer Goalhanger announced the U.K.-based The Rest is History host, historian and author Dominic Sandbrook and producer Tabitha Syrett will team up on The Book Club, which will see the pair dig into a range of novels starting with Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, offering thoughts on the book as well as providing historical context about the book’s publication.
Sandbrook and Syrett have done book-related content for The Rest is History in bonus episodes for subscribers in the past, including delving into Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Albert Camus’ The Stranger and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.
The Book Club launches Tuesday on all platforms, with a new episode landing every subsequent Tuesday. To subscribe on your preferred podcast provider, see wfp.to/icM.
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Budding short-story writers, take note: the submission deadline for the Manitoba Writers’ Guild’s fourth annual Dave Williamson National Short Story Contest has been extended to Sunday, Feb. 22.
Submit your best short stories (between 2,500 and 4,500 words) and jurors Mitchell Toews, Zilla Jones and Michael Hutchinson will pick the top three. First place gets $1,000, second place $600 and third place $400.
Each entry must be accompanied by a $25 entry fee. For more details and to submit, see wfp.to/dave2026.
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No Valentine’s Day plans? Perhaps a watch (or rewatch) of everyone’s favourite gay hockey romance is in order.
Little Brown Jug (336 William Ave.) is hosting a Heated Rivalry watch party, showing all six episodes, starting at 5 p.m. tonight.
The Crave series, based on the bestselling novels by Canadian author Rachel Reid, has been a runaway hit, with a number of Reid’s books entering bestseller lists in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and beyond.
If Regency romps are more your proverbial cup of tea, on Saturday, Feb. 28, romance novel bookstore Bound to Please (995 McPhillips St.) is hosting a watch party of the Netflix series Bridgerton, based on the books by American author Julia Quinn.
The free event, co-presented by the Berry Femme Club, takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. — guests are encouraged to wear their best blue/lilac Bridgerton-inspired attire.
The Berry Femme Club and Bound to Please are also teaming up for a bookmark-making workship on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. — the event is free for those bringing their own supplies, or $8 including provided supplies.
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Beloved mystery bookstore Whodunit (163 Lilac St.) is blowing out used books, with a half-off promotion running through to Tuesday (except for Monday, when the shop is closed for Louis Riel Day).
The sale kicked off Thursday, and doesn’t apply to holds placed before the sale. Transactions online or in person must be completed during the sale period — for more, including store hours, see whodunitbooks.ca.
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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.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
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