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Buy on mcnallyrobinson.com<\/a><\/p>\n Raye Anderson\u2019s latest Roxanne Calloway mystery, Had A Great Fall, hits store shelves on Friday; published by Signature Editions, the book follows Calloway\u2019s investigation into a body found in a field of sunflowers in Manitoba\u2019s Interlake.<\/p>\n Buy on mcnallyrobinson.com<\/a><\/p>\n The same day, Winnipeg novelist and poet Catherine Hunter\u2019s new book Seeing You Home, a short-story collection, will also be published by Signature Editions. The interconnected stories chronicle a couple\u2019s relationship through the years, from their first meeting to the husband\u2019s cancer diagnosis and beyond.<\/p>\n Buy on mcnallyrobinson.com<\/a><\/p>\n Lauded Winnipeg novelist David Bergen is back with his latest, Days of Feasting and Rejoicing, which publishes Sept. 2 via Goose Lane Editions. The novel follows Esther, an American expat in Thailand, whose roommate drowns, and who takes over her identity as local police begin to string together disturbing incidents.<\/p>\n Buy on mcnallyrobinson.com<\/a><\/p>\n And St. Andrews author Lauren Carter returns with her new novel The Longest Night, which publishes Sept. 9 via Freehand Books. The book chronicles the plight of a Minnesota teen who, when locked out of her family home one night, crashes at her mysterious neighbours\u2019 place and awakens to find the world has been altered significantly.<\/p>\n Buy on mcnallyrobinson.com<\/a><\/p>\n Watch for information on book launch events for many of these books (and more) in the weeks to come.<\/p>\n \u25cf \u25cf \u25cf<\/p>\n Edmonton\u2019s NeWest Press has announced a new imprint dedicated to speculative fiction, named after its longtime, late president.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The Longest Night<\/p>\n Barbour Books, named in honour of Douglas Barbour, will focus on writing from Western Canada in the fields of fantasy, horror, speculative fiction and more, with an emphasis on \u201cunderrepresented voices\u201d in said genres.<\/p>\n C.J. Lavigne\u2019s slim novel The Drowned Man\u2019s Daughter will be the imprint\u2019s first published book \u2014 it\u2019s slated to hit shelves on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n Buy on mcnallyrobinson.com<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n \t\t\tDish<\/p>\n Every Second Friday<\/p>\n The latest on food and drink in Winnipeg and beyond from arts writers Ben Sigurdson and Eva Wasney.<\/p>\n \t\t\tSign up for Dish<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t \u25cf \u25cf \u25cf<\/p>\n A number of Canadian fiction writers, poets and more have landed on the list of finalists for the annual Lambda Literary Awards (affectionately known as the Lammies), which celebrate LGBTTQ+ writing across a number of genres.<\/p>\n In 2025 the Lammies will dole out awards in 26 categories at the virtual awards ceremon on Oct. 4, but have recently released the lists of finalists, which include, among others: Sarah Leavitt for her graphic novel Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love, in the LGBTQ+ comics category; Julie Delporte for her book Portrait of A Body, as well as Erica N. Cardwell for Wrong is Not My Name, in the lesbian memoir\/biography category; both Zoe Whittall and Jes Battis in the LGBTQ+ poetry category for, respectively, No Credit River and I Hate Parties; and Harman Burns for Yellow Barks Spider in the transgender fiction category.<\/p>\n For a complete list of categories and finlists, see wfp.to\/ilz.<\/p>\n books@freepress.mb.ca<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Ben Sigurdson Ben Sigurdson is the Free Press\u2018s 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s editing team before being posted online or published in print. It\u2019s part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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